Jon Stubbington
@bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social
Human-powered book artwork. Book cover designer and character art illustrator for indie authors and small press publishers. Devon, UK.
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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
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
This is not a Black Friday offer.
This discount will run for the rest of the year.
ko-fi.com/bookcoversby...
This discount will run for the rest of the year.
ko-fi.com/bookcoversby...
10% discount off Jon Stubbington's Commissions
Visit Jon Stubbington at Ko-fi for 10% discount off Commissions
ko-fi.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is not a Black Friday offer.
This discount will run for the rest of the year.
ko-fi.com/bookcoversby...
This discount will run for the rest of the year.
ko-fi.com/bookcoversby...
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Here's a breakdown of some of the different layers/steps that went into creating the cover for The Savage Aether by @henryneilsen.bsky.social
The Kickstarter for this book and its companion anthology, The Disconnected, is open for a few more days so there's still time to back the project!
The Kickstarter for this book and its companion anthology, The Disconnected, is open for a few more days so there's still time to back the project!
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here's a breakdown of some of the different layers/steps that went into creating the cover for The Savage Aether by @henryneilsen.bsky.social
The Kickstarter for this book and its companion anthology, The Disconnected, is open for a few more days so there's still time to back the project!
The Kickstarter for this book and its companion anthology, The Disconnected, is open for a few more days so there's still time to back the project!
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
Here's a breakdown of some of the different layers/steps that went into creating the cover for The Savage Aether by @henryneilsen.bsky.social
The Kickstarter for this book and its companion anthology, The Disconnected, is open for a few more days so there's still time to back the project!
The Kickstarter for this book and its companion anthology, The Disconnected, is open for a few more days so there's still time to back the project!
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here's a breakdown of some of the different layers/steps that went into creating the cover for The Savage Aether by @henryneilsen.bsky.social
The Kickstarter for this book and its companion anthology, The Disconnected, is open for a few more days so there's still time to back the project!
The Kickstarter for this book and its companion anthology, The Disconnected, is open for a few more days so there's still time to back the project!
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If it scares her out of posting, showing up, or being herself… it’s real violence.
Online harm hits real life. Every time.
There is #NoExcuse for online abuse.
Learn more: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
#16Days #ACTToEndViolence
Online harm hits real life. Every time.
There is #NoExcuse for online abuse.
Learn more: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
#16Days #ACTToEndViolence
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If it scares her out of posting, showing up, or being herself… it’s real violence.
Online harm hits real life. Every time.
There is #NoExcuse for online abuse.
Learn more: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
#16Days #ACTToEndViolence
Online harm hits real life. Every time.
There is #NoExcuse for online abuse.
Learn more: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
#16Days #ACTToEndViolence
A small selection of covers from this year.
I don't want to start rounding up 2025 too early, but I might start sharing a few summary posts.
Also, as is the way most years, a lot of my 2025 covers have been completed but have not yet been unveiled.
BookCoversByJon
I don't want to start rounding up 2025 too early, but I might start sharing a few summary posts.
Also, as is the way most years, a lot of my 2025 covers have been completed but have not yet been unveiled.
BookCoversByJon
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A small selection of covers from this year.
I don't want to start rounding up 2025 too early, but I might start sharing a few summary posts.
Also, as is the way most years, a lot of my 2025 covers have been completed but have not yet been unveiled.
BookCoversByJon
I don't want to start rounding up 2025 too early, but I might start sharing a few summary posts.
Also, as is the way most years, a lot of my 2025 covers have been completed but have not yet been unveiled.
BookCoversByJon
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With five days left in the campaign, we're at 145% funded! Help us reach our stretch goals by preordering The Savage Aether & The Disconnected through @kickstarter.com, and get a special edition signed by @henryneilsen.bsky.social! #BookSky #indiebooks #cyberpunk
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hen...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hen...
The Savage Aether / The Disconnected
Henry Neilsen's new Cyberpunk horror novel and its companion anthology, featuring a range of exciting voices of near-future horror.
www.kickstarter.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
With five days left in the campaign, we're at 145% funded! Help us reach our stretch goals by preordering The Savage Aether & The Disconnected through @kickstarter.com, and get a special edition signed by @henryneilsen.bsky.social! #BookSky #indiebooks #cyberpunk
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hen...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hen...
