Open your eyes! Have you noticed the latest trend in publishing? Eyes on book covers are all the rave.
For more body parts, explore the tags mouth or hand for more designs like these. A portion of the cover Of The Flesh was used for today’s blog post cover image.
The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim
Designer: Mel Four
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
Designer: let us know!
Of The Flesh edited and compiled by Susan Barker
Designer: let us know!
Hot Singles In Your Area by Jordan Shiveley
Designer: Jack Smyth
Eat The Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin
Designer: Katie Klimowicz with art by Ana Miminoshvili
More art by Ana Miminoshvili
Counterweight by Eliot Duncan
Designer: Tal Goretsky
Itch! by Gemma Amor
Designer: Safron Stocker
One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
Designer: Kieryn Tyler
How To Disappear And Why by Kylie Minor
Designer: Danika Isdahl
The Sleepless by Victor Manibo
Designer: Dana Li
The Stars in Our Eyes by Julie Klam
Designer: Spencer Kimble
Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler
Designer: let us know!
Little Eyes by Samantha Schweblin
Designer: Na Kim
Witness by Jamel Brinkley
Designer: Emma Pidsley
Belly Up by Rita Bullwinkel
Designer: Luke Bird
Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan
Designer: Luke Bird
Eye of the Beholder by Samantha Schweblin
Designer: Danielle Mazzella di Bosco
Big time by Ben H. Winters
Designer: let us know!
Yellowface by Samantha Schweblin
Designer: Ellie Game
Laid and Confused by Maria Yagoda
Designer: Jonathan Bush
Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
Designer: let us know!
Your Heart is a Muscle by Sunil Yapa
Designer: let us know!
Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka
Designer: Alex Merto
Prediction Machines by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
Designer: Zoe Norvell
Sacrificio by Erneso Mestre-Reed
Designer: Dana Li
How to Find a Professional Book Cover Designer for an Eye-Forward book cover
Many people claim to be book cover designers, but only a select few are being hired again and again by the same major publishers. But how do you find those truly professional book cover designers? Platforms like the INeedABookCover Jobs Board have made it easier for authors to find and collaborate with talented, professional designers like the ones listed in this article.
Use the Jobs Board to share your project’s creative brief with our vetted listserv of designers! Designers seeking book cover jobs and book cover designer jobs can apply to join our private listserv for the opportunity to bid on lucrative book cover design jobs.
If you enjoyed this listicle, be sure to check out the “Design Devices” series to explore other elements commonly used on book covers such as paintings or balls of crumpled paper.
