Hire Book Illustrators near Bristol

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Hugh

Hugh

Bristol, UK

Book cover designer and illustrator working primarily in adult non fiction and fiction.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Short Story, Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Writing & Publishing

Femke

Femke

Bristol, UK

I’ve been an illustrator since 2008 I work in editorial, publishing and advertising.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration Book Interior Design

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Classics, Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Steampunk, Science Fiction

Alex

Alex

Bristol, UK

Award Winning Book Designer specialising in Illustration and attention-grabbing Graphic Design.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Better Food
  • VIVID. a post_rock festival

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, New Adult, Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Action & Adventure

Patrick

Patrick

Bristol, UK

A freelance Illustrator/Graphic Designer with over 8 years of experience creating book covers, album sleeves and artworks for exhibition.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The Big Sky

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Literary Fiction

Roderick

Roderick

Bristol, UK

Book Cover Designer and Illustrator with 20+ years experience in graphic design - creating great covers for equally great books.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Valancourt Books
  • Troubador Publishing

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Horror, Mystery & Crime

Patrick

Patrick

Brighton, United Kingdom

With 30 years experience designing covers for the UK's top publishing houses, I also art direct, illustrate and do hand lettering for covers


Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller & Suspense, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Historical Mysteries, Science Fiction

Nick

Nick

London, United Kingdom

I am a book cover designer with 20 years experience. I have designed everything from thrillers, crime books and illustrated womens fiction.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • HarperCollins

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense

Louise

Louise

England, United Kingdom

Hello, I am an Illustrator living & working in Somerset. My style is honest, inviting & brings the everyday to life.


Work experience:

  • Ernest Journal - Tina Smith, Jo Keeling
  • Author Andrew Sutton
  • The Hunterian Museum & Glasgow University
  • Curator of 'Museum of memory', Kate McStraw,
  • Tina Smith, Dan Linstead -Immediate Media
  • Pretty Nostalgic
  • Another Escape
  • Upper Hand Press. (William Cass, Author & Ann Starr, Publisher)
  • Marbella Club Hotel & Smokes Creative

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Historical Fiction, Classics, Home & Garden, Weddings, Short Story, Middle Grade, Fashion & Textiles

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For authors creating picture books, the illustrations are just as important as the story, if not more so. If you’ve written a book that needs artwork — and only the best illustrators in East Sussex will do — you can now hire the best book illustrators in Bristol to bring your vision to life.


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