Publishing, Illustration & Graphic Design

Creative Services

Dove Tree is a small, independent publishing and creative studio in Port Macquarie with 30 years’ experience across Australia and overseas. We help authors and small businesses with book design, including cover design, interior layout, and professional typesetting, as well as illustration, branding, and graphic design. We also supply clean EPUBs and production-ready files for print-on-demand. You keep control of your platforms and distribution. We deliver clear, practical design that passes checks for major eBook retailers and POD services

Our Expertise

Book Publishing & Design

Custom Illustration

Graphic Design

Branding & Identity

Website Design

Social Media Design & Marketing

Editorial Design

Packaging Design

Print Design

Typography Services

Creative Consulting

Photography Services

Animation & Motion Graphics

Content Creation

Visual Storytelling

What We Offer

Book Publishing & Design

We turn manuscripts into beautiful, readable books: digital‑first, with print‑on‑demand as you need it.

What we do

  • Editorial polish and style consistency
  • Genre-aware cover designs
  • Clear style interior layout & typesetting
  • Series systems and large‑print options

Deliverables

  • eBook covers (retail‑ready JPGs) and print wraps (front/spine/back with correct bleed and spine width)
  • Press‑ready interior PDFs for POD
  • Reflowable or fixed‑layout validated EPUB files 
  • A simple style sheet for future updates

Best for debut authors, series launches, nonfiction, poetry, illustrated titles.

Custom Illustration

Original artwork that strengthens your story or brand.

For authors

  • Cover art, chapter openers, spot illustrations
  • Diagrams, maps and character or world‑building art

For small businesses

  • Unique brand illustrations, icons and visual motifs

Deliverables

  • Web, eBook and print‑ready files (SVG/PNG/PDF)
  • Layered source files on request
  • Usage notes for consistent scaling and placement

Graphic Design

Cohesive visuals for launches, events and everyday communication.

For authors

  • Press kits, sell sheets and book‑tour signage
  • Digital ads, pull-up banners, quote cards and teaser graphics

For small businesses

  • Posters, brochures, menus, point‑of‑sale and event materials
  • Branded murchandise and promotional products
  • Email graphics and display ad sets

Deliverables

  • Print‑ready PDFs with bleed/crops
  • Optimised digital assets in required sizes
  • Editable templates (Canva, Adobe, Figma)

Branding & Identity

Clear, flexible identities that reflect your business.

What’s included

  • Discovery (audience, tone, visual direction)
  • Logo/wordmark development (primary + alternates)
  • Colour, typography and layout basics
  • A friendly, usable brand guide

Deliverables

  • Logo package (AI/SVG/PNG) with colour & type specs
  • Stationery and social avatars
  • Optional: author/pen‑name systems and series branding

Website Design

Lightweight, accessible websites that are easy to navigate and update.

For authors

  • Book and series pages, event calendar, newsletter signup, press area

For small businesses

  • Clear services pages, contact and booking options, simple blog/updates

Approach

  • Site mapping, clean visual design and asset creation

  • Build on your chosen platform (Squarespace, Webflow, WordPress) or hand‑off to your developer

Deliverables

  • Responsive page designs & assets (desktop/mobile)

  • Launch graphics (favicons, social share images)

  • A basic style guide for future pages

Social Media Design & Marketing

On‑brand visuals and simple plans you can run without a big team.

For authors

  • Launch kits: cover reveals, countdowns, quotes, reels/carousels
  • Review outreach graphics and ad‑creative variants

For small businesses

  • Content templates for promotions, product/service posts and announcements

Deliverables

  • Platform‑specific asset packs
  • Editable templates (Canva/Adobe/Figma)
  • Rollout plan (cadence, post ideas, sizes)

What Our Clients Say

“Dove Tree transformed our vision into reality with their exceptional book design services. Their attention to detail and creativity exceeded our expectations.”
Emily R., Author
“The branding package from Dove Tree gave our business a fresh, professional look. We couldn’t be happier with the results!”
Michael S., Business Owner
“Working with Dove Tree on our website redesign was a seamless experience. Their team truly understands the art of storytelling through design.”
Sarah L., Marketing Director

Ready when you are

Share your brief and we’ll make the design side easy, we will provide practical files and clear process.