Comic Artist for Hire | Custom Comic Art & Covers

Comic art and covers, inked by hand. I draw comics — sequential pages, covers and character artwork, pencilled and inked by hand before anything goes near a screen. If you have a script, a character, or a story you have been carrying around for years, I can help you see it drawn. I also write and draw my own book, The Courier , which means I know what it is like to be on your side of the brief. Discuss Your Project See Comic Work Comic Work Cover — The Courier . Sequential page — pencils, inks, colour and lettering. Sequential page — panel-to-panel storytelling. More work in the portfolio , and small-format originals on the sketch card page . Custom Comic Art Hiring a freelance comic artist is mostly a question of trust: you are handing over something you care about and hoping it comes back looking like it did in your head. The way I reduce that risk is boring and effective — you see a rough before I commit, and you see it early enough that changing your mind costs nothing. Comic illustration is a different discipline from single-image illustration. A page has to carry the eye from panel to panel, leave room for lettering, and hold up in black and white before colour rescues it. That is the part people underestimate, and it is the part I enjoy most. Line work is done traditionally with brush pens, a G nib and Uni Pin fineliners, then cleaned up, coloured and prepped at print resolution. If you want to see the actual kit, it is all listed on my tools page . What I Take On Sequential Pages Full comic pages from a script or a panel breakdown — pencils, inks, colour and lettering, or any stage of that on its own if you have other collaborators. Comic Covers Single-image cover artwork built to work at thumbnail size as well as full size, with space left for logo and trade dress. Character Artwork One character, drawn properly, in a pose that says something about them. The most-requested job I get and still my favourite. Comic-Style Portraits You, your group, or your tabletop party rendered as comic characters rather than a likeness study. Bring Your Characters to Life A lot of what lands in my inbox starts the same way: someone has an original character who has only ever existed in notes, a campaign log, or a half-finished manuscript. Writers who cannot draw, game masters with a party that deserves a group shot, people with an original superhero they invented at fourteen and never let go of. That is a good brief, not a vague one. A written description of who someone is tells me more than a reference sheet of what they wear. Give me the personality and I will find the silhouette. If your character needs illustrating rather than designing from scratch, the character illustration page covers that in more detail. How a Comic Commission Runs Brief and script Send the script, the panel breakdown, or just the scene in plain words. For covers, tell me the mood and where the logo sits. References Anything you have — existing character art, photos for poses, comics whose look you want. Bad references still help. Thumbnails Small rough layouts for panel flow and composition. Fast to redraw, which is exactly why they exist. Sketch approval The chosen layout worked up properly. This is the last cheap moment to change your mind, so use it. Inks and colour Line work by hand, then colour. You see the inks before colour goes down. Final files 300dpi print-ready files plus web versions. Layered source on request. Hiring a Comic Artist — FAQ What does comic art cost? Character illustration starts at $150, a finished comic page at $250, and cover artwork at $450. Page rate depends on panel count, character count and background complexity — a six-panel fight scene with three characters is not the same job as two people talking in a kitchen. Full rates are on the commissions page . Can you draw my original characters? Yes, and it is most of what I do. Bring a description, a rough sketch, references, or all three. You keep your characters — nothing about