Professional custom artwork for brands, games, music, books and commercial projects.
Schotter Studio creates bold, detailed illustrations built around your idea, audience and final use. Whether you need artwork for an album cover, game, book, poster, product, campaign or brand project, each illustration is created from scratch and prepared for digital or print delivery.
The focus is simple: custom artwork with personality, storytelling and commercial value — not generic stock visuals or template-based design.
Custom artwork built around your project
Every project has a different purpose. Some illustrations need to sell the mood of an album. Some need to make a game world feel alive. Others need to help a brand, product or campaign stand out with a more memorable visual identity.
Schotter Studio creates custom illustration for:
- Music releases and album artwork
- Visual novels and point-and-click games
- Book and comic covers
- TTRPG and fantasy illustration
- Gig posters and music posters
- Poster and apparel graphics
- Character and mascot artwork
- Packaging and product visuals
- Brand and campaign illustration
What Schotter Studio creates
Album Cover Illustration
Custom illustrated cover art for singles, EPs, albums, vinyl, CD releases, posters, merch and music campaigns.
The artwork can be clean and symbolic, or more detailed, dark, surreal, fantasy, sci-fi, cartoon or poster-inspired. This is a strong fit for musicians who want cover art that feels connected to the sound, story and identity of the release.
Best for:
- Bands and musicians
- Producers and labels
- Spotify and streaming covers
- Vinyl and CD artwork
- Music posters
- Merch and release visuals
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Game Illustration
Custom 2D game art for visual novels, point-and-click adventures and story-driven indie games.
This service is best for projects that need atmosphere, worldbuilding, illustrated backgrounds, characters, object art or key visuals. The focus is not generic asset production, but artwork that helps define the mood and identity of the game world.
Best for:
- Visual novels
- Point-and-click games
- Story-driven indie games
- Fantasy and sci-fi games
- Game key art
- Background illustrations
- Character portraits
- Item and object artwork
Book and Comic Covers
Illustrated cover artwork for fiction, comics, graphic novels and story-based publishing projects.
A strong cover should quickly communicate the genre, mood and promise of the story. Schotter Studio creates custom artwork for fantasy, sci-fi, adventure, horror, surreal, comic and character-driven book projects.
Best for:
- Book covers
- Comic covers
- Graphic novel covers
- Fantasy and sci-fi fiction
- Adventure stories
- Character-based cover art
- Print and digital publishing
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TTRPG and Fantasy Illustration
Custom fantasy artwork for tabletop RPGs, worldbuilding projects, creatures, characters and adventure settings.
This service is a strong fit for projects that need illustrated worlds, ancient ruins, mysterious locations, fantasy characters, monsters, relics or story-driven campaign visuals.
Best for:
- TTRPG projects
- Fantasy worlds
- RPG characters
- Creatures and monsters
- Ancient ruins and locations
- Adventure scenes
- Worldbuilding illustration
Gig Poster and Music Poster Illustration
Bold illustrated artwork for concerts, bands, tours, events and music promotion.
This service is useful when the artwork needs to work as a strong standalone visual — something that can live on a poster, shirt, social media campaign or merch table.
Best for:
- Gig posters
- Band posters
- Tour artwork
- Event posters
- Music promotion graphics
- Merch artwork
- Poster-style illustration
Brand and Campaign Illustration
Custom visuals for brands, websites, launches, packaging, campaigns and promotional material.
This is for brands that want something more distinctive than stock images or generic graphic design. Illustration can help a campaign feel more memorable, give a product more personality, or make a brand story easier to understand visually.
Best for:
- Website illustrations
- Product launch visuals
- Campaign artwork
- Packaging illustration
- Social media campaign visuals
- Advertising artwork
- Promotional graphics
- Brand storytelling
Character and Mascot Illustration
Original characters for brands, games, music projects, stories, campaigns and entertainment work.
Characters can be created as mascots, promotional figures, game characters, story characters, album artwork elements or brand illustration assets.
