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Rachel Ross is a freelance illustrator specializing in book covers and bookish artwork. Classically trained with a BFA in Illustration, past clients include Hachette Book Group, Bookish Box, Illumicrate, Heaving Bosoms Podcast, and more.

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View fullsize Interior illustration for Fighting Moonlight by @writerirenedaniels ! Since it's a shifter romance, Irene was interested in finding a way to include Cooper's human form in this encounter with his wolf form. So I came up with this framing element to s
View fullsize Practice sketch of my BG3 OC, the cursed Princess Celeste. 90 minutes in Photoshop. Look, ma, I finally figured out timelapses! (Get on that shit, Adobe. Please.) If I offered basic character art like this as $50 commissions, would folks be interest
View fullsize Another recently completed commission! I had a blast working on this cover for L.R. Carver's upcoming debut, combining the Frost theme with elements of art nouveau to reflect the Victorian fantasy setting. It's been a while since I've had the chance
View fullsize Recently commissioned character artwork for author @jenhwriter ! Sometimes a project comes along that's so completely up your alley that you can't help but get excited, and that's exactly what this was. I loved getting the chance to bring it to life!
View fullsize I'm SO excited to finally share the tarot-inspired book cover that I've designed for R. Byrd's upcoming dark fantasy romance Bite! The author came to me with a very carefully thought out vision for this illustration, and I had so much fun bringing it
View fullsize Commissioned artwork for screen printed t-shirts for October 2023 @thebookishbox ! Bookish is an absolute delight to work with—I was so excited to work on this piece when they first contacted me through my Etsy shop.