Noir book covers

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Noir book cover with the title 'Whiskey Point'

Whiskey Point

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Noir book cover with the title 'City of Small Kingdoms'

City of Small Kingdoms

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Noir book cover with the title 'Blood and Mascara '

Blood and Mascara

Thriller book cover

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Noir book cover with the title 'The Clondike Detective book cover'

The Clondike Detective book cover

It's a historical crime story set in 1903.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Book Cover design'

Book Cover design

Book cover design for a fiction novel about vikings in Glasgow. Customer wanted a simple, cool, and modern design with a noir style.

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Noir book cover with the title 'The Skinny Girl'

The Skinny Girl

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Noir book cover with the title 'Lululand Ultraviolent'

Lululand Ultraviolent

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Noir book cover with the title 'Thrill Girl book cover'

Thrill Girl book cover

Thrill Girl is a mysterious crime novel set in Los Angeles in early 50's. Since the main character is a tabloid journalist I made design with newspapers and typewriter machine with highlighted word MURDER on types. Also, the vintage look was pretty important.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Bankers and Peasants'

Bankers and Peasants

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Noir book cover with the title 'Book cover for noir series'

Book cover for noir series

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Noir book cover with the title 'A Knife in the Dark'

A Knife in the Dark

Night lasts for days on the planet Jannix, and when the sun goes down over a city brimming with corruption and organized crime, no one can be certain they will see another dawn. Retired police detective Jack Tarelli has turned to the bottle to cope with these long nights ever since the unsolved murder of his wife, but when he's called to the home of an enigmatic starship tycoon just hours after a high-profile homicide, he knows his longest night yet has just begun. Led on a chase deep into the shadows of a city that never wakes, the hard-nosed and uncompromising Jack finds himself on the trail of a killer whose true motives shrouded. Was it revenge for an interplanetary business deal gone wrong? Or something more personal? As connections to Jack's own bloody past rise to the surface, it becomes clear that this is more than a search for answers. It's a race against time. And the body count is going to rise long before the sun.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Uglyville'

Uglyville

Winning cover design for YA Noir Book. Client wanted the front cover in the dramatic style of classic hand-painted Film Noir movie posters. Specifically, he wanted to be a darkly attractive young man (age in 30s) holding a sultry young woman (early 20s) in his arms. She should be wearing a vintage strapless gown, green or blue. He should be in a white button shirt, its sleeves rolled up, its collar unbuttoned to reveal a bit of bare chest. She looks a lot like movie starlet Rita Hayworth, especially the strawberry blonde hair. He looks like a cross between a broody Marlon Brando and a boyish Tony Curtis.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Organized Crime / Mafia Crime (available for sale)'

Organized Crime / Mafia Crime (available for sale)

Illustration and mockup (without text) available for sale!

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Noir book cover with the title 'Noir Film Style'

Noir Film Style

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Noir book cover with the title 'Book cover'

Book cover

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Noir book cover with the title 'Design cover for a sci-fi noir novel'

Design cover for a sci-fi noir novel

Thomas Craddock is a rookie detective with the Magnus Constabulary. He and his hot-tempered mentor, James Augustine, are part of a city-wide investigation into the illegal trade of plasma weapons in the Magnus undercity, the densely-populated, crime-ridden lower sections of Magnus. What they find is a conspiracy that reaches into the halls of Magnus' wealthy and powerful.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Remanded To The Night Cafe'

Remanded To The Night Cafe

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Noir book cover with the title 'Neo-noir crime novel'

Neo-noir crime novel

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Noir book cover with the title 'Thriller Book cover'

Thriller Book cover

Thriller Book cover, set in the future

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Noir book cover with the title 'Book Cover with Vintage Film Poster Appearance'

Book Cover with Vintage Film Poster Appearance

Making vintage-styled designs is always fascinating to me. This design, with the setting of 1920's era, I applied several aspects of styles into the design, like oil painting and noir nuance. The client also helped with encouragingly positive feedbacks.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Memoir book cover'

Memoir book cover

Memoir book about author and growing up, going through life’s experiences, and re-learning things about himself that he had forgotten

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Noir book cover with the title 'Dark, edgy e-book cover "Grift"'

Dark, edgy e-book cover "Grift"

Vintage, noir, movie poster design style, gray colors and hints of neon, this cover follows the brief entirely.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Create an E book cover for an edgy YA novel'

Create an E book cover for an edgy YA novel

The brief was to represent, vegas, street life and teenage drama. I went for a gritty option that hints at all 3 features.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Australian crime novel set in the 90's needs moody, criminal noir'esque cover design'

Australian crime novel set in the 90's needs moody, criminal noir'esque cover design

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Noir book cover with the title 'Ebook cover for a noir book'

Ebook cover for a noir book

A catchy cover for a dark, noir novel. I had the feeling to design a fun and abstract cover rather than a detailed one.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Book cover design'

Book cover design

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Noir book cover with the title 'Hard Boiled Cover'

Hard Boiled Cover

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Noir book cover with the title 'Cover for supernatural fantasy book'

Cover for supernatural fantasy book

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Noir book cover with the title 'Retro Sci Fi novel cover'

Retro Sci Fi novel cover

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Noir book cover with the title 'Magnus Nights - Noir E-Book '

Magnus Nights - Noir E-Book

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Noir book cover with the title 'Cover design for "Bound in Blood"'

Cover design for "Bound in Blood"

The client wanted a crime/futuristic cover. A DNA element was important for the story, so it was included as a subtle pattern.

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Noir book cover with the title 'The Elusive Mole Book Cover'

The Elusive Mole Book Cover

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Noir book cover with the title 'Book cover for sale'

Book cover for sale

If you want to buy it, just let me know.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Book Cover for Blue Valentine'

Book Cover for Blue Valentine

Dark and Grungy illustration with lake side view at dusk. Blue Valentine is a Neo-Noir Thriller. Down-and-out, down-and-dirty, Nicki's going to have to figure out the game before she's the one who's played. She's got brains and fight and unhealed rage on her side. She's got her half-brother, Quinn Halliday, at her back. And she's got a wickedly sharp straight razor in her hand.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Deadly Ransom Book Cover Concept '

Deadly Ransom Book Cover Concept

Based on the clients brief and story synapsis this concept focuses on a detective on a rainy city night.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Noir fantasy-setting virtual-reality novel mixing in elements of both medieval and modern weaponry'

Noir fantasy-setting virtual-reality novel mixing in elements of both medieval and modern weaponry

A guy with gun and sword/axe in dark VR fantasy world—grimly told but with a bit of humor. I did this for fun actually. That's all.

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Noir book cover with the title 'Hand crafted analog book cover design'

Hand crafted analog book cover design

For this cover I had to hand craft the front image for this noir crime story, so I drew the letters, cut them out, burnt them a little, bent them, spilled some liquid on top, burnt some holes in the background threw some matches on top to finish off the composition, touched the whole thing up a little digitally. And. Bang! Here it is.

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Noir book cover with the title 'The Haver Problem'

The Haver Problem

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Noir book cover with the title 'Noir Fiction Book Cover Design'

Noir Fiction Book Cover Design

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Noir book cover with the title '"Displaced" - My Submission To The Contest'

"Displaced" - My Submission To The Contest

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Noir book cover with the title 'Thriller novel cover'

Thriller novel cover

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Noir book cover with the title '"Displaced" - My submission to the contest'

"Displaced" - My submission to the contest

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Noir book cover with the title 'Illustration'

Illustration

Magical detective

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