Best for:
- Brand mascots
- Game characters
- Story characters
- Music and merch characters
- Comic-inspired characters
- Character-focused campaign art
Packaging and Product Illustration
Custom artwork for packaging, collectibles, games, limited editions and product-based projects.
Illustrated packaging can help a product feel more memorable, distinctive and collectible. This is a good fit when the packaging needs to carry story, character, mood or a strong visual theme.
Best for:
- Product packaging
- Collectibles
- Game boxes
- Music packaging
- Limited edition products
- Themed merchandise
- Character or world-based packaging
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Custom illustration pricing
Custom illustration pricing depends on complexity, detail, usage rights, deadline and final format.
Starting prices:
Starter Illustration — from €350
Focused artwork with one main subject, simple character, object, symbol or smaller merch-style graphic.
Commercial Illustration — from €750
Polished artwork for album covers, posters, book covers, game scenes, apparel graphics, mascots and brand visuals.
Premium Illustration — from €1,500
High-detail artwork for complex scenes, multiple characters, packaging, key art, campaigns or broader commercial use.
Larger projects, exclusive rights, licensing, multiple illustrations and long-term commercial usage are quoted individually.
The illustration process
1. Brief and direction
Send a short description of the project, intended use, deadline, format and visual references. The goal is to understand what the artwork needs to communicate and where it will be used.
2. Quote and scope
You receive a clear quote based on complexity, usage rights and delivery needs. Before work begins, the project scope and final use are agreed clearly.
3. Sketch concept
A sketch or concept direction is created before the final artwork stage. This helps confirm the composition, idea and visual direction.
4. Final artwork
The illustration is developed, colored and finished for the agreed use.
5. Review and delivery
One review stage is included for small refinements. Final files are delivered in the agreed digital or print formats.
What you receive
Depending on the project scope, final delivery can include:
- Final custom illustration
- High-resolution files
- Web-ready files
- Print-ready files when needed
- Transparent or isolated artwork if agreed
- Social media or promotional crops if agreed
- Usage rights based on the project scope
Before the project starts, the final formats, usage rights and delivery requirements are agreed clearly.
Why choose custom illustration?
Custom illustration gives your project a visual identity that stock images and templates cannot provide.
It can help a release feel more professional, make a game world more memorable, give a book stronger impact, or help a brand communicate in a more distinctive way.
Good custom illustration is not just decoration. It supports the idea, the audience and the purpose of the project.
Schotter Studio is a strong fit if your project needs:
- Fantasy, sci-fi or surreal visual direction
- Character-driven artwork
- Comic or anime-inspired illustration
- Detailed worldbuilding
- Album cover or poster-style artwork
- Adventure game or story-game atmosphere
- Custom commercial illustration instead of stock visuals
- Artwork that can work across print and digital use
FAQ
How much do custom illustration services cost?
Custom illustration starts from €350. More detailed commercial artwork usually starts from €750, and premium illustration starts from €1,500.
Are these fixed prices?
They are starting prices. Every project is quoted based on complexity, usage rights, deadline and final format.
What is included in the price?
Each project includes creative direction, one sketch concept, final illustration, one review stage and final files for the agreed use.
Are revisions included?
One review stage is included for small refinements. Larger changes, new directions, extra versions or expanded usage are quoted separately.
Can I use the artwork commercially?
Yes. Commercial usage can be included in the quote. The exact usage rights are agreed before work begins.
What file formats do you deliver?
Final files can be delivered as high-resolution JPG, PNG, PDF or other agreed formats depending on the project. Print-ready files can be prepared when needed.
Do you provide source files?
Source files are not included by default. They can be quoted separately if the project requires them.
Can you create artwork from a rough idea?
Yes. You can send a rough concept, mood, story, references or examples. The idea can be developed into a clearer visual direction during the project.
Request custom illustration
Send a short description of your project, intended use, deadline, format and visual references. You will receive a clear quote based on the scope and complexity of the artwork.
Useful details to include:
- Project type
- Short description of the idea
- Intended use
- Deadline
- Size or format
- Visual references
- Budget range if you already have one