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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you to everyone liking and sharing this post. It's much appreciated.

Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 6h

I've had a sneak preview of this series and it's excellent. Please keep an eye (ear?) out for it when it debuts later this month.

Matthew Woodcock @mrwoodcock.bsky.social · 11h

Excited to finally launch my new audio drama from Definitely Human! The Divide is a 12 part spy thriller set in 1964 & arriving in your local branch of podcasts on 24th October. The art you can see here is by the amazing @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social who is very much available for this kind of thing!

The Divide cover art. A silhouette of a man on a yellow background with three shadows - wait, what?

Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 15h

Not a new piece but one that feels like a good fit for this time of year.

"Turning"

ArtByJon

Black and white portrait of a man half transformed into a werewolf.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · Feb 1

I've had another surge of followers (hello!) so it's (re)introduction time.

I'm a UK-based freelance illustrator.

I offer human-powered book artwork for indie authors and small press publishers: covers, interior illustrations, maps, and character art.

www.jonstubbington.com
BookCoversByJon.com

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 1d

I've had a few projects postponed this month so I have availability for book cover and character art commissions.

* Illustrated or photo-based covers

* Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror character art

All reposts very much appreciated as I am hoping I can fill these gaps in my schedule this month.

Examples of illustrated sci-fi book covers

Examples of illustrated sci-fi character art

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 3d

New art for the spooky season.

ArtByJon

Portrait of a pasty-looking vampire in a naval uniform.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 1d

I've had a few projects postponed this month so I have availability for book cover and character art commissions.

* Illustrated or photo-based covers

* Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror character art

All reposts very much appreciated as I am hoping I can fill these gaps in my schedule this month.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 2d

I've just updated my LinkedIn settings to opt out of letting them use my data for AI training.

It's a new update and you're opted-in by default.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

LinkedIn will use your data to train its AI unless you opt out now

LinkedIn has changed its Terms to include users data for Microsoft's AI training. Read here how you can opt out

www.malwarebytes.com

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday Nightmare magazine!

www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

Editorial: October 2025 - Nightmare Magazine

We always try to pull out the stops in our birthday issues, and this year is no different. There’s no real theme this month---although regret and reparation loom large---but every single piece is out ...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know @nightmare-magazine.com turned 13 this month??!?
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

Editorial: October 2025 - Nightmare Magazine

We always try to pull out the stops in our birthday issues, and this year is no different. There’s no real theme this month---although regret and reparation loom large---but every single piece is out ...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 2d

I've just updated my LinkedIn settings to opt out of letting them use my data for AI training.

It's a new update and you're opted-in by default.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

LinkedIn will use your data to train its AI unless you opt out now

LinkedIn has changed its Terms to include users data for Microsoft's AI training. Read here how you can opt out

www.malwarebytes.com

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 2d

And one of the industries which, relying entirely on freelance workers, but requiring public audience spaces, was fucked over completely by the pandemic, without mercy or assistance, but survived, on its knees so it can now get another kick in the teeth from these soulless twats.

Corey Brotherson - ready for my close up--NOOO TOO CLOSE! @coreybrotherson.bsky.social · 2d

Hey kids!

Remember when the pandemic struck and eventually the (Tory) government told everyone to stay at home, and the arts and entertainment industries were one of the few things keeping everyone from pulling our own eyes out of our skulls from abject fear and boredom?

Remember that?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 2d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 3d

New art for the spooky season.

ArtByJon

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 4d

This is pretty cool. One of the books I worked on, Crossed by MB Thurman, now has an accompanying album.

Singer-songwriter Cherish Danae has recorded an EP of songs, inspired by the book.

Lost & Found was released last week and you can listen here:

open.spotify.com/album/179SN5...

#MusicMonday

Lost & Found

open.spotify.com

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 5d

I always enjoy looking through the covers on these lists. It's really interesting how different they tend to be from the covers I'm asked to design.

www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2025/09...

Book Covers of Note, September 2025

Hey. I hope you’re keeping safe and well. I’m posting this late on the last day of the month, but hopefully it was worth waiting for. I will let you get to the covers posthaste, but bef…

www.casualoptimist.com

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 6d

Something new is underway...

#WIP

Screenshot of photoshop showing the start of a painting featuring a woman holding her hands out in front of her.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 6d

Something new is underway...

#WIP

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 8d

Quick reminder that I have a small selection of premade book covers available at reasonable prices at BookCoversByJon.com

There are some thriller covers (because they are fun to make) and some more unusual designs that I fancied trying.

Perhaps they would be just right for your story.

A bright green set of fanged teeth surround the title "Wolf Bite" on a dark purple background.

The title "Taste of Poison" sits over a green bottle containing liquid. A label hangs from it with a skull on it. Leaves and berries surround the bottle.

A bright, colourful design with the title "Falling into Tomorrow". A silhouette of a man falls into a circular design that looks like a spiral but is actually an optical illusion.

A thriller cover with a woman walking away down a snowy path at night.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 8d

One of my old footballing team mates is setting off on a trek across the Sahara. He's hit his target but it's a great cause and more donations will always be welcomed.

Congratulations on hitting your target, and good luck for Trek Sahara 2025! www.justgiving.com/page/simon-b...

Simon's desert challenge for Alzheimer's Society

Help Simon Beacham raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

www.justgiving.com

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 9d

We've got a big announcement to make! For the entire month of November, we're going to be hosting an event celebrating indie and self-published SFF authors that we're calling... A Month of Rain and Reads!

But we'd like YOU to get involved! Find out more:
www.readindiefantasy.com/announcing-a...

A banner image showing a planner with autumnal decorations and stickers along with calligraphy spelling out A Month of Rain and Reads. There is a stack of indie books in the background and a cup of coffee.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 9d

A new sketch portrait. My wife's favourite Firefly character, Zoe Washburne.

ArtByJon

Black and white portrait of Gina Torres as Zoe Washburne.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 9d

A new sketch portrait. My wife's favourite Firefly character, Zoe Washburne.

ArtByJon

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sophie_exhausted_finalFINAL_03.psd @netizenses.bsky.social · 9d

There's something so totally captivating about painting portraits, real or imagined - I don't think I'll ever tire of it ✨❤️

Head study of a woman with a blunt black bob hairstyle

Portrait study of a woman in Elizabethan costume

Portrait study of a black woman with locks

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 10d

Another look at this recent portrait. I really enjoyed painting happy, smiling people for a change.

Portrait of a couple in front of colourful lights. He has one arm around her and she is leaning back into his embrace.

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 11d

I've started this but it's a long read so I'll be dipping in and out.

Seems very much like a bubble to me...

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11d

Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

www.wheresyoured.at

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