https://www.jkleal.com 2026-03-17 daily 1.0 https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/image07.jpg https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery13/5a90ec2f.jpg Fanmade book cover of Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews, front and back https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery13/83066335.jpg To Catch A Firefly Hard Cover Foiled Special Edition for Rainbow Crate https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery13/0b6ec4c5.jpg Hard cover foil design for On Silver Shores by V.T. Hoang, special edition for Rainbow Crate. Please note: I did not do the typography, only the illustration. Typography may differ from physical book. https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery13/91e54158.jpg Bury Our Bones special edition foiled hard cover for Bücherbüchse https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery13/e63e56a1.jpg Fully illustrated premade dark academia book cover (Sold to Veronica Lancet) https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery13/b7c04c07.jpg The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Special Edition Dust Jacket for Rainbow Crate https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/ef348232.jpg Tasch for Author Cherish Wright https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/eff5a950.jpg Gothic Horror Vampire in Mucha Style https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/4f57b4f1.jpg Filipino woman in art nouveau style https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/134fb8e7.jpg DnD Character Personal Commission on VGen https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/2a4479b9.jpg Artwork for Author Kate Hawthorne https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/62d75247.jpg Artwork for Author Kate Hawthorne https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/a2b7a331.jpg Portrait of my FFXIV Warrior of Light https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/0d26066d.jpg Vavan, gift for Yashoda U. Itwaru https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/f8528142.jpg Lenna for Author Jaz Pate https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/abdf445c.jpg Sin for Author Alyse Knight, masked and no mask versions https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/fd82f6ee.jpg Art only version of my dark academia premade book cover https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/189c4256.jpg Erichthonios https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/5d226999.jpg Emet-Selch: Angel of Truth https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery04/531e4c59.jpg Emet-Selch: Angel of Truth v2 https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery11/21fa9a08.jpg Lark and Death for Author Kristen Bales https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery11/673361f4.jpg Lara and the Phantom for Author Cherish Wright https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery11/9a079660.jpg FFXIV - G'raha Tia and my Warrior of Light https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery11/9e236942.jpg Arcane: Jayvik S2 https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery11/1290ac6e.jpg Twilight Reimagined: Beau and Edythe https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery11/3a9eb177.jpg On Silver Shores by V.T. Hoang endpaper for Rainbow Crate special edition https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery11/7fcf7d66.jpg On Silver Shores by V.T. Hoang second endpaper for Rainbow Crate special edition https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery11/ad6846a6.jpg Varic & Tasch for Cherish Wright https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery02/8c4b35a3.jpg Feyre Archeron Foil Print. One of my favorite foil print illustrations! https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery02/6dcb4d96.jpg Gold foil print design inspired by Astrologian from FFXIV https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery02/fb6915be.jpg Gold foil print illustration inspired by FFXIV, The Seat of Azem https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery02/df4f2e82.jpg Gold foil print inspired by White Mages from the Final Fantasy Series. https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery02/34c72755.jpg Gold foil print inspired by the Paladin job class in FFXIV. https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery02/e3d04b81.jpg Astrologian Inspired Foil Print https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery02/095a6f0d.jpg Gold foil print of G'raha Tia and my Warrior of Light, Athena, from FFXIV https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery02/e74e315f.jpg Jayvik Season 1 - with gold foil https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery06/c3dacbc8.jpg A Soul to Heal - Duskwalker Brides metal bookmark designs for Nat's Book Nook https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery06/b4a7aef6.jpg Commission: Crescent City Metal Bookmarks for Nat's Book Nook https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery06/6b1164dd.jpg Commission: A Soul to Keep Metal Bookmark Designs for Nat's Book Nook https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery06/57f97a0b.jpg Commission: Empire of the Vampire Metal Bookmarks for Nat's Book Nook https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery06/c0ff817c.jpg Commission: Heart of Flames Enamel Pin Design for Owlcrate https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery12/68be1402.jpg Preliminary sketches / thumbnails https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery12/bf19bba4.jpg Sketch of the chosen thumbnail https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery12/9e1ec97d.jpg Lineart and flat colors https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery12/62a91ab3.jpg Full spread of Don't Let the Forest In https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery12/8fac950b.jpg Edge design https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery12/c0fa84e2.jpg Mockup with full colors and shading and edge design https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery12/5cbd4833.jpg Mockup with edge design https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery03/1819712b.jpg Preliminary sketches / thumbnails for the full cover https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery03/33284d4b.jpg Sketch of the chosen thumbnail https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery03/bf5ca72d.jpg Color palette choices. Author chose