Christopher Gibbs: How To Train Your Dragon: Cover Designs

Christopher Gibbs is the cover illustrator behind the popular How To Train Your Dragon Series, written by Cressida Cowell. Commissioned by Hodder Children's Books, he was given the technical challenge to take the author's own sketches and interpret them into his own by using traditional painting methods and then adding textures digitally.  How To Betray a Dragon's Hero, was published recently and is the ninth book in the series, illustrated by Chris.

Christopher Gibbs is represented by Arena

Steve Rawlings

Steve Rawlings was commissioned by Quercus Publishing to produce the cover for The BBC’s The Great British Year book by Stephen Moss.

Steve Rawlings is represented by Debut Art

Lucy Truman

As Summer is drawing to an end,  Lucy Truman’s beautiful cover art for “Summer With Love” by Sarah Morgan makes us dream of being on holiday. Lucy has perfectly captured the feeling of a romantic summer adventure with her stunning illustration.

Lucy Truman is represented by New Division

Andrew Farley

This summer has seen the release of "Spy Cat - Summer Shocker" the first in a brand new series published by Puffin. Andrew Farley, the original and the best at creating uber cute and crazy animals, has illustrated this fun cover.

Katie Wood

Enid Blyton awaited new books

Crikey!! Frightfully exciting news!

Twelve New covers for two newly published and awaited series of books by Enid Blyton entitled: Young Adventure Stories and Family Adventure stories are out now!

These classic stories have been given wonderful new cover images by David Frankland one of Artists Partners top illustrators, and his inimitable and unique style which is both classic and modern gives them a marvellous new approach.  The series has been creatively designed by Eoghan O’Brien from Octopus Publishing ...
Here are just some from the series !
Ripping yarns for the summer, you're going to want to read them all !!

Pietari Posti wins best book cover illustration category in the V&A Illustration Awards 2013.

We are very proud to announce Pietari Posti is the winner of the prestigious award for his beautiful work on the Arthur Ransome series, published by Vintage, 2012. The Judges loved the strong use of colour and shape in Posti’s work and the way this created a dynamic visual theme throughout the series of books.

Pietari Posti is represented by Debut Art

Drunken

Stuart Easton has recently been commissioned to illustrate a short story entitled : Drunken
"Drunken" is a quirky unusual folk tale set on the outskirts of a fictional Eastern European village. The main character is a drunken chap who travels to the edge of town to secretly drink his wine and share the dregs with the local birds.
The illustration was initially hand drawn, then coloured and aged using Photoshop
Stewart Easton is teacher, illustrator, and embroiderer represented by Artist Partners

Sarah Perkins book jacket illustration

This beautiful illustration by Sarah Perkins features on the cover of the Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas, and is out now, published in Norway by Juritzen Forlag.

Sarah Perkins is represented by Eastwing.

Marian Hill for Hutchinson