Sources for cover art

Keep in mind that somethimes simple is better than complicated. My the Viscount and the Witch cover is basially "just text" (there is a dagger in there but not that important.

Some expample covers that are "simple".

http://www.amazon.com/The-Emperors-...DB0/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
http://www.amazon.com/Viscount-Witc...IHR8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325952151&sr=8-1
Amazon.com: Brother Thief (Song of the Aura, Book One) eBook: Gregory J. Downs: Kindle Store

 

My sister's building up her portfolio and was thinking of doing some covers for others (she's done some for her own books), she'd love to do hand drawn as that's her speciality as an illustrator. She would be looking for £50-100 depending on complexity. If anyone is interested you can find her portfolio here: katrinaconquista.com

Hope it's OK to post these details

Personally I've had a cover from 99designs for my non-fiction book - that was about $350. I was happy with the price as I'll re-use most of the cover for the next volumes in the series.

From what I've seen around $300+ gets you into the slightly more professional market, but you can still find individual artists for less if you look around. Also if you like someone's style on deviantart it's not just licencing you can approach them about - you can ask if they take commissions, and they could do a custom cover in their style for you. But then you'd have to negotiate the price yourself

 

I was also going to suggest looking for artists on Deviantart, even though I'm not sure if they'd want royalties or not. It probably depends on the artist.

I have an acquaintance who is a freelance illustrator with a style I like. When the time comes I'll probably approach her. If she doesn't want to do it, she'll be able to recommend someone at least.

 

Interesting work. Not what I am looking for but very well done none the less.

 

Thanks, her personal style can be a bit shocking to some She's an art graduate though, and actually can do work that's a bit more "normal" too I'm currently bugging her to do a portrait of my novel's main character who's a human/dragon hybrid - here's hoping for a birthday present

 

Ah, I could lend a hand for cover art if anyone wanted me to. I'm a very vector oriented artist though, I don't do realism ... ever.

But I'm decent, I believe, sort of, not fabulous at all.

But mostly, I mean if anyone needs a hand and can't afford or find anyone else just let me know, I enjoy requests so I don't charge.

 

If individuals are seeking a cover artist, Christine Griffin, who did the cover art for both of my novels might be someone to consider.

You can see the cover art for my novels at my website (click on the link in my signature file) and message me if you have any questions.

 

Conceptart.org
Brilliant site, that is.

 

Telcontar,
Christine Griffin is wonderful to work with. I saw sketches and such as she worked, but the products are completed using some version of Photoshop, I think--I like to think I write pretty well, but I'm not an artist--obviously

 

Actually most of her art is Digital, from what I can tell anyway, but I'm not wearing my glasses right now, so I might be wrong. However it seems like a digital painting, reminds me of some done with Corel Painter.

I don't have any book cover examples at the moment, but I do have general art examples, it isn't much different honestly, just need the right contrast between the colors and the words, and all that jazz(heh, I made a funny).

Examples of my art are like my avatar
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Or this or this or this or this.

As I said, I'm not fabulous, but if anyone needs a hand I'll lend it.