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Design Unlikely is a broker connecting highly qualified and trusted artists to those in need of illustrations. Design Unlikely offers no warranty or guarantees on the end result. We can only attest that these are artists we work with on a regular basis and have our full trust and confidence to communicate well and deliver high quality projects on time.
ILLUSTRATORS
Tired of searching for the right artist for your project? Worried that the person you hire will not deliver the quality you're looking for, or for that matter on time? Then you've come to the right place. All of our illustrators have been vetted and maintain a working relationship with our parent company, Story Unlikely. They've been selected because they maintain both a high and consistent standard of work, communicate well on every project, and complete everything on time.Click on the image below to view samples of their work and learn more about each artist.
Anderson
Amelia
Christine
PROCESS AND PRICING
So you want to book on of our artists for your project? Every illustrator has their own unique process, and every illustration will come with its own price point and time frame for completion, so exact procedures and pricing will have to be discussed with the illustrator. However, to give you a general idea on pricing, most novels start at around $500 and can go up from there depending on complexity, and we (Story Unlikely) generally book our illustrators 1-3 months in advance of when we need the artwork completed.
HOW IT WORKS
Step 1: Become a paying Member of Story Unlikely. Sorry, but there's a lot of jokers out there, and our illustrators' time is valuable. If you want access to them, you have to prove that you're serious. Membership is only $25 a year and comes with tons a perks.
Step 2: Send an email to designunlikely@mailbox.org with the general scope of work and the artist you'd like to potentially book. We will then forward the information to them and they will make contact with you to further discuss. If they're unable to take on your project, you can email us again for another artist's info, but we only provide info for one artist at a time.
Step 3: Once you've structured a deal with the artist, they will take over the project and you will pay and communicate directly with them. That's it!
Design Unlikely is a broker connecting highly qualified and trusted artists to those in need of illustrations. Design Unlikely offers no warranty or guarantees on the end result. We can only attest that these are artists we work with on a regular basis and have our full trust and confidence to communicate well and deliver high quality projects on time.
ANDERSON
Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree in painting and specializes in Visual Arts Education. In addition to teaching Arts at primary and secondary school levels, he works as a freelance illustrator and concept artist, focusing on fantasy, horror, science fiction and children’s illustration.
Book Anderson now!
AMELIA
Amelia is a digital artist and illustrator specializing in character and environment art with skills flexible for any creative project ranging from professional Cover Art, Concept art, Character design, Background design, and more!
Book Amelia now!
CHRISTINE
Christine is an artist specializing in illustrations for books and games. Her works are expressive and colorful, and although most are fantasy-themed, there is always a touch of realism to be found to bring the story closer to the viewer. But most of all, she loves stories; listening, reading, writing, painting and sharing them with others. Christine believes the stories we experience through art can change us and connect us through time and seemingly irreconcilable differences, and she hopes to be able to tell new stories every day.
Book Christine now!
Terms
We're going to leave this page up but only accessible to our illustrators as an easy reference to our terms and agreements:
By agreeing to be a part of the Design Unlikely Team, you agree to allow us to use all illustrations on our website, watermark free. We will create a separate page for each artist that prospective buyers can view and then request your information.In exchange for providing clients, we ask $100 of every novel project contracted, or 20% of any illustrations that are not for novel cover art, if the contracted amount is less than $500. At this time, we are not collecting the amount, but will use this as credit for future illustrations.Residuals: any artwork contracted at a later date (after initial project) with a client acquired by Design Unlikely, we ask that 5% of that cost go back to us, once again as credit. This goes for any referrals from clients that came from Design Unlikely as well. Please keep us informed when these jobs take place. This is largely a system built on trust, and we can remove an illustrator from our list at any time if they violate our terms or are not taking care of our customers or our own design needs.