Cormac Dow

Cormac Dow – Designer

Internationally awarded illustrator who's worked for companies like Eyes on Talent and AIG and individuals to make any project come to life.

Overview

The job as an illustrator is to take an author's story and tell it again in their own visual voice. (And to make the experience as fun as possible for both the client and me because that matters.)

I promise to do just that. As someone who has years of experience illustrating for companies and individuals and as an art director, certified and trained in many adobe software, received recognition from the International Design Awards Committee, and who wants to see every book become as beautiful and successful as possible --because, honestly, the work in each of those books is truly amazing. So it should LOOK truly amazing-- I promise to make give a voice to your work of literature. A voice that is slightly whimsical, and fanciful. Or remind someone of a story they heard around a campfire. And I promise to make to make the experience a frolic in the fields!

So, if you have an idea for a wonderful work of literature, come on in, make yourself comfortable, and tell me about it! I'm dying to hear what you have and see what I create from it.

Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Magical Realism Middle Grade Middle Grade Fantasy Short Story Thriller & Suspense Young Adult Fantasy
Non-Fiction
Nature
Languages
English
Awards
  • International Design Award Honorable Mention 2025
Certifications
  • Adobe Certification

Work experience

Birds Georgia

Jan, 2026 — May, 2026 (5 months)
For this job, I functioned as the project and art director and designer to create a deck of cards that featured art by Georgia local artists to raise money for the Gorgia Bird Trail and protecting the environments and habitats of Georgia's Birds. As a Designer, I designed the layout of all the cards front, back, and the box they came in. As a designer I oversaw a team of over 30 illustrators, motion media artist, and a photographer to see that all the designs fit together to create a coherent project.

American International Group

Sep, 2025 — Dec, 2025 (3 months)
I was the assistant project director and designer to help create a seven story mural that spirals around the inside of a stair case that depicted the history and distinct characteristics of all the neighborhoods of Atlanta. As a designer, I created multiple of the assets and designers that were used in the final mural. (This mural was done in Adobe Illustrator so that it could be printed.) As an assistant project designer, I oversaw the ideation, color palette, final designs, and the file handling for the final mural.

Self-employed

Jan, 2022 — Present
As a freelance Illustrator, I have worked with larger scale companies like AIG, Birds Georgia, F(r)iction Magazine, and others and with individual clients to create, posters, covers, page spreads, stickers, invitation, shirts, commissioned works of art, tattoos, and whatever else the client needed.

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