Book Cover Illustrators, Book Artists, Book Jacket Designers, Book Illustrators, and Book Cover Designers

 

Duncan Long is a Book Cover Illustrator, Book Jacket Designer, and Book Artist. His site boasts a huge collection of graphic art, book illustrations, book cover artwork, book layouts, book graphic design and other book-, magazine-, and CD album-related artwork covering a wide range of subjects.  Long does book cover illustrations for self-publishing authors and small presses as well as for major publishing houses including HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, ILEX, Fort Ross,  Asimov’s Science Fiction, Moonstone Books, ISFiC Press, etc. Also check out Long’s Book Blog for publishing tips.

 

Lift Up Your Art offers in-depth interviews of artists with an eye toward the what inspires them.

 

Artifex Creations displays the fantastic creations of sculpture Andy Wright.

 

Bernhard Oberdieck is a children's book illustrator with some marvelous illustrations online as well.

 

Nick Gaetano is a book cover illustrator with a distinctive art deco style. He has also designed for magazines, advertising, logos, posters and other products.  

 

Alan Welch has some amazing illustrations.  

 

Book Cover Designs created by freelance book cover designer and book jacket graphic artist and illustrator Duncan Long.  

 

Mel Odom offers a series of drawings to illustrate how a book cover artist works collaboratively to create the illustration for a book covers.

 

Book Review of Faber & Faber’s Eighty Years of Book Cover Design offers a fascinating look at some the publisher’s book cover illustrations.  

 

Chip Kidd has created many book jackets for major publishers. Here’s look at 15 of his designs.  

 

Elaine Gignilliat is a romance book cover artist.  

 

Howard David Johnson creates book cover art for fantasy, folklore, mythology, legend, religion, and heroic history working in and mixing a wide variety of media.  

 

John Gail is the Vice President and Art Director for Vintage / Anchor Books, and it was his fantastic cover design  

 

Ralph Hawke Manis designs book jackets and book covers.

 

Art2Bank.com gives insights into the trends of investing in artwork as well as an analysis of the art market.

 

Check out the Maestro Gaxiola Revelations from the Book of Art.

 

The beinArt International Surreal Art Collective has an eye-boggling collection of online artwork from around the world.

 

Robert Genn Studio offers an excellent, twice weekly newsletter for artists -- and it is free! If you're an artist or simply interested in the arts, check this out.

 

Romance Book Covers offers a list of romance book cover artists.  

 

Science Fiction Book Cover Illustrator: Duncan Long has been illustrating science fiction novels and books for many years. He recently created two covers for Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine.   

 

Book Cover Express offers somewhat generic looking book covers.  

 

E-How offers some tips about hiring a book cover artist.  

 

Book Cover Artist Samples and Profiles is a romance book cover artist.  

 

Publishing Central offers a short list of book cover designers.  

 

Wotartist serves as the portal to a a huge collection of artist web sites.

 

Visionary and Surreal Art Forum is a new, but promising, area promising leads and information for artists and fans alike.

 

Alex Bazarin's beautiful "Spiritual, Fantastic and Surreal Paintings"

 

Franz Graw's Gallery has many online examples of his oil paintings.

 

Fantasy Book Cover Illustrator:  Gallery of Duncan Long’s fantasy artwork and illustrations for book covers.

 

Reese Dante - book cover designs.

 

Dan Dos Santos - book cover designs.

 

Geoff Taylor -  has illustrated book covers for many publishers.

 

CD Album Cover Artwork:  Duncan Long’s illustrations, artwork, and graphic designs created for CD album covers for various rock, Christian, and jazz bands.

 

Dara Rybalov - book cover artist creating book cover designs.

 

Tips for Those Wanting to become Book Cover Artists - for those wanting to become book illustrators or book cover designers.

 

Dara Rybalov - book cover artist creating book cover designs.

 

When NOT to Hire a Book Illustrator - geared to children’s book authors - but it applies to most authors wanting to illustrate their title.

 

Book Cover Artwork Contracts - a look at the importance of book cover artwork and illustration contracts and what rights can be negotiated in a book cover contract.

 

Mark A. Hicks - children’s book illustrator.

 

Stephen Hickman  illustrates science fiction and fantasy books and creates book covers.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Cover Artist List

 

Godfrey Blow offers online examples of his beautiful and thought-provoking paintings.

 

Julian Johnstone's PosterArt.com offers wild, surrealistic and fantasy poster art.

 

Alan Rabinowitz  illustrates science fiction and fantasy books and creates book covers.

 

Naive John is a Liverpool Stuckist with some fascinating artwork that's well worth viewing.

 

Reaktiv Zone offers large collection of artwork plus music, interviews, etc.

 

The World of Parker

 

The Best (Worst) Fantasy & Science Fiction Book Covers

 

Good Show Sir offers more bad science fiction and fantasy book cover artwork and illustrations gone awry.

 

Geoff Taylor is a fantasy book cover artist and book illustrator.

 

Ballantine Fantasy Book Covers offers a look at the amazing fantasy book cover artwork and book illustrations from this press.

 

Steve A. Roberts creates fantasy book cover artwork and book illustrations.

 

YourArtLinks has a huge directory of online galleries

 

FindArtInfo.com has a wealth of searchable databasses and links.

