1. Tell us about your role at Tellwell.
My role is to create the visual expression of our authors’ concepts and ideas using graphic tools and elements.
2. What do you enjoy most about being a book designer?
I enjoy creative exploration, thinking through ideas and coming up with solutions on how to best represent them visually.
3. What styles and genres do you enjoy working on the most?
Fantasy and adventure.
Here is a small sample of Ian’s cover designs for Tellwell.
Demons at the Doorstep is a young adult urban fantasy. Written by Rachael Bell-Irving, the story follows Jessica, a witch who must team up with her mortal enemy to stop mutated demons from destroying her city. Hard copies and eBooks are now available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Chapters Indigo.
Why did you choose this cover as a monthly focus?
This was a book that I started working on at the end of last year that wrapped up mid-April. It was a little out of our normal process because it required a custom illustration. A lot of the time, the cover is either done first or designed in tandem with the interior. For this one the interior was formatted well before the illustration was done. I had an initial idea of what I wanted for the title, but I knew that it may change drastically when the cover was on my plate. However, once I saw this amazing image, I was able to work in the title surprisingly well, with only minor re-working on spacing.
