Art has always been part of how I build a story.
Over the years, I’ve created many of my own book graphics, website images, promotional pieces, and visual concepts, often using my own photography. I also hire artists when I can, especially when a project needs a particular skill, style, or finished piece that deserves its own creative voice.
Several of the main Watcher Series covers were created by other artists. I’ve also commissioned original artwork for pieces such as the Watcher tattoo and French Coven crest.
Those artists are part of the visual history of the series, and I’m grateful for the work they brought to the world.
Commissioned & Collaborative Artwork
Some elements connected to my books were created by commissioned artists or collaborators, including:
- select Watcher Series book covers
- the Watcher tattoo design
- the French Coven crest
- additional artwork and design elements used throughout the series and its history
Where possible, individual artists and designers are credited alongside their work or in the relevant book materials.
About Website Images
Not every image on this website represents a literal scene exactly as it appears in the books.
Some are:
- character studies
- mood pieces
- symbolic images
- imagined visual interpretations of a scene or theme
- promotional artwork created to help readers step into the atmosphere of the story
When AI-assisted tools are used, the resulting image is still guided by the characters, settings, mythology, and visual direction I developed for the series.
AI-Assisted Artwork
Some of the newer images on this website were created using AI-assisted tools as part of my own art and design process.
For me, these tools are another part of the creative toolbox.
I still make the decisions about the characters, scenes, mood, composition, clothing, setting, lighting, and story details. I generate, revise, reject, edit, and sometimes rebuild images until they fit the world I’ve already created.
Mostly, AI-assisted tools mean I can spend fewer hours wrestling with production and more hours doing the thing I’m actually supposed to be doing:
writing the books.
They have not replaced my interest in working with artists, and I still hire artists when a project calls for it and my budget allows.
My Own Creations
I created the majority of the work you see on my extras pages.
love graphic design, and I’ll continue creating visuals for whatever book I’m writing. It’s genuinely part of my process. I’m also grateful for AI-assisted tools when they save me time. That “little project” for an Allure ad took two days. Now, I can sometimes create that kind of visual in a couple of hours instead.
Sometimes I’ll put in the hours for the joy of it. Other times, I’ll choose to write.
A Note About Artists
I believe there is room for more than one kind of creative process.
I value the work of illustrators, photographers, designers, cover artists, and other visual creatives. I have hired artists before, I expect to hire artists again, and I’m happy to support creative work when I can.
At the same time, I’ve always been someone who likes making things myself.
Sometimes that means paint, photography, Photoshop, graphic design, or a ridiculous number of layers.
Sometimes it means a new tool.
The goal is the same: to make the world of the story feel a little more real.
Copyright & Use
Artwork, commissioned designs, photographs, graphics, and other visual materials on this website may be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights.
Please do not copy, reproduce, alter, sell, redistribute, or use images from this site for commercial purposes without permission.
If you would like to share an image in connection with a review, article, classroom discussion, or other noncommercial use, please contact me first when appropriate or clearly credit Robin Woods / RobinWoodsFiction.com and any credited artist associated with the piece.