There are some ways for giving a book cover an impressive look, however none is more practical than making some awe-inspiring illustrated elements for it. There are such a lot of reasons to use illustration in your cover designs. Illustrations will provides a heap of characteristic to the layout of your book, given that you know the way to use them properly. From small illustrative elements to great-illustrated backgrounds and some neat hand drawings, here are some inspiring book cover designs to provide you some concepts of how you'll be able to incorporate the illustration style into your own designs.
The End of the Road
via Nico Delort
Cover for Solaris Books.
Mystery and Science Fiction
via Victo Ngai
A collection of illustrations for Mystery and Science Fiction books and stories.
Peter Pan Book Cover
via Emily Dove Gross
Becoming a Successful Illustrator
via Steve Simpson
Illustrated book jacket for 'Becoming a Successful Illustrator'.
Jon for Short
via V L A D I M I R
Cover illustration, 20 inner illustrations, logo and hand lettering
for "Jon for Short" novel written by Malorie Blackman.
Il Ballerino del Silenzio
via Irma Gruenholz
Il Ballerino del Silenzio is a book written by Ivo Rosati and illustrated by Irma Gruenholz. The illustrations are hand-sculpted models which were created out of clay and other materials such as wood, natural fibers, cardboard, fabric, leds.
Supper Club cover illustration
via Teagan White
Restaurant guide cover illustration for The Supper Club, a fundraising event organized by HIV charity The Terrence Higgins Trust.
Book Covers
via Owen Gent
Book Covers.
Cover illustration for story
via Katerina Dubovik
Cover illustration for book "Wonderful years under the dog's tale" by Michal Viewegh.
MONSTRES ! ( BONBEK Magazine #4 )
via Seb NIARK1 FERAUT
Illustration for the cover of BONBEK magazine ( magazine for children ) - volume 4 - " MONSTERS " issue ( numéro " MONSTRES " ) & " Monstrorama " monsters game inside the mag.
Cover Art
via Kerem Beyit
Cover Illustrations for Novels.
2alel elrbaya
via Karim Adam
Book cover designed by karim adam.
Alice
via Marcela Bolívar
Book cover mock-up of Carroll's "Alice's adventures in Wonderland" for agency MariaVill (Chicago).
Books
via Rodion Kitaev
Cover art and cover design for a book of poetry "Animal Style" by Andrei Rodionov; commissioned by New Literary Observer publishers; April 2013.
ONEQ/ZUPI MAGAZINE NO.33/COVER ILLUSTRATION
via ONEQ pinups
The picture of ONEQ is published at ZUPI of the art magazine of Brazil. It also became a cover picture of NO.33 of ZUPI magazine.
Big Sky Country
via Chad Gowey
Cover for the May/June 2013 issue of "Bookmarks Magazine."
"The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy".Cover
via Katerina Dubovik
Cover illustration for book "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy".
RRally
via Andrey Pridybaylo
Pacenote book cover for one of the Russian Rally Championship stage - Bachal.
Pretty Dirty Little Things
via Antonio Rodrigues Jr
Book cover art.
Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!
via David Fernández Huerta
This is an imagined album cover for the Wild Rumpus that took place the night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another.