Book Cover Illustration Rates. This apprehends the growth of children’s book illustration services. For indies, it’s considered premium.
$500.00 plus the cost of any stock needed. The bureau of labor statistics does not record salary data specifically for book cover artists. It does, however, record data for artists in related fields.
Hourly rates for illustrators range from $25 to $100, and can be higher depending on the area of specialty and artist reputation.
Nexus illustration is known for delivering exceptional quality illustrations at highly affordable rates. It would range from about $5860. Let me design, illustrate, and layout your story. As an example, the picture book i illustrated a couple years ago (i built my house on a volcano*) was 32 pages, but had only about 15 illustrations + the cover.