Horror Illustration Services

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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

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

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 Illustration

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

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

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

Joe

Joe

New York, NY, USA

Freelance Illustrator specializing in book covers and editorial illustrations.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Young Adult, Comics & Graphic Novels, Mystery & Crime, Espionage, Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, True Crime

Chris

Chris

Ogden, UT, USA

I'm a freelance illustrator with over fifteen years of professional experience. I'm known for my bold line work and intricate compositions.


Work experience:

  • Weber State University Division of Continuing Education
  • Self-employed
  • Southern Utah University

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Comics & Graphic Novels, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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

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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.


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