Fantasy Illustration Services

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Hokyoung

Hokyoung

New York, United States

I am an illustrator interested in making images with strong moods and narratives.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Classics, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Story

Mai

Mai

Lancaster, CA, USA

My art is hand-drawn and digitally colored. I love to marry illustrations to text- making each story unique for a lasting childhood memory.


Work experience:

  • Bowker
  • Ewonderment, LLC
  • DGS (KDP Kids Books)
  • Child Like Faith Children's Books LLC
  • White Feather Interpreting, LLC
  • The Magnus Company
  • Lil' Oil Publishing

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Holiday, Picture Books, Children's, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction

Anna

Anna

Seattle, WA, USA

An illustrator with a love of painting fantasy characters that pop with personality and vibrant color!


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Good Enough Games
  • Alchemy Art Group
  • Daylight Publications

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Nature, Gaming & LitRPG, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Travis

Travis

Louisville, KY, USA

Map illustrator, interior designer, and cover designer—from non-fiction to fantasy to children's. Clients include PRH and Sourcebooks.


Work experience:

  • Sourcebooks
  • Kidsbooks Publishing

Services: Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Urban Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction

Rachel

Rachel

Mesquite, NV, USA

I'm an illustrator with 10 years of experience as a freelancer in the publishing space. Whatever your needs, I'm here to help!


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • King Show Games

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Paranormal Romance, New Adult, Young Adult

Steve

Steve

Seattle, WA, USA

I paint spaceships and other things. Freelance illustrator and commissioning art director with 15 combined years in those drivers seats.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Fantasy Flight Games

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Space Opera, Science Fiction, Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Military Science Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy

Mallette

Mallette

Jackson, Michigan, USA

Visual storyteller specializing in book cover illustrations for young adult and middle-grade fantasy.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Far Ahead Advertising

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Middle Grade Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult

Christine

Christine

Jersey City, NJ, USA

Art director, graphic designer, and illustrator with over 16 years of experience specializing in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.


Work experience:

  • Tordotcom Publishing
  • Grand Central Publishing/Forever Books
  • Oxford University Press
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Anthologies, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction

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An ancient forest of blue flowers. Towering spires. An old castle sitting alone in a sky full of dragons. These are visions that make fantasy as a genre so magical to read — and for authors to write.


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