Crimson Bugbear

Design for Fantasy Publishing

Kickstarter campaigns, book covers, and interior craft for authors whose readers expect more.

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The Studio

A small studio for ambitious books.

Crimson Bugbear is a two-designer studio building special editions, crowdfunding campaigns, and brand worlds for indie fantasy authors. We handle the cover illustration, the interior typography, the dieline that survives shipping, and the boring vendor logistics in between. If you want your hardback to feel like the kind of book a reader actually keeps on the shelf — we can help.

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What We Do

Four things, done properly.

N° 01

Kickstarter Campaign Design

Pages that convert. Reward tiers that actually ship. Add-on logic that holds up at fulfillment.

N° 02

Cover Illustration

Original artwork for foiled, embossed, and standard editions. Foil-tested separations and print-ready files.

N° 03

Interior Book Design

Typography, ornament, and pagination that earns the smyth-sewn binding. Built in InDesign, delivered for press.

N° 04

Community & Merch

Discord branding, fan-facing assets, wood maps, challenge coins. The world that lives outside the book.

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Selected Work

Authors we've built worlds for.

Phil Tucker

Ongoing collaboration across the Immortal Great Souls series and the Rascor Plains Kickstarter — cover illustration, interior layout, campaign design, and community assets including direct-to-wood map printing.

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Tell Us About Your Book

Let's make something.

hello@crimsonbugbear.com