Custom illustration for music, games, books, apparel and brands.
Schotter Studio creates bold, detailed artwork for clients who need more than generic visuals. From album cover illustration and game illustration to book and comic covers, posters, characters, packaging and commercial campaigns, each illustration is built around the idea, audience and final use of the project.
The studio works with musicians, indie game creators, publishers, brands, agencies and creative teams who need custom artwork with personality, story and strong visual impact.
Custom artwork for commercial projects
Illustration can do more than decorate a project. It can define the mood of an album, make a game world feel alive, give a book stronger shelf appeal, or help a brand create a visual identity people remember.
Schotter Studio focuses on character-driven, fantasy, sci-fi, surreal, comic-inspired and adventure-based illustration for both digital and print use.
Common project types include:
- Album covers and music artwork
- Game illustration and visual novel art
- Book and comic covers
- Poster and apparel graphics
- Character and mascot design
- Packaging illustration
- Brand and campaign illustration
- Fantasy, sci-fi and story-driven artwork
What Schotter Studio creates
Album Cover Illustration
Custom cover artwork for bands, musicians, producers and labels.
Schotter Studio creates illustrated cover art for singles, EPs, albums, vinyl, CD releases, posters, merch and release campaigns. The artwork can be clean and symbolic, or more detailed, dark, surreal, fantasy, sci-fi, cartoon or poster-inspired.
Best for:
- Singles, EPs and albums
- Band artwork
- Spotify and streaming covers
- Vinyl and CD artwork
- Music posters and merch
- Release campaign 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 built for projects that need atmosphere, worldbuilding and memorable illustrated scenes. Schotter Studio creates backgrounds, character artwork, object art, game key art, Steam capsule-style visuals and promotional illustrations for narrative games.
Best for:
- Visual novels
- Point-and-click adventure games
- Indie story games
- Fantasy and sci-fi games
- Game key art
- Background illustrations
- Character portraits
- Item and object artwork
Book and Comic Covers
Illustrated covers 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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Poster and Apparel Illustration
Bold illustrated artwork for posters, t-shirts, merch and print-based projects.
This service is for clients who need artwork with strong visual identity — something that can work on a shirt, poster, event graphic, print product or promotional campaign.
Best for:
- T-shirt graphics
- Gig posters
- Event posters
- Merch artwork
- Print graphics
- Promotional illustration
- Character or symbol-based designs
Character and Mascot Design
Original illustrated characters for brands, games, stories, campaigns and entertainment projects.
Schotter Studio creates characters with personality, visual identity and commercial use in mind. Characters can be designed for mascots, game projects, album artwork, brand storytelling, comics or promotional campaigns.
Best for:
- Brand mascots
- Game characters
- Story characters
- Music or merch characters
- Comic-inspired characters
- Character-focused campaign art
Packaging Illustration
Custom illustration for products, collectibles, games and themed packaging.
Illustrated packaging can help a product feel more memorable, distinctive and collectible. This service is best for brands and product creators who want packaging with more personality than standard graphic design.
Best for:
- Product packaging
- Collectibles
- Game boxes
- Music packaging
- Limited edition products
- Themed merchandise
- Character or world-based packaging
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Brand and Campaign Illustration
Custom artwork for brands, campaigns and creative marketing projects.
Schotter Studio creates illustrations for brands that need a stronger visual story, campaign identity or memorable creative direction. This can include one-off campaign images, launch visuals, web graphics, promotional artwork or illustrated brand assets.
Best for:
- Brand campaigns
- Website illustrations
- Social media campaign visuals
- Product launch visuals
- Advertising artwork
- Promotional graphics
- Custom commercial illustration
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Pricing
Custom illustration pricing depends on the complexity of the artwork, level of 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, licensing, exclusive rights, multiple illustrations and long-term commercial use are quoted individually.
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 work begins, the project scope, final use, file formats and usage rights are agreed clearly.
How the process works
1. Send your brief
Describe what you need, how the artwork will be used, the deadline, size, format and any visual references.
2. Get a quote
You receive a clear quote based on complexity, usage rights and delivery needs.
3. Sketch direction
A sketch or concept direction is created before the final artwork stage.
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 formats.
Good fit for Schotter Studio
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
This is not a generic design service. The focus is on custom illustrated artwork with a clear visual identity.
Request a quote
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
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