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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and every day, we call for an end to digital violence against all women and girls. #NoExcuse
Read our joint statement👉 shorturl.at/RCoKT
#16Days #ACTtoEndViolence
Read our joint statement👉 shorturl.at/RCoKT
#16Days #ACTtoEndViolence
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and every day, we call for an end to digital violence against all women and girls. #NoExcuse
Read our joint statement👉 shorturl.at/RCoKT
#16Days #ACTtoEndViolence
Read our joint statement👉 shorturl.at/RCoKT
#16Days #ACTtoEndViolence
If it scares her out of posting, showing up, or being herself… it’s real violence.
Online harm hits real life. Every time.
There is #NoExcuse for online abuse.
Learn more: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
#16Days #ACTToEndViolence
Online harm hits real life. Every time.
There is #NoExcuse for online abuse.
Learn more: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
#16Days #ACTToEndViolence
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If it scares her out of posting, showing up, or being herself… it’s real violence.
Online harm hits real life. Every time.
There is #NoExcuse for online abuse.
Learn more: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
#16Days #ACTToEndViolence
Online harm hits real life. Every time.
There is #NoExcuse for online abuse.
Learn more: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
#16Days #ACTToEndViolence
I first heard The Delgados when they supported Doves at Exeter Uni.
One of the rare occasions when I enjoyed the support act as much as I enjoyed the main act. They were both great.
#MusicMonday
youtu.be/JBteVWP3MLE?...
One of the rare occasions when I enjoyed the support act as much as I enjoyed the main act. They were both great.
#MusicMonday
youtu.be/JBteVWP3MLE?...
All You Need Is Hate
YouTube video by The Delgados - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I first heard The Delgados when they supported Doves at Exeter Uni.
One of the rare occasions when I enjoyed the support act as much as I enjoyed the main act. They were both great.
#MusicMonday
youtu.be/JBteVWP3MLE?...
One of the rare occasions when I enjoyed the support act as much as I enjoyed the main act. They were both great.
#MusicMonday
youtu.be/JBteVWP3MLE?...
It's been a difficult year for artists and I am no different.
I'm in a position where I still have spaces to fill before the end of the year so I'm offering 10% off my commissions until the end of the year.
Use WINTER10 on my Ko-fi page:
ko-fi.com/bookcoversby...
#KofiDiscountChallenge
I'm in a position where I still have spaces to fill before the end of the year so I'm offering 10% off my commissions until the end of the year.
Use WINTER10 on my Ko-fi page:
ko-fi.com/bookcoversby...
#KofiDiscountChallenge
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's been a difficult year for artists and I am no different.
I'm in a position where I still have spaces to fill before the end of the year so I'm offering 10% off my commissions until the end of the year.
Use WINTER10 on my Ko-fi page:
ko-fi.com/bookcoversby...
#KofiDiscountChallenge
I'm in a position where I still have spaces to fill before the end of the year so I'm offering 10% off my commissions until the end of the year.
Use WINTER10 on my Ko-fi page:
ko-fi.com/bookcoversby...
#KofiDiscountChallenge
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Last call for if you want a piece made for Christmas!
-Only Bust option- And only 2 spots!
Anything else will not be completed for Christmas, so pick the others only if you're not in a rush
(Examples below the quote post!)
-Only Bust option- And only 2 spots!
Anything else will not be completed for Christmas, so pick the others only if you're not in a rush
(Examples below the quote post!)
Opening commission for the new year!
-3 spots available-
Please reach out through e-mail only: [email protected]
Here's the price sheet
(and some example of past pieces in the next post)
RTs are always welcome 💖
-3 spots available-
Please reach out through e-mail only: [email protected]
Here's the price sheet
(and some example of past pieces in the next post)
RTs are always welcome 💖
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Last call for if you want a piece made for Christmas!
-Only Bust option- And only 2 spots!
Anything else will not be completed for Christmas, so pick the others only if you're not in a rush
(Examples below the quote post!)
-Only Bust option- And only 2 spots!
Anything else will not be completed for Christmas, so pick the others only if you're not in a rush
(Examples below the quote post!)
It's nice round here when it's not raining. (It has been raining today.)
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It's nice round here when it's not raining. (It has been raining today.)
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You have TEN DAYS left to provide yourself with FAME AND GLORY! And $35.
weirdchristmas.com/2025/10/30/a...
weirdchristmas.com/2025/10/30/a...
Announcing the EIGHTH Annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction ConThology!
