Rengin Tumer

Rengin Tumer – Designer

YA and fantasy illustrator. Clients: Tor Books, V.E. Schwab. Handpainted striking, vibrant illustrations that grab your readers' attention!

Overview

I’m a digital painter that specializes in art for young adult and fantasy fiction. I will paint your vision and make you a striking illustration that grabs attention from scratch. My strengths are impactful storytelling with vibrant colors, but I'm also a clear communicator and am able to accurately estimate the time I spend on a project, so I always hit my deadlines.


Clients include Tor Books, Titan Books, Bonnier Books (Hot Key Books), Wyrmwood gaming and #1 NYT Bestselling Author V.E. Schwab.


PLEASE NOTE: I do NOT provide the lettering for your book cover.

I get a lot of requests for cover design. While I can paint a beautiful illustration for your cover, I do not provide graphic design services myself.

Elements like titles, author names, blurbs etc. would have to be done by a graphic designer, which you can commission separately.


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**WHEN REQUESTING AN OFFER from me, please include:**

- budget (ballpark)

- deadline

- a general description what you'd like to see on your cover in terms of characters, environment and mood!

These three things are essential for me to make you an offer.

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After more than 10 years as a professional artist, I have experience with freelancing and working in teams, for all kinds of businesses from start-ups to multi-million dollar companies. My experience with marketing and close collaboration with marketing teams give me a great insight into what your bookcover would need.


Higher budgets allow for more detailing and complex compositions with multiple characters or elements. Lower budgets will result in simpler compositions with less characters, but will always be competitive and look polished and well-cared for.



After receiving your brief and working out the offer details, I'll get to work and create two or three thumbnails for your bookcover, so you can get an idea of the final look and placement of all elements.

You can choose one of the thumbnails and I'll get to detailing all the elements of your cover.


Included in the price is one more feedback round (after you've chosen the thumbnail), in which you can ask me to change smaller things. E.g. can his arm be a bit higher, can you move her a bit to the right, can the light be a bit brighter, etc. Requests like "can we change the camera perspective" or "can we go for the other concept instead" are not included in this phase. Don't worry, I'll always let you know if this is the case and we can discuss options if you want to take the cover in another direction.


Once the final adjustments have been made, you get your new bookcover!

Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Comics & Graphic Novels Epic Fantasy Gaming & LitRPG Urban Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Languages
English
Awards
  • Platinum award at the Muse Creative Awards 2018
  • Gold award at the European Design Awards 2018
  • Silver award at the KIAF awards 2018
Certifications
  • CGMA - Digital Painting

Work experience

Self-employed

Aug, 2008 — Present

Handpainted illustrations for Young Adult and Fantasy novels. Impactful storytelling with vibrant colors.
Clients include Tor Books, Titan Books, Bonnier Books (Hot Key Books), Wyrmwood gaming and #1 NYT Bestselling Author V.E. Schwab.

The Dutch Postcode Lottery

Jan, 2014 — Dec, 2018 (almost 5 years)

Art direction for animation videos, sketching visuals and storyboards for new campaign pitches, as well as some occasional 3D work.

Dutch FilmWorks

Mar, 2013 — Sep, 2013 (6 months)

Promotional artwork and DTP for movies distributed by DFW such as DVD sleeves, posters, books and magazines.

Portfolio

Illustration
Cathédrale

Lefebvre, Hermine

Illustration
Illustration
Illustration

Rengin has 4 reviews

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Jon M.

Jon M.

Apr, 2024

Rengin was fantastic to work with. One of the most impressive aspects of the illustrations she did for me was how well she was able to portray different personalities in the characters. From cruel, to humorous, to earnest, to heartbroken, the key traits were able to shine through. I would recommend Rengin to anyone seeking strong artwork to portray their characters.
Rengin T.
Thank you once again for this awesome project Jon! It was so much fun to illustrate this series of characters and bring out their personalities.
Daniel V.

Daniel V.

Nov, 2022

Rengin's artwork was amazing! She kept me in the loop the entire time she worked on these pieces and listened to all the ideas I had. What she came up with was so much more fantastic than anything I could have thought of, and I am incredibly happy with her final products. I suggest anyone who is looking to have their visions come to life that you work with Rengin.
Rengin T.
Thank you so much Daniel! I'm glad you had a great experience with me and loved the final art pieces.
Naomi K.

Naomi K.

Jan, 2022

Regina did a lovely illustration job.
Alesa C.

Alesa C.

Apr, 2021

Rengin's communication is very quick and concise. She is an organized and diligent worker as well as a wonderful artist. It was great to work with her!
Rengin T.
Thank you for your review Alesa! It was great to work with you as well - hope we can create something together again in the future!

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