Jason Anscomb

Freelancer February: Jason Anscomb on Designing The Psychopath

The Psychopath pitches itself somewhere between American Psycho and Dexter and is influenced by both to some small extent.
The cover brief was to find a solution that hinted at the themes of academia and murder. The main protagonist also had clear signs of having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder which I thought could possibly play a part in the design.
An initial thought I followed for a while was to portray a murder weapon. How about a baseball bat (from P.E.) a compass or sharpened pencil?

Freelancer February: Jason Anscomb on Designing The Psychopath

Jason Anscomb on Reviving a Golden Age Crime Series

Debra Riley at Moonstone Press approached me about designing the covers for a set of five Golden Age crime novels. Moonstone Press reprints detective fiction originally published between WWI and the early 1960s, and introduces them to a wider audience.

Debra and I decided to re-work some concepts she had previously commissioned. This decision was partly due to time and budget constraints, but also because the illustrations were a good starting point for the series development.

Jason Anscomb on Reviving a Golden Age Crime Series