Cristiana Leone

Cristiana Leone – Designer

Hi! I’m Cris, a freelance illustrator from Italy with a focus on fantasy, dark fantasy, romantasy and YA. 100% human created.

Overview

Passionate about drawing since childhood, as a self taught artist, I’m always eager to master new techniques and learn as much as possible. In 2012 I left my secretary job to follow the dream of becoming a full-time artist and have been working as a freelancer ever since. I am a dreamer, a fantasy and art lover, trying to put all my deep passion in each project I am lucky to be envolved in. I collaborated in various kind of projects, with many clients, private and publishers: TTRPG manuale, Card & Board Games and, of course book covers and interior illustrations!

Some of my most recent clients are:

Cubicle7 (Warhammer TOW), Ludus Magnus Studio (Blasphemous – The Board Game), Ghostfire Gaming (Monster Grimoire, Dungeons of Drakkenheim, Arora), Ulisses Spiele (Marbo Vademecum, The Dark Eye, Phileasson Saga), Fire Opal (13th Age), DV Games (Decktective 3-4-5, Bang! Legends), Beyond Worlds (Silberheim ECG), Mondadori, Lo scarabeo Tarot, Black Fox Press, Caurette Editions, Fanucci Editore and many more.

My rates start from:

900 EUROS for wrap around cover illustration + graphics and typography;

600 EUROS for front only cover illustration + graphics and typography;

I usually need 1 month/45 days from sketches to final high resolution files.

Feel free to contact me for any inquiry! I am eager to collaborate with you!

Services
Fiction
Epic Fantasy Gaming & LitRPG Magical Realism Romantic Fantasy Urban Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy
Languages
English

Work experience

self-employed

Jan, 2012 — Apr, 2024 (over 12 years)

Ludus Magnus

Dec, 2024 — Mar, 2025 (3 months)
Character designs for the Board Game: "Blasphemous"

Cubicle 7

Sep, 2024 — Present
Illustrator and character designer for: Warhammer Fantasy RPG manuals and Talismand Adventures RPS manual.

Mondadori Electa

Dec, 2022 — Mar, 2023 (4 months)
Illustrator for cover and interior artworks for the book "Le Avventure del Mago Xiao"

Ghostfire Gaming

Jul, 2022 — Aug, 2023 (about 1 year)
Character designer for RPGs Manuals: "The Monsters Griomoire"; "Dungeons of Drakkeneim"; "Arora".

DV Games

Jul, 2022 — Apr, 2024 (almost 2 years)
Character designer and illustrator for the board Card games: "Bang! - Legends" "Decktective - The Will without an Heir" "Decktective - You Can't Cheat Death" "Decktective - Secrets in the Sands" "Decktective - Look up Sherlock Holmes"

Ghostfire Gaming

Aug, 2021 — Present
Character Designer for the TTRPG Manuals "Grim Hollow Monster Grimoire" (AD. Suzanne Helmigh) and "Drakkenheim" (AD. Marius Bota)

Cubicle 7

May, 2019 — Nov, 2019 (6 months)
Part of the art team that created the illustrations for the new edition of "The One Ring" RPG Manual, with the art Direction of master Antonio De Luca.

Fanucci Editore

Jul, 2018 — Present
Cover Artist for Fantasy and Young Adult Fantasy books:
 - Robert Jordan's "The Great Hunt - The Wheel of Time" (with the Art Direction of master Paolo Barbieri)
 - Segantini - Poli's "Alika"
 - Rednic's "La caduta dello Zentir"

Dark Zone Edizioni

Jun, 2018 — Present
Illustrator for all the inner artworks and character designs of the short novel "Cloack", written by Valerio La Martire.

Nativi Digitali Edizioni

Mar, 2017 — Present
Cover Artist for fantasy books.

Nativi Digitali Edizioni

Mar, 2017 — Present
Character design, illustrations and backgrounds for the Visual Novel "The Deadline".

Knights Of Vasteel

Jan, 2016 — Present
I realized 200+ pencil hand drawn fantasy characters for a random NPC characters generator.

