Horror Illustration Services

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Eugene

Eugene

Chicago, IL, USA

I'm a talented freelance illustrator who specializes in creating eye catching sci-fi, fantasy, horror and YA fiction illustrations.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction

Erling

Erling

Kittery, ME, USA

Professional illustrator with a passion for creating compelling illustrations that evoke an emotional response with the viewer.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Limbic Software
  • SMFA - Tufts University
  • CCP Games
  • Astoria Graphics

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult

Anthony

Anthony

New York, NY, USA

Award winning book cover illustrator specializing in Fantasy and Sci-fi. Clients include Fantasy Flight Games, Palladium Books and more.


Work experience:

  • Dustin Yellin Studios
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Short Story, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction

Jeff

Jeff

New York, NY, USA

Jeff is an Art Director from NYC. He specializes in the Fantasy, YA, and Sci-Fi genre. Known for creating cover for Snow Like Ashes series.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Management, Computers & Internet, Technology, History, Religion & Spirituality, Nature, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Cultural & Ethnic, Holiday, Inspirational, Women's Fiction, Music, Entertainment, New Age, Mashups, Themes & Motifs, Writing & Publishing, Mystery & Crime, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Sports & Outdoors, Science Fiction, Economics, Design, Photography, Architecture

Kurt

Kurt

Burlington, VT, USA

Illustrator with a passion for wrangling the wild and weird into narrative compositions of drama.


Work experience:

  • Fakelove - A New York Times Company
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Space Opera, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Action & Adventure

Matt

Matt

Castle Rock, CO, USA

Cover illustrator specializing in Fantasy and Sci-fi. Clients include Penguin / Random House, Ghostfire Gaming, Elder Scrolls and more.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Theresa

Theresa

Key West, FL, USA

I am an illustrator/cartoonist with six years of experience working on a variety of comic series and editorial illustrations.


Work experience:

  • Dotdash Meredith
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Picture Books, Children's, Middle Grade

Lauren

Lauren

Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA

An illustrator living amongst the folklore and trees of Appalachia creating art based on ritual, stories, and the aspects that call to her.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Xervéo

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Anthologies, Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Short Story

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Hire the best horror book illustrators


Sometimes the things that go bump in the night need to be seen to be understood. If you’re writing a horror novel and find yourself facing such a situation, that’s when you might want to hire a horror book illustrator to help illustrate your creepy, eerie world of nightmares and monsters.


A good horror artist will know exactly how to bring out the atmosphere of dread and fear that you’re looking to create on paper. They’ll listen to you when you describe the grotesque creatures or disturbing shadows of your project, and will help lend their personal art style to your story. Whether your horror story has gothic, supernatural, or fantasy elements running through it, our horror artists can help you express the dark mood of your work in a graphic way.


Luckily, you don’t need to luck too far under your bed in order to find the perfect horror illustrator. Here at Reedsy, you can meet hundreds of the best publishing professionals in the industry with a simple click of the finger. We vet our professionals thoroughly, accepting only the top 3% of applicants. Sign up to Reedsy today to create a free account and meet the horror artist of your dreams and nightmares.

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