Hernán Cortés Route Map for the Novel El sueño de la serpiente

by Pablo Uría | May 27, 2025 | Illustrated Maps

As an illustrator, few things excite me as much as creating maps for novels. One of my latest commissions was a Hernán Cortés route map for El sueño de la serpiente (The Dream of the Serpent), the new novel by Jordi Canga. It is a historical thriller that weaves past...

Horror Book Cover Illustration for Taquicardia by Edgar S. Cortés

by Pablo Uría | Apr 30, 2025 | Book Covers

When the writer Edgar S. Cortés contacted me to design the cover of his book Taquicardia (Tachycardia), his only request was clear and challenging: the image should not just accompany the title, it should make it beat. The cover had to convey, on its own, the physical...

Alice in Wonderland Map for the Retelling Por una corona de corazones

by Pablo Uría | Feb 25, 2025 | Illustrated Maps

When I received the commission to illustrate the map for Por una corona de corazones (For a Crown of Hearts), I knew straight away it was a special world. This young adult novel, written by Coriant Paguel, pen name of Victoria Roldán, and published by MR (Martínez...

Titan Desert Map 2024: An Illustrated Route Map of Morocco

by Pablo Uría | Feb 11, 2025 | Illustrated Maps

When Titan Desert contacted me to design the Titan Desert map for the 2024 edition, I not only took on the challenge with enthusiasm, I also saw it as a unique opportunity to combine my passion for illustration with a visual challenge like no other. The Titan Desert...

Science fiction map for La ciutat del Cel. Porcs by Jordi de Manuel

by Pablo Uría | Sep 25, 2024 | Illustrated Maps

Have you ever imagined an orbital city inhabited by robots, with unknown jungles and desert regions floating above a planet? That is the world I had to draw in this science fiction map for La ciutat del Cel. Porcs, the new novel by Jordi de Manuel published in Catalan...