Book Cover Illustration – The Black Palace

I was the book cover illustrator for Josh Wood’s The Black Palace, published in March 2018. For this project, I focused on imaginative storytelling and building a solid composition right from the start. The entire piece was built on traditional craft—drawing with India ink on Bristol board to establish heavy shadows and extreme chiaroscuro lighting. Once the line work was locked in, I handled the color theory and formatting digitally to make sure the assets were completely print-ready.