Joshua Griffin

Joshua Griffin – Designer

Digital Painter + Designer for Fantasy✨ and Sci-Fi🚀- I stand out by reading the manuscript, guiding authors, and creating promo images!

Overview

If you want an artist that will deeply care about your story and tease out the qualities that make it shine. I'm your guy.


I start by asking you questions and actually reading your manuscript myself. I love being able to offer this because it means I can create art that resonates with what made me fall in love with a story. It means you get to wrap your book in an authentic tribute to your hard work. And it means you'll have a cover that not only attracts your ideal readers, but will mean something to them once they've read it too.


As a bonus, by reading the story I can also use my marketing eye to highlight the tasty moments, the excerpts that can ignite curiosity and drive potential readers to know more. I breakdown these insights with my authors and help direct those sticky morsels into slick promotional images using the final art.


My specialty is in painting characters for Urban Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy, and Sci-fi covers, but I can lend my style and insights to the other fiction genres without a hitch.


For a breakdown of my process:

- Immersion - were you'll answer a questionnaire about your book and I read over your manuscript

- Sketching and Revisions - where I'll share my insights and recommendations while making sure you're excited with the vision

- Painting - where I take reference photos and illustrate your gorgeous cover art

- Finishing - where we wrap up your book with a print-ready-PDF, ebook cover, and stunning promotional art to help it stand out online (see my 'Starter Kit' in the gallery below for a visual breakdown of all the goodies)


My services comprise of Illustration, Cover Design, Art Direction, Exterior Typography, and Promotional Images for social media. All of it is included in the ‘Starter Kit’ along with a dash of my good humour. 😉


Lastly, a downside of traditional publishing is that authors are often removed from the design process and don't get a say in their cover. And while I'm happy to fully take the wheel for clients that want that, the beauty of working directly with my authors is that I can keep them involved and ensure the final product resonates just as soundly for them as it does with me.


Don't hesitate to send through your request for a tailored offer. I look forward to diving into your story and illustrating it for the world!

Services
Fiction
Dystopian Epic Fantasy Gaming & LitRPG Magical Realism Romantic Fantasy Space Opera Urban Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy
Languages
English

Work experience

Freelance

Oct, 2018 — Present

- Illustrating artwork and designing book covers for self-publishing authors.

Portfolio

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Regna Born (The Regna Sagas Book 1)

Holmberg, Erick

NineStar Press

Cover Design Illustration Typography
Cover Design Illustration Typography
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A Slayer's Reckoning

Cross, Ariel

Cover Design Illustration Typography
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Don't Fear the Reaper

Lawson, Abby

Cover Design Illustration Typography
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CHILD OF ANOTHER KIND

DECKER, STEVEN

Cover Design Illustration Typography
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Insignitis: Destiny

Anderson, Leighann

Cover Design Illustration Typography
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Eternal Hero (Omniverse Chronicles Book 1)

Grace, William

Cover Design Illustration Typography

Joshua has 22 reviews

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Morgan L.

Morgan L.

Oct, 2024

My books cover art came out really amazing! I’m really happy with the end result and look forward to working with Josh in the future for my next projects in the series!
Joshua G.
It was a pleasure working with you Morgan! Here's looking forward to the sequel where we can show off Nathan (or his friends) even more!
Wren S.

Wren S.

Oct, 2024

Joshua was absolutely wonderful to work with. He was kind enough to squeeze my debut in on a tight deadline, and skilled enough to do a thoroughly gorgeous job. I really wasn't sure how he was going to incorporate the title into the illustration I gave him, but he made it flow so naturally and beautifully to work with the image. I could not be happier with the result.
Joshua G.
Thank you Wren! Definitely a fun book to work on and a great challenge, but weaving the type into the illustration just really made it 'sing' haha. It was a pleasure working with you and I look for...
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Hannah B.

Hannah B.

Sep, 2024

Josh is an extremely talented artist and has been an absolute pleasure to work with. He took my vision for the book and brought his own ideas to create an absolute masterpiece. His responses were prompt and he was always accommodating, even bringing forward the deadline by a week to help me with my release date. I couldn't recommend Josh highly enough. I can't wait to work with him for the rest...
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Joshua G.
It was an absolute pleasure Hannah! Reading your book story alone was a delight in itself, but then being able to stew on it, connect the dots, and work with you to develop the vision for the final...
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MaryElizabeth R.

MaryElizabeth R.

Jun, 2024

I absolutely LOVED working with Josh on my cover, and will be returning for many more! He has an innate talent for creating a book cover that matches the essence of the story, including motifs and genre-specific trends.
Joshua G.
Thank you MaryElizabeth! It was delightful working with you and I can't wait to sneak more symbolism into the next cover haha! 😁
Jesus S.

Jesus S.

Apr, 2024

Josh is the best! I am grateful that he took the time to read my story. His analysis of the story was spot on, and he was able to capture the essence of it in his artwork. He listened to my requests during the early drafts and integrated them beautifully. I love the cover art he created, it is absolutely gorgeous and epic! He was prompt in his responses, very nice and professional, and he was ...
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Joshua G.
Thank you so much! It warms my soul to receive such a glowing review, Jesus! Getting to read through it really helped me laser in on who this story was for, and once we nailed the sketch it was jus...
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