Yes, the (non) contest is alive, and, yes, it’s late. It’s been a rough year, and I’ve lost a lot of the time for REAL work because of all that half-ass work that actually pays. I had to figure out…
weirdchristmas.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You have TEN DAYS left to provide yourself with FAME AND GLORY! And $35.
weirdchristmas.com/2025/10/30/a...
weirdchristmas.com/2025/10/30/a...
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This is not a drill! A new Mortal Engines book by @philipreeve.bsky.social is coming out in *three months*, A Bridge of Storms! One of my favorite book series -- instant pre-order! And check out the stunning cover by @ianmcque.bsky.social. bookshop.org/p/books/brid...
Bridge of Storms (A Mortal Engines novel)
Check out Bridge of Storms (A Mortal Engines novel) - <P><B>An edge-of-your seat adventure set in the iconic world of Mortal Engines!</B></P><P></P><P><I>Can they get out of the Frying Pan without get...
bookshop.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is not a drill! A new Mortal Engines book by @philipreeve.bsky.social is coming out in *three months*, A Bridge of Storms! One of my favorite book series -- instant pre-order! And check out the stunning cover by @ianmcque.bsky.social. bookshop.org/p/books/brid...
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Here's the cover illustration I did of 'The Bloodweaver' by @cnkuster.bsky.social , for Podium Publishing!
Out June 2026!
Out June 2026!
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Here's the cover illustration I did of 'The Bloodweaver' by @cnkuster.bsky.social , for Podium Publishing!
Out June 2026!
Out June 2026!
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As “the arts” become more risk averse, it’s amazing how good artists get at coping with risk. It’s been passed to us, wholesale.
“No thanks. Carry on creating, with no visible means of support.”
No wonder we have trouble making ourselves understood. We are from different worlds now.
“No thanks. Carry on creating, with no visible means of support.”
No wonder we have trouble making ourselves understood. We are from different worlds now.
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
As “the arts” become more risk averse, it’s amazing how good artists get at coping with risk. It’s been passed to us, wholesale.
“No thanks. Carry on creating, with no visible means of support.”
No wonder we have trouble making ourselves understood. We are from different worlds now.
“No thanks. Carry on creating, with no visible means of support.”
No wonder we have trouble making ourselves understood. We are from different worlds now.
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Everyone who has memory-holed the pandemic in the UK should take a walk along the Covid memorial wall in London. Each heart represents a single person who died of Covid, and it goes of *forever*. It's very, very long.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Everyone who has memory-holed the pandemic in the UK should take a walk along the Covid memorial wall in London. Each heart represents a single person who died of Covid, and it goes of *forever*. It's very, very long.
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A small selection of commissioned and personal character art.
More examples can be found at www.jonstubbington.com/character-co... (and I still have openings available for 2025!).
More examples can be found at www.jonstubbington.com/character-co... (and I still have openings available for 2025!).
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A small selection of commissioned and personal character art.
More examples can be found at www.jonstubbington.com/character-co... (and I still have openings available for 2025!).
More examples can be found at www.jonstubbington.com/character-co... (and I still have openings available for 2025!).
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Not sure I'm cut out for all this behind-the-scenes filming nonsense! Perhaps this wasn't the best angle to choose.
Back to the drawing board. Literally.
Back to the drawing board. Literally.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Not sure I'm cut out for all this behind-the-scenes filming nonsense! Perhaps this wasn't the best angle to choose.
Back to the drawing board. Literally.
Back to the drawing board. Literally.
I have this realisation every time I have to paint them... knees are weird-looking.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I have this realisation every time I have to paint them... knees are weird-looking.
Not sure I'm cut out for all this behind-the-scenes filming nonsense! Perhaps this wasn't the best angle to choose.
Back to the drawing board. Literally.
Back to the drawing board. Literally.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Not sure I'm cut out for all this behind-the-scenes filming nonsense! Perhaps this wasn't the best angle to choose.
Back to the drawing board. Literally.
Back to the drawing board. Literally.
A small selection of commissioned and personal character art.
More examples can be found at www.jonstubbington.com/character-co... (and I still have openings available for 2025!).
More examples can be found at www.jonstubbington.com/character-co... (and I still have openings available for 2025!).
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A small selection of commissioned and personal character art.
More examples can be found at www.jonstubbington.com/character-co... (and I still have openings available for 2025!).
More examples can be found at www.jonstubbington.com/character-co... (and I still have openings available for 2025!).
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The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.