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Hire Illustrators

Illustrators who take an idea from sketch to finished art.

Hire illustrators from MOUNTSMY's Creative Studio for digital paintings, character art, portraits, backgrounds and custom artwork. Every piece is drawn from scratch, and you can review it at each stage.

5.0★Verified on Upwork
430+Clients served
16Countries
700+Products & websites shipped
What you get

Art you can review at every stage.

Artists who build each piece in layers, from loose sketch to final colour, lighting and mood, so you can steer it before the final render.

Digital illustration

Characters, scenes and editorial artwork painted in Photoshop and Krita.

Portraits

Realistic and stylised portraits, digital or traditional.

Background design

Environments for animation and games, with day and night mood studies.

Custom artwork

Illustrations for books, packaging, posters and campaigns.

Sketch to final

A clear path of sketch, line art, colour and final render, with feedback at each step.

Layered files

High-resolution PNG or JPG, and layered PSD files when you need to edit or animate the artwork.

PhotoshopKritaSketchbookProcreate
Built by this team

Work by this team.

Ways to hire

Pick the engagement that fits the work.

Start small or go all in. You get a written proposal with the cost before anything starts.

Fixes & short tasks

Hourly

For urgent fixes, audits and short pieces of work. Pay only for the hours used.

  • Start on small, well-defined tasks
  • Weekly time reports
  • Scale up or stop any time
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Defined projects

Fixed-scope project

A clear scope, timeline and price for a defined piece of work, from an MVP to a migration.

  • Written plan before we start
  • Milestone-based delivery
  • Handover docs and walkthroughs
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How hiring works

From first call to first release.

  1. 01

    Free discovery call

    30 minutes to understand your product, the problem and what success looks like.

  2. 02

    Scope & proposal

    A written plan with the engagement model, timeline and cost.

  3. 03

    Engineer starts

    Access set up with least privilege, then work begins against the agreed plan.

  4. 04

    Updates & handover

    Regular progress updates, documented work and a handover your team can own.

Proof

Rated five stars by the teams we’ve worked with.

★★★★★AWS · DevOps
“Working with the MountsMY team has been great. They went above and beyond what we needed, delivered quality work, and fully took the time to understand our needs. Highly recommend them to anybody looking for DevOps.”
AWS Infrastructure Migration & DevOps Setup · Verified Upwork review
★★★★★Azure · Migration
“Fantastic to work with — went the extra mile to ensure we understood what was happening, when and why as we progressed through the project. Available post-migration to support and worked very well with our team.”
Azure Load Balancing Setup & Certificate Update · Verified Upwork review
★★★★★GCP · PostgreSQL
“Great job. The team understood the work clearly and completed everything on time. Very helpful, skilled, and easy to communicate with. We will definitely work with MountsMY again.”
Disaster Recovery Setup on GCP for PostgreSQL · Verified Upwork review
FAQ

Questions teams ask before hiring.

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Can we see work in progress?

Yes. You see the sketch and colour stages and can give feedback before the final render.

Can you illustrate in our existing style?

Yes. We match an existing style guide, or agree one with you before production starts.

Do you design backgrounds for games and animation?

Yes, including reusable assets and day and night versions of the same scene.

Which file formats do we get?

High-resolution PNG or JPG, and layered PSD files when you need to edit or animate the artwork.

Who owns the code?

You do. Code is written in your repositories or handed over in full, and intellectual property transfers to you as set out in the agreement we sign.

How much does it cost to hire illustrators?

It depends on the model (hourly, dedicated or fixed-scope) and the work involved. After a free 30-minute call we send a written proposal with the cost, so you know the price before anything starts.

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Tell us about the art you need.

Book a free 30-minute call. We’ll talk it through and send a written plan and quote.