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Istvan Straban
Istvan Straban
Freelance Illustrator // Available for commission
Budapest, Hungary

Summary

Available for commission coverart , personal and commercial commission .
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Commissions info : strabanistvan@gmail.com
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I am a freelance creative Book Cover, Comic cover illustrator, character designer. I like to do Cover Art commissions.
My work involves Book Cover Illustration, Cover Art illustration, Comic art , character design, illustration for board games, card games, fanart and so on.

bookcover dark fantasy horror vampire fantasy book cover bookcovers commission commissions Fantasy illustration Sci-fi illustration character art LitRPG & Gamelit illustrations

Skills

Digital PaintingIllustrationCharacter DesignConcept ArtFantasysplash artanime artSci-Fidark fantasycover arthorrorKey artvampirebook cover designdarkfantasyBoxshot artLitRPG & Gamelit illustrationMarketing IllustrationComic ArtBook Cover Illustration

Software proficiency

DAZ Studio
DAZ Studio
Photoshop
Photoshop
CLIP STUDIO PAINT
CLIP STUDIO PAINT

Experience

  • Freelance Book Cover Artist at Podium Publishing ULC
    Newmarket , CA
    February 2023 - Present

    Illustrator, book cover artist

  • Freelance Illustrator and character designer at 10Tons OY
    Tampere, Finland
    December 2022 - December 2022

    Character designs and box shot

  • Freelance Illustrator and character designer at Sveda Studio Board Games creator
    July 2022 - August 2022

    Character design, Cover art

  • Freelance Illustrator and character designer at MetaBeasts
    United States of America
    February 2022 - August 2022

    MetaBeasts is a play to earn gaming project that aims to unlock the full potential of blockchain technologies by developing an ecosystem of games that exist on chain, with a community of collectors, traders, and gamers.

  • Freelance Illustrator and character designer at Worldspanner
    June 2021 - May 2022

    Worldspanner: Factions, the successor to the award-winning board game / Illustrator -character designer (USA)

  • Freelance Illustrator and character designer at Sveda Studio Board Games creator
    February 2019 - June 2019

    Card Art, Character design, Cover art

  • Illustrator and character designer at DK Holmberg New York Times Bestselling Author
    January 2018 - January 2019

    Illustrator and character designer

  • Freelance Concept Artist at NCSOFT
    July 2017 - September 2017

  • Freelance Illustrator and character designer at Pippa DaCosta USAToday Bestselling Sci-Fi & Fantasy Author
    United Kingdom
    January 2017 - March 2017

    Pippa DaCosta USAToday Bestselling Sci-Fi & Fantasy Author ,two-time DragonCon Award Finalist, and Amazon Breakthrough Novel semi-finalist hybrid author

  • Freelance Character Concept Artist at ZIPZAP Games
    Budapest, Hungary
    March 2016 - April 2016