Branding your work is no easy task. It requires a lot of thought on your part before you ever talk to an artist. In fact, it requires you think about it in depth before you decide on one artist over another.
And in this marketplace, with new authors trying their wings daily, the market is filled with marvelous designers.
In fact, the list I am about to produce for you here shows the variety of their thoughts and tools, the marvelous talent and the dramatic differences among those designers.
First of all, let me tell you, I am an author. A communicator. I am
not an artist. But I have worked with professional designers of everything from giant highway billboards to tiny, intriguing business cards for more than 36 years.
Secondly, why do I have this list?
Ah, my guilty secret is that I LOVE looking at the offerings of so many delightful artists and often after I sit down each morning to work (and yes, write!) I take myself on a magic carpet ride on the internet to gaze at the beauties they have offered up for our enjoyment. (I could go to amazon and surf, but trust me, that way, I am reading plot lines, not imbibing the skills of the artistry.)
Furthermore, if you look at these artists' works like I do, you become inspired by their imagination. I play a game with myself called,
What Title Goes With This Cover?
Try it. You'll be smiling. And like me, you may find yourself refreshed and ready to hit the keyboard. If you have problems tearing yourself away, then do hit the stop watch. You could spend the day doing this! (Yes. I have.)
Know too that not every artist is right for you and your work or even all of your work. Many are better at one particular kind of rendering, much like Rodin was better at sculptures of nudes and men in action or torment. But he probably would not have achieved fame for, say, painting like Delacroix. Nor could Chopin compose works that had the fell or drama of Beethoven. If you write Regency romance, an artist who does superb sci-fi romance covers might not be your best choice. But if you wrote about Mr. Darcy on Mars? Well, then! Give that artist a good go!
Each artist has different requirements of clients, different ways of working. Each tells you that, usually up front. If you have questions, ask. Note how each works and see if that set of principles works for you, your temperament and your ideas of professional relationships.
I have collected these sites for a long time because it suits my own artistic temperament. Looking at art (painting, sculpture, installations) opens up my own mind, makes me ask questions of myself that are vital to my existence and my growth as a writer. I hope you enjoy this list and use it to your prosperity and in the best of health.
And if you know of an artist who is not on this list, please send it to me! I will make another list for all to use and enjoy!
A few things you must know about this list:
It is in no order.
It has no qualifiers, including pricing.
It represents, I am certain,
only a smattering of those who offer up delicious work.
I do not say this list is complete, or the definitive list of those who can and should aid you.
I do not advocate for one more than the other.
I do not receive any compensation from any of them for this listing.
But I have employed some of them.
I would employ a lot more if I wrote faster and had more books!
In fact, I have in my computer, far more book covers by artists whom I have employed than works I have yet written! (Yes, I am that enamored of great art that I salivate to possess it. Kind of like a woman who must have a certain man she adores! But I digress.)
And so here is my list:
https://thebookcoverdesigner.com
http://designsbybmb.com/site/
http://www.coragraphics.it/
http://telltalebookcovers.weebly.com/
http://www.wickedsmartdesigns.com
http://estrellacoverart.com/
www.pandngraphics.com/
http://ebookindiecovers.com/
http://www.mybookcoverdesign.com/
http://www.coveredup.net/
http://melodyypond.weebly.com/
http://litteradesigns.storenvy.com
http://vwzdesigns.com/
http://www.bookcoverbydesign.co.uk/
http://www.kam.design/#!book-covers/c192n
http://www.gobookcoverdesign.com/
http://www.coveredup.net/
http://coversbyharris.weebly.com/
http://www.roseannawhitedesigns.com/
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http://jessbuffettgraphicdesigns.weebly.com/
http://www.theillustratedauthor.net/
http://www.syneca-originalsyn.com
http://www.glassslipperwebdesign.com/
https://victoriamillerartist.com/
http://sherimcgathy.com/
http://sweettoheat.blogspot.com/
http://winterheart.com/
https://fantasiafrogdesigns.wordpress.com/
http://www.tibbsdesign.com/
http://fionajaydemedia.com/
http://genemollica.com/
http://cheekycovers.com/
http://yocladesigns.com/
http://najlaqamberdesigns.com/
http://damonza.com/packages/
http://www.okaycreations.com/
http://www.kfadvertisingservices.com/
http://seductivemusingsdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://pickymeartist.com/
http://coveryourdreams.wordpress.com/
http://thekilliongroupinc.com/
http://spittyfish.wordpress.com/
http://fantasiafrogdesigns.wordpress.com/
http://safariheatbooktoursandauthorservices.blogspot.com/
http://www.romance-covers.com/
http://koreymaejohnson.com/
http://www.readycovers.com/
http://aeternumdesigns.com/
http://seductivemusingsdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://dusktildawndesigns.com/
http://www.premadeebookcovershop.com/
http://www.leahsuttle.com/
http://www.sydgill.com/
http://www.tamianwood.com/
http://www.selfpubbookcovers.com/
http://judgeyourbookbyitscover.blogspot.com/
http://www.creativeparamita.com/
http://www.georginagibson.com/
http://www.michelleleedesigns.net/
http://atomicwerewolfstudio.com/
http://www.coveredup.net/
http://www.raemonetinc.com/
And for my commercial, here I've added a few of my own covers (designed by two different artists) that I adore and you can readily see the difference in tone, treatment and, I do hope, genre!
Happy viewing!
Cerise DeLand
