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Jeffrey Thompson
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Baltimore based freelance illustrator. Editorial, fantasy, historical, book illustration.

Portfolio, Rates & Licensed Stock Illustrations at www.jefthompson.com
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Covers covers covers. Or I dunno license them as a poster. I am going to start screen printing these soon. Especially the 2 color orange crowd.
#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #BookArt #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #Adventure #Aesthetic #bookcover
October 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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New Batch of Ebook cover concepts. Bull FIGHT! so much emphasis there.

#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #BookArt #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #Adventure #Aesthetic #bookcover
September 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Sea theme of those Midcentury Book Covers I do.

#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #BookArt #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #Adventure #Aesthetic
September 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Some branches on the religion tree. Book covers ideas. 2 and 3 color.

#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #BookArt #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #Adventure #Aesthetic #religion #druid #fantasy
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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New covers this week. Knight of Knumbers, Death from Earth, Refugees etc.

I suppose when my contract runs out for my current shop site and sales remain non-existent I'll close it down and Just use it for portfolio stuff. Or run my site on my own server.

#Midcentury #Illustration #GraphicDesign
September 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Some Ebook covers. I took a break from doing them. Not that anyone is really clammering for them. More just a proof of style.

the blind men was from a print that I had hanging in a cafe in Border's Books & Music in like 95.

#Midcentury #CoverDesign #Illustration #BookArt #GraphicDesign
September 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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New Ebook covers. No text as some have suggested. The dog walker is in the 90s somewhere and about 35 years out of my preferred look. Nearing my low goal of 100 of these.

jefthompson.com

#ebook #bookcover #retro #paperback #woodcut #illustration #fantasybooks
August 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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People suggested coming up with titles or taking off the text. I may redo with titles of pointlessness but sans text for now.

at jefthompson.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Todays batch of doom...do you really feeeeeel the doom here. Look its turtles AND Vikings AND flying saucers! Doom.

#midcentury #fantasy #scifi #woodcut #illustration #vintage #ebookcover #coverart #bookdesign #indieauthor #pulpart #paperback #bookcoverdesign #midcenturystyle #linocut #fantasyart
July 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Another batch of covers. I like the rooster.

#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #GraphicDesign #Activism #Protest #Equality #HumanRights #Resistance #Awareness #BookArt #IndieAuthor #Editorial
July 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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More reworkings. Used the Hagia Sophia a couple of times. Lazy.
available at jefthompson.com

#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #GraphicDesign #BookArt #IndieAuthor #Editorial #VisualNarrative #Aesthetic#penguin #paperback
July 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Going back through the stack and pulling out ones I had been happy with but now am not...and they are reborn.

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#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #GraphicDesign #BookArt #IndieAuthor #Editorial #VisualNarrative #Aesthetic#penguin #paperback #trees
July 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Another day another Batch.

avaiable at www.jefthompson.com

#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #GraphicDesign #BookArt #IndieAuthor #Editorial #VisualNarrative #Aesthetic#penguin #paperback
July 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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More in that style of mine.
Ebook covers at jefthompson.com

Even if you don't buy anything take a look at the cover section. Its worth the duration of a cigarette to peruse.

#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #Illustration #GraphicDesign #Nonfiction #Awareness #BookArt ##Editorial
July 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Some from today's coloring of 1500 black and white images of mine. Its soothing if not really monetarily a good use of my time.

available at jefthompson.com

#ocean #refugees #woodcut #linocut #ebookcover #illustration #midcentury #migration #coverart #artdirector #humanity #surreal #printmaking
July 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Today' Batch. Simple is as simple does.
available @ jefthompson.com

#Fantasy #Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #BookArt #Illustration #Mythic #Magic #Wizards #Epic #FolkTale #Quest #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #FantasyArt #Paperback #Aesthetic
July 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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New Ebook covers on my site. Been on vacation so I am bit behind on my goal of doing these.
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#Fantasy #Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #BookArt #Illustration #Mythic #Magic #Wizards #Dragons #FolkTale #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #FantasyArt #Paperback #Aesthetic
July 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I keep burning that city and escaping in a balloon. Again looked at the old versions and said...is that it?

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#history #politics #society #protest #reform #activism #vintage #retro #midcentury #linocut #woodcut #paperback #penguin #gritty #expressionist
June 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Reworking some old Ebook Covers.
The old ones were too busy and that damn scuff feature was overused.
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#history #politics #society #protest #reform #activism #vintage #retro #midcentury #linocut #woodcut #paperback #penguin #gritty #expressionist
June 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Only Two today. I have things to do.
Ebook covers available:
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#history #politics #society #protest #reform #activism #vintage #retro #midcentury #linocut #woodcut #paperback #penguin #gritty #expressionist #industrial #class #struggle #resistance #equality #war #revolution
June 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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New Ebook Covers. Like the old Penguin covers I guess.
available at www.jefthompson.com

#history #politics #society #protest #reform #activism #vintage #retro #midcentury #linocut #woodcut #paperback #penguin #expressionist #class #struggle #resistance #equality #war #revolution #labor #analogue
June 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Usually do five images in a group and post 3. The other two just sit on the site hanging out waiting to be loved. You can't save everyone. jefthompson.com
#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #BookArt #Illustration #Modernist #Minimalist #ModStyle #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor #Aesthetic
June 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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So I have collected over the years a number of Graphic Annuals from 1952-64. I can spend hours looking at the designs in those books.
Did these myself tho. Available at;
jefthompson.com
#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #DesignInspo #BookArt #Illustration #Modernist
June 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
xunantunich.bsky.social
Sometimes I fall in love with a texture brush...only to return to solid color blocks. Don't want to get too fancy.

Ebook Covers top look at on jefthompson.com

#Midcentury #Retro #Vintage #Ebook #CoverDesign #BookArt #Illustration #Modernist #Minimalist #ModStyle #GraphicDesign #IndieAuthor
June 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Protein Pills, helmets and people pestering about shirts.
Retro scifi ebook cover;
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#midcentury #fantasy #scifi #woodcut #illustration #retro #vintage #ebookcover #coverart #bookdesign #digitalart #pulpart #paperback #bookcoverdesign #midcenturystyle #linocut #futurism
June 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM