Travis Hasenour

Travis Hasenour – Designer

Map illustrator and interior designer—from non-fiction to fantasy to children's. Clients include PRH and Sourcebooks.

Overview

Hey, I'm Travis! I'm a book designer and map illustrator with 8 years of experience in the traditional publishing industry. And I'm here to help you make books! I work hard to over-communicate with my clients, so you always know what's going on. And I value the time and money you put into my work; my goal is for you to love the process and the end result.


Read on for more about my services!


Map Illustration:


I’m a map maker with absolutely no real-life cartography experience. I specialize in fantasy map illustration for the stories that pull the reader into a new universe. Bring me the worlds you’ve been creating in your novel, video game, or D&D campaign, and I’ll transform your dreams into a tangible masterpiece. My style is unique to each and every map, tailored to meet your vision. I am determined to make sure you are 100% satisfied with the end result.


Interior Design: both print and ebook


Whether it’s typesetting a manuscript or designing an activity book, it takes a certain kind of neat freak to keep everything clean and consistent across 500 pages. That's where I come in! I use InDesign to design pages with unique chapter openers, section breaks, front matter and back matter with art and decoration—stylized for the genre and tone and themes of the story.


I like to push the boundaries of design and typography—always trying new ideas and striving to create something never seen before. And everyone could use more options. My goal is to give you as many unique concepts as I can, and we work from there. From striking imagery to typography that demands attention, every element is thoughtfully curated to convey the heart and soul of your book.


Thanks for reading this far! Please take a look at my work below, and reach out for quotes and schedules. I'd love to hear from you!


Thanks,

Travis

Services
Fiction
Epic Fantasy Gaming & LitRPG Historical Fiction Magical Realism Middle Grade Fantasy Science Fiction Urban Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy
Languages
English

Work experience

Kidsbooks Publishing

Feb, 2020 — Apr, 2023 (about 3 years)

Design covers for a variety of children’s board books, activity books, workbooks, and coloring books for ages 0-13
Art direct children’s storybooks with freelance illustrators

Sourcebooks

Jun, 2015 — Feb, 2020 (over 4 years)

Design internal pages for fiction, non-fiction, calendars, and children’s books
Design front covers in-house for a variety of children’s books
Set full cover layouts, including the spine and back cover to create an eye-catching packaging
Create cover treatments for each book—including lamination, spot gloss, emboss, glitter UV, foil stamp, print over foil, Pantone inks—and create the necessary spot files for the printer

Travis has 24 reviews

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Riaan S.

Riaan S.

Nov, 2024

Travis was a pleasure to work with on the map for my debut epic science fantasy novel. Not only was the quality and value incredible, he was also easy to work with on custom changes (all online) to get me exactly what I was looking for in a map design. I would highly recommend working with Travis and giving him space to be creative with your vision.
Alora C.

Alora C.

Nov, 2024

So many good things to say, where do I even start? Travis was a VITAL key in my books success. He provided invaluable knowledge and talent in everything! I worked with him for a map for my book, some graphic design, and typesetting. In ALL fields he blew my expectations out of the water. For the map, it's clear how much care and love goes into it. Travis takes time and attention to take in all...
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SarahLee W.

SarahLee W.

Nov, 2024

I cannot recommend working with Travis enough! Always friendly and responsive it was a pleasure to work with him. He took all my input and added his own immense creativity to create a map for my book that is so perfect and beautiful I could stare at it for hours. I could not have wished for a better mapmaker. Highly recommended! Hope to work together again in the future.
Mia Z.

Mia Z.

Oct, 2024

Working with Travis was great! He was super friendly and came up with a really nice design for my first book. He patiently answered all of my noobie questions, too. I hope to work with him again in the future!
Gillian W.

Gillian W.

Jul, 2024

Working with Travis was a dream. He designed my map & did the interior design for my debut fantasy romance novel & I cannot recommend working with him enough. Travis took such a thoughtful, detail oriented approach to both of my projects & communicated with me every step of the way. I am so, so grateful to have had him on my team & will absolutely be using him in the future! Thank you so much!

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