The watercolor cover art for the first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was painted in 1996 by a recent art school graduate from Britain who was working at a bookstore. By John ...

In a press release about Sunrise on the Reaping cover art design, David Levithan, VP, Publisher, and Editorial Director for Scholastic, said, "The spiky sun rises on a symbol that will come to mean a ...

Like with many forms of illustration, book cover art usually begins with a sketch. This allows an artist to try different ideas and decide on a composition before worrying about the details. Landing ...

Take a genteel painting, maybe featuring a swooning woman. Add iridescent neon type for a shock to the system. And thank (or blame) Ottessa Moshfegh for getting there early. Clockwise from top left: ...