Maxim Mitenkov

Maxim Mitenkov – Designer

I am professional digital artist and illustrator specialized in book covers design and illustrations with over twenty years of experience.

Overview

I am a digital artist and illustrator specialized in book covers design and illustrations. With over twenty years of experience in digital arts, half of them dedicated exclusively to creating illustrations and covers for the international publishing market.


I’m specializing in book covers and illustrations, though I also do an illustration for video and board games, matte painting for cinema etc. Major clients include a HarperCollins Children Books and McGraw-Hill Ryerson.


When I work on a specific project the idea of future illustration is very important to me. When I think of the idea, more often I can already see how it will look. So, when it comes to the idea to implement, I know what I need for this project. I can say that I’m not working too long on changes, trying to achieve what I saw in my imagination. Priority areas of work: surrealism, emotions, dark art. I will try to make your project memorable, bright, original.

Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Dystopian Fantasy Horror
Languages
English
Awards
  • SICAF'12 Jury special prize on 6th International Digital Cartoon Competition, Korea

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2001 — Present

Award-Winning Illustrator / Book Cover Artist focused on fantasy and sci-fi. Worked with publishing houses like HarperCollins Children Books (USA) and McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Canada) on creating art for book covers and illustrations. In 2012 received a special Jury Prize in the 6th International Digital Cartoon Competition (SICAF'12, Seoul, Korea).

Portfolio

Paladin and Necromancer

Miller, Adrienne

Seven Beyond

Atrium, Stella

Techno Heretic 2

Rice, Garrick

Wing Mirror

Kittani, M. S.

4 Paws of Death

Tignor, Lisa

Idioms in the Dark

Fussell, J Thomas

Techno Heretic

Rice, Garrick

The Druggist

Todd Croak-Falen

It's been five years since Eric Halman's young daughter was drugged and kidnapped by a man who stalks his victims only on Halloween. Since then he's made it his life's mission to do what the police can't seem to do -- capture this predator (and maybe torture h... read more
Pulse

Patrick Carman

Fans of action-packed sci-fi thrillers such as I Am Number Four and The Maze Runner will love bestselling author Patrick Carman's Pulse, with its epic action scenes and memorable love story.In the year 2051, Faith Daniels discovers that she can move objects wi... read more
Tremor, the second book in bestselling author Patrick Carman's Pulse trilogy, is filled with more action-packed scenes and romance. Tremor will excite fans of I Am Number Four and The Maze Runner with its richly developed characters and electrifying story of l... read more
Quake (Pulse Book 3)

Patrick Carman

Set in a cinematic world where telekinetic powers dominate, Quake is the pulse-pounding finale to an epic story of love and revenge for fans of I Am Number Four and The Maze Runner.Faith and Dylan may have stopped the Quinns from destroying the Western State t... read more

Maxim has 49 reviews

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Darren R.

Darren R.

Mar, 2025

Maxim did a fantastic job for me on two covers for the first two books of a series I am working on. In one case he designed a full cover- the back looked as good as the front, and only the ebook cover for the other. Both turned out great – with, what I think, the perfect tone for the subject mat...
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Rituraj S.

Rituraj S.

Mar, 2025

Maxim was very patient with the whole process. This was my first time collaborating with an artist and he guided me steps to create ideas for the cover. I had multiple changes, which he accomodated each time. He was responsive, and finished the project on time. His art was high quality, and fit t...
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Mark R.

Mark R.

Dec, 2024

Maxim is a true professional. He responded promptly, perfectly captured my vision, and delivered outstanding work—for the third time! He's incredibly easy to work with. I gave him a long list of ideas, and he completely nailed it. Highly recommend. Thanks for your creative design, Maxim.
Kevin B.

Kevin B.

Dec, 2024

Maxim was really great and understood what I was going for and delivered. He was patient with me with timeline and illustrations design were top quality. Very happy working with Maxim will hopefully be back for more designs in the future
Maxim M.
Thank you. It was great project
Jonas V.

Jonas V.

Sep, 2024

Max was excellent! Such a wonderful dark tone and great ideas. It was a pleasure working with him and I could not be happier!
Maxim M.
Thank you

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