Book cover design for fiction, short stories and other made up things. Photograph and text-wrangling, some illustration.
I work with Undertow Publication's Michael Kelly, to source artwork and produce original wrap-around cover designs. Starting with Shadows And Tall Trees 7, we've recently started producing special edition hardback editions with variant covers.
Artists featured in the gallery below include: Alex Andreev, Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor, Yaroslav Gerzhedovich, Marcela Bolivar, Beatriz Martin Vidal, Tran Nguyen, Tomasz Alen Kopera and Santiago Caruso. More details, including links to the respective artist's portfolio's can be found on my website (barquing.com).
I work with clients to design and produce cover concepts, either from scratch or working with licensed artwork.
Clients include: Undertow Publications, ChiZine Publications, Pearson Education, Elsevier Science, Oxford University Press, Inspired Quill, TTA Press.
Nicholas, J.T.
V.H. Leslie
*** Finalist for the World Fantasy Award ****** Finalist for the British Fantasy Award ***The stunning debut collection of supernatural and ghost stories from V.H. Leslie. An assured and masterful collection of lush and evocative tales that will send frissons through you. "An absorbing and gorgeously unsettling collection." -- Alison Moore, Author of 'The Lighthouse,' (Short-Listed for the Man... read more
Alison Moore, Brian Evenson
"Shadows and Tall Trees is a smart, soulful, illuminating investigation of the many forms and tactics available to those writers involved in one of our moment's most interesting and necessary projects, that of opening up horror literature to every sort of formal interrogation. It is a beautiful and courageous series." - Peter StraubThe acclaimed literary anthology Shadows & Tall Trees has feat... read more
Anne Goodwin
He never intended to be a jailer … After years of travelling, responsible to no-one but himself, Steve has resolved to settle down. He gets a job, buys a house and persuades Liesel to move in with him. Life’s perfect, until Liesel delivers her ultimatum: if he won’t agree to start a family, she’ll have to leave. He can’t bear to lose her, but how can he face the prospect of fatherhood when he ... read more
Malcolm Devlin
Malcolm Devlin's You Will Grow Into Them is a collection of immaculately written tales that deftly mix darkness with a playful imagination. The results are stories that are as entertaining and humane as they are deeply unsettling. We need more stories in the world like these. Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts Devlin's collection, like Andrew Michael Hurley's The Loney before it, i... read more
Edwards, Patrick
Farren, T.C.
Nicholas, J.T.
Angus, Tiffani
Kechacha, Rym
Jesse Muchmore, April 2019
Warren Court, March 2019
Kevin Elliott, December 2018
Simon Rosenberg, July 2018
Warren Court, August 2017
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Freelance illustrator with a leaning towards the atmospheric. I employ a deep knowledge of lighting and cinematography to evoke strong mood.
Rhyl, UK
A coffee addicted book designer helping authors and publishers bring their stories to life! Go on, judge a book by it's cover...
Manchester, UK