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Book Illustration

Where Your Imagination Leaps Off the Page

Our illustration services are crafted to breathe life into your stories, providing a visual feast that captivates readers of all ages. Whether you're envisioning whimsical cartoons for a children's book, elegant watercolors, or dynamic digital art, our skilled illustrators are here to transform your vision into beautifully crafted images. From character design to comprehensive layout, let us guide you through the process of creating a book that is as visually stunning as it is narratively compelling.

 

Join us to see your ideas illustrated beautifully and bound into reality.

Everything You Need in an Illustrator

Discover a world where every illustration tells your story. We'll be your illustrator of choice, where creativity meets expertise.

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Custom Character and Story Book Design

We develop unique characters that align with your story and its requirements, ensuring every page and image is memorable and fits the narrative style.

Typography and Font Design

Creating book titles, logos, and helping to choose the ideal typography that enhances the readability and aesthetic appeal of your book.

Theme Design Series

Creating a cohesive visual themes across a series of books, ensuring consistent branding and style that appeals to readers.

Custom Cover Design

The cover of your book is the first thing potential readers see. Our designer can craft custom eye-catching covers that embody your book’s spirit, attract attention, and make a memorable impression.

Page Layout

Our service ensures that every page of your book is visually appealing and reader-friendly. We handle everything from the font selection to the spacing and margins, providing a seamless and professional layout that complements your writing.

Publish Ready Files

We provide complete publish-ready files that adhere to KDP and other printing specifications. This includes ensuring proper file formats, sizes, resolution, and bleed settings, so your book looks as good in print as it does on the screen.

Illustration Style Examples

These styles cater to different thematic needs and visual preferences, enhancing the storytelling experience.

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Realistic Style

Detailed and life-like illustrations that mimic real-life imagery, suitable for educational books or stories aiming for a more serious tone.

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Vintage Style

Utilizes elements from a specific historical era for a nostalgic feel, appealing to both children and adults.

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Watercolor Style

Soft, flowy, and often dreamlike visuals that can create a gentle and calming effect, perfect for bedtime stories.

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Modern Graphic Style

Bold and simple with strong colors and shapes, appealing to a contemporary audience and often used in books targeting very young readers.

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Cartoon Style

Vibrant and exaggerated features which are great for engaging young readers and conveying humor and fun.

 

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Mixed Media Style

Combines various techniques like collage, painting, and digital art to create unique and texturally rich illustrations.

Samples of Our Work

Explore our gallery of creativity—each piece a testament to the unique visions we've brought to life for authors like you.

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Alfy & Elfie Book

Illustrations and page layout by Ryan Foresman

A Few Open Pages from the Children's Book

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Pep the Penguin

and His Perfect Pitch

Illustrations and page layout by Ryan Foresman

A Few Open Pages from the Children's Book

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Pep the Penguin's

Pleasant Easter Pursuit

Illustrations and page layout by Ryan Foresman

A Few Open Pages from the Children's Book

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Pep the Penguin

and the Pearl of

the Polar Night

Illustrations and page layout by Ryan Foresman

A Few Open Pages from the Children's Book

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Pricing

The best illustrations at the most competitive pricing.

Pricing Breakdown

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Spot Illustration

Small, simple illustrations to liven up a page with text. They’re a quarter of a page or less with no background. These can be placed as a chapter heading, corner decoration, or next within a body of text.

$60

Per Illustration

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Spread Illustration

Spread across two full pages, normally with text on the illustration. While a mix of different illustration sizes makes a beautiful book, going all out and making your entire book double-page spreads will undoubtedly will make it amazing!

$225

Per Illustration

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1/2 Page Illustration

This is an illustration that fills half a page.

Because of its smaller size, the background is generally less detailed than a full page illustration.

$90

Per Illustration

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Cover Design

Have a custom illustration created for your cover, plus a beautiful design, ready for e-book and print. If you use an illustration from an interior page of your book, the cover price is only $150.

Includes front, back and spine, all custom designed. Depending the book style we can give the book title a beautiful design. All required text and graphics, such as ISBN or barcode are added. Cover includes paperback, hardcover and e-book formats.

$250

Front, Back, and Spine

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Full Page Illustration

This is a full page illustration where we pull out all the stops and include lots of detail! Full page illustrations can include text but is not essential.

$125

Per Illustration

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Layout & Publishing

We expertly layout your book and integrate your text with illustrations, selecting the ideal typography, color scheme, and construction of all crucial preliminary pages. This includes the ISBN and publishing through KDP. This package includes both print-ready and eBook files, ensuring your book is beautifully presented and ready for publication. This payment is waived for full illustrated children's books

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Below is an example of our book illustration and layout pricing. The prices for illustrations are charged per illustration - not as a book package.

 

Sometimes it's difficult to envision your finished book with the illustrations you need. And, you're not sure where to begin or how you want your pages to look. Don't worry, we've got you covered. Just give us your budget for illustration and page layout, and we'll design the perfect book within that budget.

 

Below is an example of a 28 page children's book we illustrated and the total expense to create the entire project. The book includes all of the custom cartoon characters, illustrations, backgrounds, page layout, typography, back and front covers, inside title, copyright, and dedication matter pages, book design and layout, along with several coloring pages at the end of the book. Complete print and digital ready files. Since this was a full illustrated children's book, there was no Book Layout fee added. The total cost for this project was only $3,250.