Gene Mollica

Gene Mollica – Designer

Full-service design studio specializing in cover art & branding helping create many NY Times and USA Today Best Selling Authors.

Overview

With over 15 years of experience, I have run full-service Digital Art and Graphic Design studio specializing in cover art and design for the publishing industry. Creating a reputation for bringing the characters and worlds authors envision to life, and love it.

As a full-service design studio, I offer a wide range of cover art and branding services including complete custom cover branding packages for authors who are more established and looking to level up their game as well as stock art packages for authors who are looking to get started.


The shortlist of authors who I have helped achieve NY Times and USA Today Bestseller status includes, Kevin Hearne, Ilona Andrews, Joe Abercrombie, Brian McClellan, Shayne Silvers, Michael Anderle,

Lisa Phillips, Ella Summers, RL King, Teddy Harrison, Hailey Edwards, Bec McMaster, Kim Harrison, Patricia Briggs, Jenna Wolfhart, Justin Leslie, Jeff Pantenalla, Ryan Attard,

The publishing houses that have turned to us to create cinematic covers include Random House, DelRey, Tor Books, Orbit Books, Bantam Books, Roc, Dutton Books, Kensington Publishing, Source Books, Amazon Publishing, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Avon.


For authors with more limited budgets or clients who have projects running on faster deadlines, we have built our own stock photography collection for their convenience that includes, romance, epic fantasy, historical romance, urban fantasy, paranormal fantasy and much more.


Services


Our basic ebook cover rate uses 1 stock photo background, 1 single stock photo-

1 round of simple edits starts at $350.

For custom stock photography covers range from $550 -$1200 a cover.

Quotes are based on the complexity of the project.


Add-ons I offer:

Custom Photography- This is a great option and is cost-effective for people looking to do a series.

Stock Photography collection

Cover Design

Custom Typography

Jacket Wraps

Box Sets

Social Media Marketing Banner

3D book renders

Audio covers

Book Trailers

Series Logo Design


We look forward to hearing from you.



Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Contemporary Romance Epic Fantasy Historical Mysteries Historical Romance Science Fiction Urban Fantasy
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2009 — Present

Digital artist specializing in creating cinematic images for the publishing industry since 2009. We have completed hundreds of titles and have helped many indie authors reach USA Today and Wallstreet Journal Bestselling status.

Portfolio

The first novel in the Iron Druid Chronicles—introducing a cool, new, funny urban fantasy heroAtticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound.... read more

Gene has 8 reviews

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Heather G.

Heather G.

Sep, 2023

Continued to work with Gene and Sasha for social media package. As before, 10/10 work!
Heather G.

Heather G.

Aug, 2023

I couldn't be more pleased with the book cover Gene and Sasha created for me. It was exactly what I was looking for. The reason I originally picked them is that, out of all the cover artists I looked at, they were ones that I felt made stock photos of their models merge into the backgrounds realistically (I'm a big fan of showing characters on the covers of books). They have a great eye for l...
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Shawe R.

Shawe R.

Feb, 2023

This is the first time I collaborated with Gene and Sasha, who have helped transform the book cover into a highly impactful and attention-grabbing one.
Fran P.

Fran P.

Aug, 2021

Gene does excellent work and was a pleasure to work with. I look forward to using him on my next project!
Corinne A.

Corinne A.

Apr, 2021

Gene is the best. Already thinking of the cover and details for the second book in my Censored Time trilogy. He’s creative, insightful, and wonderfully honest. Highly recommend.

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