Illustrations drawn by hand. Never AI.

Original illustrations for your book, made entirely in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop — real drawing, real art direction. From €10 per illustration.

What we illustrate

Illustration does for the inside (and sometimes the outside) of a book what a cover does for the first impression — it gives the page a world. We make:

• Spot illustrations — small images that punctuate a chapter or a page.
• Full-page and full-spread illustrations — for fiction, gift editions and non-fiction.
• Chapter headers, vignettes and decorative elements — recurring art that gives a book its visual identity.
• Children’s book illustration — character and scene work, page by page.
• Maps — for fantasy, history, travel and memoir.
• Diagrams and infographics — clear, designed explanations for non-fiction.
• Cover artwork — when your cover calls for original illustration (works hand-in-hand with cover design).

Illustrator and Photoshop — and why it matters

We work exclusively in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop — the industry-standard tools, and the reason your art arrives clean, editable and print-ready. Illustrator (vector) is for line art, maps, diagrams, icons and anything that must scale to any size without losing a single crisp edge. Photoshop (raster) is for painterly, textured, full-colour illustration at print resolution. Many illustrations use both — vector linework finished with painted texture. You keep the editable source files.

Why never AI

We don’t generate artwork with AI. Ever — the same standard as our covers. AI can fill a frame with something plausible at a glance, but it can’t hold a consistent character across thirty pages of a children’s book, honour the specific world of your story, or make the dozens of small decisions that make an illustration yours rather than an average of everyone else’s. Hand-made artwork is unambiguously yours, consistent across a whole book, and one of a kind.

What an illustration costs

From €10 per illustration. The exact price per piece depends on complexity (a simple spot illustration costs far less than a detailed full scene), level of detail (line art is quicker than richly painted work), size (a small vignette versus a full-page or full-spread piece), and quantity (a series is quoted as a set, and volume brings the per-piece price down). Either way you get a fixed quote per illustration and for the set before we start — no surprises.

Send us the brief — how many, what kind, what size — and we’ll come back with a clear per-illustration price and a total, usually within 24 hours.

How the process runs

1. You brief us. What you need illustrated, how many, the style you picture, references you like.
2. Fixed quote. Price per illustration and for the whole set, plus a timeline. You approve before we start.
3. Concept / sketch. For larger sets, we share an initial direction so the style is right before we go further.
4. Illustration. We draw in Illustrator and/or Photoshop, to your spec and print resolution.
5. Revisions. Included rounds, as set in your quote.
6. Delivery. Final print-ready files plus the editable source files — yours to keep.

What’s included

• Original illustration in Adobe Illustrator and/or Photoshop
• No AI-generated artwork — ever
• A fixed price per illustration and per set
• Concept/sketch stage for larger sets
• Print-resolution, print-ready output
• Open, editable source files (AI / PSD)
• Consistent style across a whole book or series

What you receive

• Print-ready illustration files — At correct resolution and colour for print.
• Web/screen versions — Where needed, for eBook or promotion.
• Open source files (AI / PSD) — Yours to keep and reuse.

Illustration questions, answered

How much is one illustration?

From €10, depending on complexity, detail and size. A simple spot piece sits near the low end; a detailed full-page colour illustration is more. You get a fixed price per piece before we start.

Can you illustrate a whole children’s book?

Yes — that’s quoted as a set, with consistent characters and style across every page. Series pricing brings the per-illustration cost down.

Do you do maps?

Yes — fantasy, historical, travel and memoir maps, usually in Illustrator so they scale perfectly.

Will the style be consistent across the book?

Yes. Consistency across a set is exactly what hand illustration delivers and AI can’t. We lock the style at the concept stage.

Do I keep the artwork?

Yes. On full payment you receive the deliverables and the editable AI/PSD source files, to use for your book in print and digital.

Do you really never use AI?

Never. Every illustration is drawn by hand in Illustrator and Photoshop.