Portfolio

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Queen of the Wastelands (The Final Rider Book 2)

Trickey, Elyzabeth

Cover Design Illustration Typography
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A Twisted Fate (The Exile's Paradox Book 1)

Endsley, Kristine

KE Fantasy

Cover Design Illustration Typography
Cover Design Illustration Typography
Made with Reedsy
The Final Rider

Trickey, Elyzabeth

Kindle Direct

Made with Reedsy
Night Rise

de la Rosa, Frances Louise

Frances de la Rosa

Cover Design Illustration Typography
Cover Design Illustration Typography
Made with Reedsy
Dark Fae Rising

Walker, A J

Cover Design Illustration Typography
Made with Reedsy
Mercury Dagger : A Tale From Kraydenia

Visser, Marius H.

Drake Press

Cover Design Illustration Typography
Made with Reedsy
Stones, Stars and the Storms Between

Terral, G.J.

Independently published

Cover Design Illustration Typography
Made with Reedsy
First Wave: A Fantasy Adventure - Book 3 of Evolution Trials

Kennedy, Sean

Sean Kennedy

Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration Typography
Made with Reedsy
Order of the Spirits: Fragments

Radojković, Vladimir

Cover Design Illustration Typography
Cover Design Illustration Typography
Made with Reedsy
The King's Glaive

Hulse, T. M.

Cover Design Illustration Typography
“Gli uomini non sono capaci di governarsi da soli. Se lasciati a se stessi, conducono il mondo alla rovina”È questo il mantra di Ettore, un ambizioso universitario senese, educato per diventar... read more
Cover Design Illustration Typography
"L’odio li aveva uniti, e l’odio continuava a tenerli uniti. Non era la necessità, non era la fiducia né la fedeltà, tantomeno l’amicizia. Ma puro, incontaminato e primordiale odio reciproco."... read more
Cover Design Illustration Typography
Alika

Sara Segantini

Nel piccolo continente di Alika, popolato da umani, ninfe, draghi, mutaforma e altre creature fantastiche, tra guerre civili e maledizioni, mari infestati da pirati e foreste mortali, si incro... read more
Illustration
In una notte che sa di mistero, Nathan, John, Gwen e Sam vengono colpiti da piccoli meteoriti blu caduti dal cielo. Sono i frammenti dello Zentir, un potente e prodigioso artefatto esploso in ... read more
Illustration

Cristiana has 38 reviews

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Sean K.

Sean K.

Apr, 2024

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Working with Cris was an absolute joy! She was a pro right from the start. I love her art style. She set really clear expectations from the beginning and she nailed everything. Great communicator and I hope to work with her again.
Cristiana L.
Thanks Sean! It was a pleasure to collaborate with you!
Kristine E.

Kristine E.

Jan, 2024

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Cris is a patient, professional, talented and open-minded artist. She listened to everything I said and worked with me—a stubborn first time author—who knows very little about covers or formatting, and she made a beautiful piece of artwork. She has the greatest ideas and is open to my input. I lo...
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Frances D.

Frances D.

May, 2022

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I absolutely loved working with Cris! Her art is phenomenal, and only rivaled by her enthusiasm for the project. She kept me updated on the progress, and made sure I was happy with every change or idea before continuing. Her communication was proffesional as well as personable, making every messa...
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Cristiana L.
Thank you so much for your kind words! It was a pleasure to collaborate with you! Good luck for your project! :D
Sean K.

Sean K.

Dec, 2025

Cris is so good, as always!
Cristiana L.
Thanks Sean, always a pleasure to collaborate with you!
Ann L.

Ann L.

Oct, 2025

Cris is always a pleasure to work with! This is our second collaboration. Topnotch artwork, helpful, knowledgeable, capable and easy to communicate with. I cannot recommend her highly enough! She will definitely be tapped for artwork and cover for my next book as well.
Cristiana L.
Thank you Ann! It is my pleasure to collaborate with you!

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