 

Figurative paintings by Alex Bazarin

 

John Bennett Fine Paintings

 

StewArt Gallery

 

Art Volga Large online gallery of original Russian contemporary artwork. Plus tons of links to other art sites.

 

Steven Lawler's Gallery contains amazing paintings that demonstrate the narrative power of modern Realism.

 

3D Millennium artwork galleries and a nice collection of 3D art software and models, including free versions.

 

Niagara Art Collection Contemporary Art gallery with landscapes, still lifes and portraits.

 

Silvana Brunotti - Artist Painter Oil paintings of Rome and Italian landscapes; well done and worth a look.

 

Kurt Foge's Gallery of space, robot, undersea, etc., art.

 

All Art Schools offers a free, comprehensive database of US art schools.

 

The Art of David A. Hardy

 

Who's Who Guide of Art

 

Bleeding Edge is a Begoths page with a variety of artwork and products for those interested in "the dark side."

 

RABZ Illustration - Fantasy Art, Science Fiction Art and Portraiture

 

Aarkid is a slick 3D artist who also creates some amazing web pages and videos -- check it out.

 

Tristan Schane Art Site

 

Internet ArtResources: The collector’s guide to the visual arts.

 

Art Movements, Art Galleries, Famous Artist Biographies, Art Prints

 

The Synthetic Dream Doundation has some moody, and somewhat terrifying artwork.

 

GalleryToday.com: Online originals available for purchase.

 

The Eternal Night offers a lot of links, gossip, and sources for horror, fantasy, and sci-fi books and art.

 

MEK Games has a variety of games -- and also links to many interesting gaming illustrations.

 

Howard David Johnson - beautiful collection of realistic paintings and pictures.

 

Blu Gnome Graphics

 

PainterGallery.com has a huge collection of links to artists and galleries

 

Lugansk Art Gallery offers a variety of paintings for sale, with online views of the wide variety of art available.

 

Classic Science Fiction Illustrations collected on Fabio Femino's site.

 

Bob Giadrosich's Sharayah Press

 

Kenn Brown, Professional Illustrator

 

Johnny beinArt, Freelance Commission Artist

 

Joe Bartz

 

A. Andrew Gonzalez

 

My Darkness by Michelle Blessemaille

 

Art Outsider

 

SunEcho

 

Slacker's Sci-Fi Source

 

World Mandala Project Gallery

 

Eyes of Chaos - The Art of Mike Bohatch

 

Blacklight Kabuki

 

Rebecca Schumacher's Sculpture, Illustration, and Portraiture

 

Jacques Stern

 

SpookySites Collection of links to a variety of sites including online art galleries.

 

Alvin Tapia's Artwork

 

Generative Art

 

Distant Echoes

 

The Free Directory of Independent Writers and Artists

 

Stockart.com

 

Visual Escapes

 

Russian Illustrator Igor Kondirow

 

Renfield Imaging has a collection of seamless tiles that are outstanding.

 

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Sites is a collection of links to a variety of sites.

 

Bevart - Modern Art by Beverley Peter Meyers - Abstract and Figurative Paintings

 

Leningrad School Fine Art

 

Jim Rowe

 

Ralph Hawke Manis Infinitee Site

 

NeT-ArT Virtual Space for the Arts

 

Wagner Bazarin Art Gallery

 

Kansas Artists - "Toto, we're not in Oz anymore."

 

Theresa Brandon Online Gallery

 

Tobias Brenner Artwork

 

Esben Rimfaxe -- Some Beautiful Lithographs Here

 

Agora Gallery, Soho, New York

 

Artcyclopedia.com

 

The Society for the Art of Imagination

 

La Galeria de GymArt

 

Culture Ireland

 

www.wwwcomcom.com - Artwork by Naoto

 

InsideOut King

 

Knightly Art Images

 

Prestige Art Galleries

 

Robert Venosa

 

The Art of Leon Engelen

 

Artcult

 

Weird Art.Com

 

Prestige Art Galleries

 

April Group Fine Arts Unknown Socialist Realism; Russian Art of the Soviet Era.

 

Dreaming Heart Artworks

 

Junkart Gallery

 

DragonTree Digital Art

 

Tau Ceti Science Fiction Art Gallery

 

Nemia Rucker

 

Chimera Publishing - Fantasy and Science Fiction Art

 

AstroArt Pages by David A Hardy

 

DEFA 'S Fantasy Art Page

 

Swissart Network

 

Quality of Course

 

David A Hard's AstroArt

 

Art Kara

 

Eric Wilson's Computer Art

 

Quality Creations

 

Frank Wu's House of Crunchy Art

 

Fantasy Art of Dan Stone

 

Artquest

 

Westward Mars Project

 

desktopPublishing.com has a collection of art links.

 

Lynne and Michael Goodwin

 

Worlds of Wonder

 

 

Duncan Long's Home Page

 

Contact Duncan Long

 

Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010 by Duncan Long. All rights reserved, including graphics used for backgrounds, tiles, thumbnails, and all book cover artwork and book illustrations as well as book cover graphic designs. All book graphics, pictures, and HTML code produced by Duncan Long. Duncan Long is a magazine and book illustrator who has created cover illustrations for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, ILEX, Fort Ross, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Moonstone Books, ISFiC Press, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors. Talk-show host and author Victor Thorn told viewers, “We're privileged to know who we think are the two best graphic artists in the entire world, not just the country, the world. One of them... is Mr. Duncan Long.”