Gene Mollica

Gene Mollica – Designer

Full-service design studio specializing in cover art and branding for indie authors and independent publishers.

Overview

With over 15 years of experience, our full-service Digital Art and Graphic Design studio specializes in cover art and design focusing on author branding 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, we 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 the we 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 your convenience that includes, sci-fi, thriller, 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 offered:

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

Amazon A+ content

Kickstarter campaigns


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

Heartbeats of a Killer (Jaxson Locke)

Merson, Michael

Independently published

Demon Hunts (The Walker Papers Book 6)

Murphy, C. E.

Miz Kit Productions

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

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Dave H.

Dave H.

Mar, 2025

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I’m so glad I found Gene! He’s been patient throughout the entire design process and came up with a kick-ass cover! I loved it, so I retained him for more work on my novel.
chrissy H.

chrissy H.

Oct, 2024

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Loved their work. I was so grateful and blown away.
Heather G.

Heather G.

Aug, 2023

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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 rea...
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Timothy S.

Timothy S.

Apr, 2025

I can honestly say that Gene and Sasha exceeded all wants and expectations in the development of my cover design. It was like they took the vision I had in my head and injected it with steroids before bringing it to fruition. I can’t imagine working with anyone else on a book cover at this point,...
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Katie F.

Katie F.

Mar, 2025

I worked with Gene and his partner to create a cover for my fantasy novel. The phone interview was helpful. Gene is personable and the quality of the work is exceptional. Using the finished concept, he delivered formats for ebook, print, audio, and social media banners. Updates for requested chan...
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