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Logo: MD, Marta Dec.

Design Category: Illustration

“You Called Daddy” – Brian Robinson

3D mockup of the front cover for "You Called Daddy", a children's book by Brian Robinson. The cover shows a man floating in black water, with a boat with three children above them.

Layout

“Ida og den magiske sparegrisen” – Trude Tøften

A 3D mockup showing the front cover of "Ida og den magiske sparegrisen". The cover is light blue with yellow text at the top, showing a girl holding a gold piggy bank.

Layout Illustrations

“What the Hero Seeks” – DM Pitchford

"What the Hero Seeks" - book cover design. 3D mockup showing the front cover, with the illustration showing three people - two men and a woman - standing on rocks and looking toward a city and mountains.

“Aetherbound” – Richard Carrillo

"Aetherbound" book cover - a 3D mockup showing the front cover with a fantasy illustration with a dragon and a man with a sword.

“Å lede fra hjertet” – May-Bente Høiland Lode, Trond Ullenes

"Lede fra hjertet" - front book cover design. A black cover with yellow and white text and a rounded yellow frame.

Illustrations

“The Dragon Liberator” – Kassidy Ridenour

Front book cover of "Dragon Liberator", a fantasy novel by Kassidy Ridenour. Illustration shows a young man holding an amulet with a black dragon behind him.

“Anna, øya og småkrypene” – Karen Børresen

Cover of "Anna, øya og småkrypene", a children's book about a young girl discovering Canary Islands and various creatures.

Layout Illustrations

“Bella og Soppen” – Henriette Bergem

An illustrated children's book cover of "Bella og Soppen - en julehistorie". The illustration shos a happy mushroom in a winter hat and a butterfly with rainbow wings in a yellow dress.

Illustrations

“Jenta bak disken” – Kristine Brones Berg

“Bella med regnbuevingene”, Henriette Bergem

The project involved creating almost 50 full-colour illustrations, designing the characters, painting the cover and creating the interior layout. 

Get in touch!

marta@martadec.eu

Non-fiction book cover design and illustration for Non-fiction book cover design and illustration for "The Faces of My Husbands" by Joyce Correa - @joycecorreaauthor - a memoir. 

Love the colour scheme and illustration style in this one. I had a chance to really stretch my wings when it comes to working with different styles this year!

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DON'T do this on your book cover... ...if you don DON'T do this on your book cover... 
...if you don't want to scare off your readers. 

A short list with 5 tips - concise and to the point. Includes a tip on why you shouldn't, for the love of all that's holy, use Cinzel on a fantasy book cover. And why there IS such a thing as too many swashes. 😅 

A list of cover design DO'S will be coming along soon. ;) 

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"Cards to Burn" by David Valade - book cover desig "Cards to Burn" by David Valade - book cover design and illustration for an Ukrainian-American urban fantasy novel. 

I rarely work with an illustration style like this, but I would love to go into this direction more often in the future.😍

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