Gita Kowlessur

Gita Kowlessur – Designer

Graphic Designer & Illustrator for Trade Fiction Covers and Children’s Picture Books.

Overview

As an illustrator specializing in picture books, I bring stories to life through engaging, expressive visuals tailored for young audiences. Currently, I work as a designer at Bloomsbury Publishing, where I create captivating book covers that resonate with readers and embody each book’s essence. My experience in both illustration and design means I understand how to blend visual appeal with storytelling, whether it’s a picture book spread or an eye-catching cover, I’m here to make every project shine. Expect a collaborative, creative approach and a commitment to delivering high-quality, impactful work.

Services
Non-Fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction Humanities & Social Sciences
Fiction
Literary Fiction Middle Grade Picture Books Poetry
Languages
English
Certifications
  • Short-listed for Penguin Design Award 2020 (children’s book cover category)

Work experience

Bloomsbury Publishing

Apr, 2021 — Present
Illustrate and design cover for the Academic and Production Team. Working closely with editorial and production colleagues and external suppliers on up to date on cover changes and proofs.

Portfolio

Fiction in the Field

Jacqueline Yallop

Bloomsbury Academic

Through a series of discussions with practitioners in fields beyond the Humanities, this book explores how key creative writing techniques inspire and inform other disciplines. In turn, this n... read more
Cover Design Illustration Typography
A Practical Companion to Children's Literature Studies

Kimberley Reynolds

Bloomsbury Academic

Children's literature is a rapidly expanding and ever-evolving field, so this research guide is devoted to the specialist skills and complexities of studying and working with children's litera... read more
Cover Design Typography Production Management
The Crown of Thorns

Faith Tibble

Bloomsbury Publishing

Jesus' Crown of Thorns has become one of the most ubiquitous features of Christian religious art, but was the crown of history anything like the crown of popular medieval art and piety? The im... read more
Cover Design Illustration Typography
The Metal Gear Solid Series

Steven Kielich

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

This collection, arriving in the wake of the 25th anniversary of 1998's Metal Gear Solid, provides scholars and fans alike with a wide-ranging selection of critical essays on the franchise fro... read more
Cover Design Illustration Typography
Cinema, Suffering and Psychoanalysis

Laura Stephenson

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Cinema, Suffering and Psychoanalysis explores psychological disorder as common to the human condition using a unique three-angled approach: psychoanalysis recognises the inherent suffering enc... read more
Cover Design
Women of Horror and Speculative Fiction in Their Own Words

Sébastien Doubinsky

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

What makes science fiction genres better than others at challenging social conventions, especially gender? Are speculative works structured differently when addressed to traditionally under-po... read more
Cover Design Illustration
Selected Plays by Cuban Playwright Abel González Melo

Abel González Melo

Bloomsbury Publishing

"One of Cuba's most important contemporary playwrights, Abel González Melo is known for a hybrid poetics in which he employs contemporary formal features, such as non-linear storytelling and f... read more
Cover Design Illustration Typography
American Druidry

Kimberly Kirner

Bloomsbury Publishing

Approaching Druidry as an emerging religious movement that offers an alternative to the mainstream materialist, consumerist culture of the United States, Kimberly Kirner analyses her own life ... read more
Cover Design Illustration Typography

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