For publishers, member presses and authors who are putting out a real book. Middle grade, young adult and literary fiction are where most of my covers land. Process: we talk for half an hour about the book, you send me the manuscript or a solid chunk of it, and I read it. Three thumbnail directions come back on paper within a week. You pick one, I take it to a tight pencil for approval, then paint it in gouache and scan at 1200 dpi. Title and author are drawn by hand, not set in a typeface, unless you specifically want type. Deliverables are layered files at trim plus bleed, plus a flat for the ebook. One round of changes at the pencil stage and one at the finish. Forty percent deposit books the slot, balance on delivery. Four to five weeks from the go ahead, longer if there are a lot of figures. Print rights for the edition are included, film and merchandising are not.

For publishers, member presses and authors who are putting out a real book. Middle grade, young adult and literary fiction are where most of my covers land. Process: we talk for half an hour about the book, you send me the manuscript or a solid chunk of it, and I read it. Three thumbnail directions come back on paper within a week. You pick one, I take it to a tight pencil for approval, then paint it in gouache and scan at 1200 dpi. Title and author are drawn by hand, not set in a typeface, unless you specifically want type. Deliverables are layered files at trim plus bleed, plus a flat for the ebook. One round of changes at the pencil stage and one at the finish. Forty percent deposit books the slot, balance on delivery. Four to five weeks from the go ahead, longer if there are a lot of figures. Print rights for the edition are included, film and merchandising are not.