Times are-a-changing… The divide between self-published to published author is getting smaller. I’ve noticed a shift over the past fifteen years. When I first started illustrating fantasy book covers over fifteen years ago, self-published to published authors weren’t really a thing. Instead there was a fairly well-trodden path for most
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What has fifteen years of working as a book cover illustrator and designer told me about the Book Cover Design Process? I have been fortunate enough to work in what I consider the best industry in the world… the Creative industry. I work across board games, tabletop roleplay games, video
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A Sci-Fi-Fantasy book cover. Blending genres and taking names… I can’t tell you how pleased I am with the final product for Patrick Matthews’ sci-fi-fantasy book cover. When Patrick described the scene to me, I could visualise it so clearly, and couldn’t wait to get it down in case the
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This summer is a hot one in the UK, and while I love to travel abroad, there’s so much to see here in good old Blighty. So… we packed the car and drove about seven hours up to York. It was a bit of a pilgrimage as my late father
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What a blast! UK Games Expo 2025 delivered and I loved it. Usually it’s my opportunity to do some schmoozing with new clients, but this time I went as a plain old punter. It was awesome. I might have snuck the odd email address out to interested parties, but mainly
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