last color combination, with gold foiling https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery03/e78f918c.jpg Mockup with full colors and shading and edge design https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery03/b4452531.jpg Mockup with full colors and foil https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery03/1baf2678.jpg Full spread of To Catch A Firefly hard cover https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery14/f251d20d.jpg Thumbnail sketches for pose, and frame and background elements https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery14/5ca2c254.jpg Full sketch of chosen thumbnails https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery14/8d054e22.jpg Color choices, with final choice on the bottom of the image https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery14/e2cd30a7.jpg Hard cover foil design for On Silver Shores by V.T. Hoang, special edition for Rainbow Crate. Please note: I did not do the typography, only the illustration. Typography may differ from physical book. https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery14/86c64a7c.jpg Hard cover foil design for On Silver Shores by V.T. Hoang, special edition for Rainbow Crate. Please note: I did not do the typography, only the illustration. Typography may differ from physical book. https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery15/2e243808.jpg Thumbnail sketches for rose and skulls, and some frame cliparts to land the look and feel of the frame https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery15/daef6604.jpg Initial sketch (frame is to be revised into something thinner and more delicate) https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery15/2c644ca3.jpg Second sketch and spine options https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery15/c523b412.jpg Some proposed color choices https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery15/00b7166f.jpg Final book colors for Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab special hardcover edition for Bücherbüchse https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery15/90600519.jpg Close-up, final book colors for Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab special hardcover edition for Bücherbüchse https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery16/cf2fab4a.jpg A quick look at the process of designing the book cover https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery16/aad7f4bb.jpg Full paperback cover with placeholder text https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery16/663b2b88.jpg Final book cover mockup for Veronica Lancet. I had to adjust the illustration a bit so that it can fit the new spine width. https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery16/2602151b.jpg Full front, spine, and back cover book mockup for Veronica Lancet. https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery10/de0c79f3.jpg Quick sketch of the full dust jacket with an alt sketch of the cover https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery10/be1776e5.jpg Full lineart only with bleed and fold guides, as well as guides for the foil details https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery10/0bdea76b.jpg Full dust jacket illustration https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery10/fb3fd65d.jpg Final book cover mockup for TSBIT by Andrew Joesph White for Rainbow Crate https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery10/701089c1.jpg Dust jacket mockup. Note that I did not do the typography so the text is a placeholder https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery10/a1d50e18.jpg Actual photo of the dust jacket including typography (photo credit: Andrew Joseph White's official website) https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/image05.jpg https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/image02.jpg https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/image03.jpg https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/image06.jpg https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery05/8cf12c54.jpg Premade dark academia cover full front illustration https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery05/1c71eb57.jpg Fully illustrated premade dark academia book cover https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery09/19fa77a9.jpg Book Cover Premade - Dark academia with flat color (no silver) https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery09/ed6d223f.jpg Book cover premade - Dark academia foil mockup version https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery09/1472dd21.jpg Book Cover Premade - Alternate dark academia foil mockup version with lion https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery09/b6bd3d24.jpg Book Cover Premade - Dark academia cover design https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery08/7c2d8f4c.jpg Book Cover Premade - Purple Green & Black Version https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery08/d2ce5aa2.jpg Book Cover Premade - Pink Purple and Blue Version https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery08/b162b64f.jpg Book Cover Premade - Brown Yellow and Black Version https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery08/11184d94.jpg Witchy or Fairytale Book Cover Mockup Front, Back and Spine https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/image04.jpg https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery01/f0cff0c5.jpg Dark Academia Book Cover Mockup Front https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery01/2a4b0788.jpg Dark Academia Book Cover Mockup Front and Spine https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery01/ab19ff66.jpg Dark Academia Book Cover Mockup Back and Spine https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery01/28394c31.jpg Dark Academia Book Cover Mockup Front, Back and Spine https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery07/b9854aa5.jpg Gothic Horror or Dark Theme Book Cover Mockup Front https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery07/44be33ed.jpg Gothic Horror or Dark Theme Book Cover Mockup Front and Spine https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery07/7a6e56f1.jpg Gothic Horror or Dark Theme Book Cover Mockup Back and Spine https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/gallery07/fa4a72f1.jpg Gothic Horror or Dark Theme Book Cover Mockup Front, Back and Spine https://www.jkleal.com/assets/images/image01.jpg