Julian Bauer

Julian Bauer – Designer

I will provide the package of: The illustration, the layout of the book title, synopsis, and front and back cover and a printable PDF.

Overview

Hi, my name is Julian and I am a professional freelance illustrator since over seven 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

Illustration
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
Cover Design Illustration
Hameln

Bilwis

Northern Silence

Illustration

Julian has 3 reviews

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Jordan C.

Jordan C.

Dec, 2024

Julian is an unbelievable artist and great person to work with. He’s very responsive and willing to work with you on anything you need to change. His ability to translate what’s in your head onto canvas is unparalleled. Highly recommend and will be working with him again in the future! Well worth the price.
Marc T.

Marc T.

Nov, 2024

Julian was great to work with. He creates beautiful art, understood my vision for the cover and is very timely and responsive! I definitely recommend him!
Donald W.

Donald W.

Oct, 2024

It was such a pleasure to work with Julian on my cover. His skills are unparalleled and his creativity shines through in the work. If you're looking for an amazing piece of original artwork, and not just some cover made up of thrown together images, then Julian is your man.
Julian B.
Thank you so much for your commission! It was a pleasure working with you. Your instructions were clear, professional, and to the point.

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