Graphic Design Services
Design that tells a reader what kind of book this is
Covers, banners, social content and launch kits, built on genre research and typographic craft rather than templates.
The approach
Genre first, beauty second
A cover's first job isn't to be beautiful — it's to be legible. In two seconds a reader should know the genre, the tone, and roughly who the book is for. Get that wrong and a gorgeous cover sells to the wrong audience, who then leave disappointed reviews.
So I begin on the shelf. What do the top fifty titles in your category look like right now? Which conventions are load-bearing signals and which are just habit? That research gives us a map: the signals we keep so readers recognise the book, and the places we can be distinctive so they remember it.
Only then does the making start — and the making is careful. Type is kerned by hand. Colour is tested in print and on screen. Every composition is checked at 200 pixels tall, because that's the size most readers will meet it.
Services
Everything a book needs to be seen
Take one piece or the whole set. Commissioning several together keeps the visual language consistent and the cost lower.
Book covers
Front cover, spine and back for paperback or hardback, plus an ebook-optimised version that still reads at thumbnail size. Print-ready files with correct bleed and spine width.
Promotional banners
Newsletter headers, website heroes, Amazon A+ modules, event banners and ad creative sized correctly for each placement.
Social media content
Quote cards, character reveals, countdown posts, story templates and carousel sets that share one consistent visual language.
Launch kits
A coordinated bundle for release week: cover reveal assets, teaser graphics, review cards, pre-order badges and ARC-team materials.
Series branding
A typographic and colour system that holds across multiple books, so book three still looks like it belongs beside book one.
Interior & extras
Chapter headers, drop caps, maps, bookmarks, signed-copy inserts and merchandise graphics for the details readers keep.
Process
Five stages, no mysteries
01
Discovery
A questionnaire and a conversation. Genre, tone, comparable titles, what you love and what you'd hate. If I've read the manuscript, this stage is already half done.
02
Research & direction
I study the current shelf in your genre and assemble two or three visual directions — mood, typography, colour, imagery — before drawing anything final.
03
Design
You choose a direction and I develop it fully: composition, custom type treatment, imagery sourcing or illustration, and a thumbnail test at every step.
04
Revisions
Two rounds of refinement included as standard. Specific, consolidated feedback keeps this stage quick and the result sharper.
05
Delivery
Final files in every format you need — print PDF with bleed, RGB ebook JPG, transparent PNGs, plus source files on request and a short guide on using them.
Sample projects
A look at the range
AI-assisted concept artwork for fictional books: a literary cover, a coordinated fantasy series and a matching launch kit.
The Quiet Kingdom · A burgundy literary concept with architectural illustration and elegant serif lettering.
Ember Season series concept · Shared gold motifs across plum, emerald and midnight-blue covers.
The Quiet Kingdom launch concept · Cover reveal, release cards, bookmark and newsletter banner.
Charlotte Reads/Creative
Let's design the outside of your book
Send me the manuscript, the blurb, or even just the premise and a release date — that's enough to begin.