History Illustration Services

Hire top freelance history book illustration professionals on Reedsy. Give your book beautiful illustrations in three easy steps: sign up, upload your project brief, and request quotes from professionals of your choice!

Brianna

Brianna

New York, United States

I'm a freelance book cover designer and illustrator with nearly a decade of in-house experience at a top publishing house.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design Production Management

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Poetry, Historical Fiction, Music, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sports & Outdoors, Thriller & Suspense

Ian

Ian

Winston-Salem, NC, USA

A professional illustrator with a passion for fantasy, mystery, history, and more.


Work experience:

  • Travel Stamps
  • Freelance

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Science Fiction, Nature

Jerry

Jerry

New York City, NY, USA

Designer, Art Director and Illustrator. I specialize in Big, Bold Thrillers and True Crime.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • St. Martin's Press

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery & Crime

Stewart

Stewart

Morgantown, WV, USA

Over 30 years in publishing. Art Direction, Graphic Design, Typography, Illustration, Project Management. Two cats are also here to help.


Work experience:

  • Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
  • Sasquatch Books
  • Seattle Weekly
  • The Rocket
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design Production Management

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, True Crime, Religion & Spirituality

Richard

Richard

Boulder, CO, USA

Richard is an award–winning book cover and interior designer with over 100 New York Times Bestselling cover designs to his name.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Regan Arts, New York (A Phaidon Global Company)
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Sullivan & Company, New York (www.sullivannyc.com)
  • D’Arcy Advertising (former DMB&B Clarion), Oslo, Norway

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Music, True Crime, Literary Fiction

Barry

Barry

New York, NY, USA

I'm a designer, Illustrator, and animator working and living in beautiful Brooklyn, NY.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Middle Grade

Candace

Candace

Virginia Beach, VA, USA

I’m an illustrator with a passion for creating whimsical illustrations, illustrated covers, and hand-drawn maps with a vivid sense of place.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, History, Design

Ashley

Ashley

Portland, ME, United States

I'm an art director, graphic designer and illustrator that loves book design, typography and the interplay of graphics and text.


Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Macmillan Children's Books
  • Sellers Publishing, Inc.

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Nature, Home & Garden, Middle Grade, Education & Reference, Middle Grade Fantasy

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Hire the best history book illustrators


What can a book illustrator bring to a history book? If you're writing for a younger audience, for example, illustrations can really help bring your book to life —think the Horrible Histories series.


But even if you write for older audiences, a history book illustrator can give your work a colorful and thoughtful cover, too, like the cover of The Silk Roads. Ideally, you want to hire a history book illustrator who understands and can find inspiration from artworks from the past, like engravings on ancient temples or embroideries on clothes.


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