Short Story Illustration Services

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Lauren

Lauren

New York, United States

You can, and should, judge a book by it's cover.


Work experience:

  • Little, Brown and Co.
  • St. Martin's Press

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Historical Fiction, Anthologies, Women's Fiction, Short Story, Photography

Hokyoung

Hokyoung

New York, United States

I am an illustrator interested in making images with strong moods and narratives.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Classics, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Story

Maki

Maki

New York, NY, USA

Japanese award-winning illustrator based in NY. Old-school painter/drawing artist specializing in editorial and middle-grader books.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nature, Travel, Writing & Publishing, Children's, Short Story

Matthew

Matthew

Knoxville, TN, USA

Hello! I'm an award-winning Illustrator and cartoonist ready to help good people do good things with bold, colorful, and whimsical designs.


Work experience:

  • Digital Brew
  • Elastic Pictures

Services: Design Illustration Typography

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Short Story, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Comics Non-Fiction, Nature, Middle Grade, Children's

Josh

Josh

Columbus, OH, USA

Freelance illustrator for books in the MG and YA genres, with a particular passion for fantasy, sci-fi, and storytelling.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Elevate Pictures
  • Pawn Creative

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Short Story, Young Adult, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction

Charles

Charles

Seattle, WA, USA

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Illustrator - Book covers and interiors. Charlie believes in a future where somehow, against all odds, we make it.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Coyote & Crow

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration

Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, LGBTQ Fiction, Space Opera, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult

Wes

Wes

Aztec, NM, USA

I love illustration. I have been creating images professionally for a long time, and have a wide variety of experiences to draw upon.


Work experience:

  • Ballantine Communications
  • Oracle
  • Riverfield Country Day School
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Illustration

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Short Story, Fiction, Technology, Business & Management, Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences

Cassidy

Cassidy

Bend, OR, USA

Creative book designer with proven ability to craft visual stories—Previous clients include Red Hen Press, Not a Cult, Los Angeles Magazine


Work experience:

  • Red Hen Press
  • Not A Cult Media
  • Los Angeles Magazine
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Self-employed

Services: Design Cover Design Illustration Typography Book Interior Design Production Management

Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Anthologies, Women's Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Short Story, LGBTQ Fiction, Literary Fiction

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Hire the best short story book illustrators


Short story collections are usually various in themes and settings, and choosing a motif to highlight on the cover is not always easy. So why not hire a book illustrator to help you brainstorm and create a captivating illustrated cover?


An experienced short story book illustrator knows the taste of short story readers, i.e. people who enjoy symbols with deeper meanings that they get to untangle themselves. The right illustrator will elevate the themes you so carefully explored in your writing and make your short story collection stand apart on a shelf.


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