Jordan Lewerissa – Designer

Hi, I'm Jordan. I'm an illustrator who lives in Brisbane, Australia. My mission is to create striking cover images to help readers find and connect with your amazing stories. My comfort zone is illustration that employs a line-art-and-colour methodology, but I welcome opportunities to step outside of that and create imagery that draws on more diverse stylistic lineages.

The most rewarding part of my job is working with you to distil what's essential in your story and crafting an image that breathes and pulses with the vitality of your world. In terms of subject matter, I'm very interested in steering away from the traditional "character in an environment" treatment that saturates the market, so I try to pursue less conventional angles to help your book cover stand apart on the shelf; this might mean leaning into artefacts or symbolism that define your story. I'm open to helping you materialise visual ideas you have already developed, or brainstorming possibilities from scratch if you don't know which direction to go yet.

Some things to keep in mind if you'd like to work with me:

- I typically need a minimum of eight weeks development time to produce a book cover that both you and I will be happy with. This period includes all the necessary back and forth we'll have trading ideas and making decisions.

- Before we start, I'll need you to have your final page extent, trim size, and paper stock decided. This will mean I can start working on composition ideas without any question marks over dimensions and aspect ratio.

- I don't use AI at any stage of my process, and I'm not open to working with other creators who use generative AI at all.

- My time zone is GMT+10, so there might be a few hours between you writing and me responding.

If any of my examples resonate with you, please get in touch—I'd love the chance to help bring your project to life!

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Please note: At the moment I don't have capacity to produce fully illustrated picture books. When I have this service available again, I'll update this message. Thank you!

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