Your idea
A logo, a label, a poster: tell me what you have in mind, and we bring your idea to life together!
The hand-painted book cover
Giulia Dal Bon hand-paints the cover of a book: a novel, a poetry collection, a children’s book, a guide, a family memoir. She paints the image, draws the title, composes the spine and the back cover. From 400 €, high-definition file ready for the printer. Free quote within 48 hours.
Contact Giulia
Tell me your idea, and I will be glad to reply.
The price of a hand-painted cover
| Hand-painted logo or letteringThe name of a house, a workshop, a brand, drawn letter by letter… | from 500 € |
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| Label, album cover or book coverA painted visual, adapted to the bottle, the record or the book… | from 400 € |
| Hand-painted posterAn event, a film, a concert, a brand campaign… | from 700 € |
| A complete identity, logo, label, packaging, from 1,500 €. A whole range or a series of variations: tailored quote. | |
Free quote within 48 hours
How it works
When you contact me about a book cover, here is what happens next.
The quote
I send you a free quote within 48 hours.
Two sketches
Two free sketches: you tell me what you think, and I adjust.
The file
I paint the original by hand, lay it out, and you receive the print-ready file.
What the cover has to do
In a bookshop, a cover has two seconds. Online, it has a thumbnail. A hand-painted image wins on both counts: it catches the eye because it has a hand that belongs to it, and it holds up small because it is composed by hand rather than assembled.
Giulia paints the scene, the landscape, the object or the shape that carries the book, and draws the title and the author’s name in the same hand. The spine, the back cover, the flap and the wraparound band are composed with it, in the exact dimensions of the spine calculated by your printer.
From the reading to the file
Send the manuscript, an extract or simply the pitch and the intended atmosphere: Giulia reads before she paints. She replies within 48 hours with a free quote and prepares two included sketches, at the real size of the cover. You tell her what you think and she adjusts.
She delivers the complete high-definition file, front, spine, back, flaps, with bleed and the barcode in its place, plus the square thumbnail for the sales platforms. The painted original stays yours: it can be framed, or put up as a prize at a signing.
Who has a cover painted
Self-published novelists, poets publishing a collection, independent publishing houses, publishers of art books and guides, children’s authors and illustrators who want a cover from another hand; families printing a memoir, a recipe book or an album of old photographs; associations, museums and estates publishing a book on their history; booksellers for an in-house reissue.
Your questions, before commissioning
How do I commission a hand-painted book cover?
Tell Giulia Dal Bon what you have in mind for your book cover, and she brings your idea to life with you. She sends you a free quote within 48 hours, then two free sketches: you tell her what you think, and she adjusts. She paints the original by hand, lays it out in Photoshop and Illustrator, and you receive the print-ready file. A book cover starts at 400 €.
Do I have to send the whole manuscript?
An extract is enough, and often the pitch and three adjectives are enough too. What Giulia is looking for is the atmosphere and one strong image: a place, an object, a light. If you want her to read everything, she reads everything, say so at the quote stage.
The complete cover, with the spine and the back?
Yes, in a single file. Give the page count and the paper weight: your printer works out the spine thickness to the millimetre, and Giulia composes on it. The flaps, the band and the barcode are placed in the same file.
And for a poetry collection?
It is a format that suits painting very well: a simple image, plenty of air, a hand-drawn title. Giulia also paints the inside pages if you want an illustration at the head of each section, or a painted drop cap at the start of each poem.
Can we have the version for online sales?
Yes: the square thumbnail, the 3D visual of the book standing up, the banner for an author page and the image for social media are delivered with the cover. Those are the files the sales platforms and online booksellers ask for.
How much does hand-painted graphic design cost?
From 500 € for a logo or lettering, 400 € for a label, an album cover or a book cover, 700 € for a poster. A complete identity, logo, label, packaging, starts at 1,500 €, and a whole range is quoted separately. The price includes painting the original, two included sketches, corrections during the work and the high-definition file ready for the printer. Giulia Dal Bon replies within 48 hours with a free quote.
What do I receive at the end?
A high-definition file in the exact dimensions of your medium, ready to go to the printer, with the variations you need. The painted original stays yours if you wish: it is a work on paper or on canvas, and it can be framed. It looks right in the shop, the workshop or the office, next to the product it dresses.
Does Giulia also draw the name and the lettering?
Yes, and it is a part of the work she loves. She draws the name letter by letter, by hand, and composes the whole page: the name, the legal wording, the vintage, the title. She studied graphic design at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, alongside painting. The lettering can be painted with a brush, drawn in ink or cleaned up afterwards for print.
Who owns the design?
You do. The visual is painted for your house and for it alone: it is assigned to you for the intended use, and the quote says which. Giulia keeps the right to show the work in her portfolio, like any author. If you want full exclusivity or a wider use, that is written into the quote from the start.
Can we start from a photo or an AI-generated image?
Yes, and many people arrive with one today. An image found on Pinterest or generated by AI gives a direction: a colour, a framing, an atmosphere. Giulia looks at it, keeps the intention and paints an original by hand, with her own shapes, in the true dimensions of your medium. You get a work painted for you alone, and it belongs to you.
Can Giulia prepare the file for print?
Yes, that is the second half of the job. She paints the original by hand, then lays it out in Photoshop and Illustrator, two programs she knows well enough to have given private lessons on them. You receive a clean file, in the exact dimensions, with bleed, the requested colour mode and vector paths where needed. Your printer can talk to her directly.
When will I receive the file?
The schedule is set with you at the quote stage, around your print, release or event date. Giulia sends two sketches, you choose, she paints, shows the progress and you adjust with her. Write to her with your date, she tells you straight away whether it can be met.
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