Book Cover Illustration
A custom illustrated book cover is a different product from a photo-based cover. It carries tone, genre, and soul in a way stock photography can't reach. We illustrate covers for fantasy, children's, literary fiction, middle-grade, and any title that deserves original art.
Custom illustrated covers that feel handmade because they are
Genre-matched art direction
Luminous watercolour for literary fiction, sculpted foil-style lettering for fantasy, cut-paper for children's — we speak every genre's visual language.
Full wrap as one composition
Front, spine, and back designed together as a single illustrated wrap — not a front cover with a back cover strapped to it.
Integrated hand-lettering
Custom title treatments drawn into the artwork, not slapped on after. The title and the illustration carry each other.
Thumbnail-first design
Every cover is designed to be striking at 160px thumbnail — where 90% of book discovery happens online — not just at full print size.
Deliverables included
- Custom illustrated front cover
- Spine + back cover illustration (full wrap)
- Hand-lettered title treatment
- Print-ready PDF with bleed and crop marks
- Hi-res ebook cover (2560 × 1600 px)
- Audiobook cover (3200 × 3200 px)
- Source files on request
Recent cover illustration projects
Cover illustration styles
Composed for focal clarity and thumbnail-first legibility. Pick a direction — or let us recommend one after we read your manuscript.
Frequently asked questions
A book cover design can use photography, typography, and composition alone — no original artwork required. An illustrated cover has custom-drawn artwork as its centerpiece. Illustrated covers take longer and cost more, but they can do things (fantasy worlds, children's characters, stylised atmosphere) that photo covers simply can't.
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