Julian Bauer

Julian Bauer – Designer

I will provide the artwork, the design of the title, synopsis, and front and back cover and a printable PDF. | No AI used. | 100% Human Art.

Overview

Hi, my name is Julian and I am a professional freelance illustrator since over eight years, based in Germany. My work focuses on, but is not limited to, fantasy cover illustrations with a semi-realistic art style. If you like, I will provide the whole package, including painting the illustration, layout book titles, the synopsis, logos, and exporting your front and back cover as a printable PDF.

In addition to my experience in the games and film industries, I also have been working in the field of music album cover design for over five years.

My clients include Wizards of the Coast, E.D. Films, Jagex, Gameforge, and Hooded Horse.

Please visit my gallery below to see more of my work, and feel free to contact me if you are interested in working with me.

Langauges:

English - fluent, written and spoken

German - native

Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Gaming & LitRPG Horror Science Fiction
Languages
English

Work experience

E.D.Films

Jan, 2022 — Apr, 2023 (about 1 year)
- Environment Matte Painting for the animation short "Return to Hairy Hill" (2023) - Visual Development, Concept Art and Asset preparation - 360° matte painting for immersive environment dome projections - Research and testing an in-house developed tool "PSD to 3D"

Wizards of the Coast

Apr, 2024 — Jun, 2024 (2 months)
Provision of several concept pieces for an unannounced project.

Gameforge

Mar, 2023 — Jun, 2023 (3 months)
Illustration of sci-fi UI elements for a game prototype, including icon design, layouting of typography and background illustration

Jagex

Aug, 2021 — Oct, 2021 (2 months)
Provision of several concept pieces for an unannounced project.

Stone Arch Games

Jul, 2015 — May, 2021 (almost 6 years)
Art Direction and production of 2D game ready assets for the multiplayer game Elementar. - Concept art - Character splash art - 2D animation - particle animation - Website building

Portfolio

Made with Reedsy
Ashes of Insurrection (The Odyssey Saga Book 1)

Withrow, D. Micheal

Made with Reedsy
The Last Wizard: A Slow-Burn Dark Epic Fantasy of Hard Magic (The Land of Amun Saga Book 1)

Mizgailo, Alex

Fallen Kings and Rusted Crowns

Duskmourn

Duskmourn

Illustration
Made with Reedsy
The Shadowed Oracle (The Bonded Worlds Book 1)

Sturn, R.B.

Bird of Paradise

Dead Venus

NonStopMusic

Cover Design Illustration
Revenant: Seekers Saga Book 2

Tyre, Leslie

Austin Macauley Publishers

Illustration
Inferno (The Seekers Book 1)

Tyre, Leslie

BookBaby

Illustration
Flowers & Pain - Dead Venus

Dead Venus

Team H

Cover Design Illustration
Hameln

Bilwis

Northern Silence

Illustration

Julian has 18 reviews

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Robert R.

Robert R.

Mar, 2026

Julian was excellent to work with on this project. He had great ideas and his artwork is brilliant. We had a very good cadence of communication and his responsiveness was top notch. I would highly recommend him and will look forward to working with him again soon!
Chantelle F.

Chantelle F.

Mar, 2026

I will absolutely be working with Julian again - he created such beautiful artwork for my book series, and was such a pleasure to work with. He made the whole process much easier than what I've experienced in the past. He is receptive, professional, and incredibly talented. Would 100% recommend!
Ferris A.

Ferris A.

Feb, 2026

Julian's portfolio was already impressive, but his work exceeded my already high expectations. He worked quickly, and was priced extremely fairly for the quality of work. I will work with him again in the future, and would recommend him highly to anyone.
Ardere L.

Ardere L.

Jan, 2026

Very professional and completed the work even faster than expected. Not to mention extraordinarily communicative and polite. An all around great artist to work with! Would definitely reccomended him when considering your projects.
Alex M.

Alex M.

Nov, 2025

Another solid experience working together. The artist captured the atmosphere of the book reliably and professionally. I’m confident in continuing this partnership for the remaining titles in the series.

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