The map of Los Ocho Velos, a black and white fantasy map for Ale Lugilde’s novel, was one of those projects where cartography and editorial illustration have to work hand in hand. The commission came from Esencia, an imprint of Grupo Planeta, with the aim of...
Creating a pirate fantasy map for a novel means turning into an image a world that, until then, exists mainly in the author’s head and in the pages of the manuscript. That was the starting point for the illustrated map of La profecía olvidada (The Forgotten...
An illustrated map is a hand-drawn representation of a territory, real or imaginary, that combines cartography and illustration to show more than where things are: the atmosphere of the place, its history or the tone of the story. Unlike a geographic map, it does...
Working as an editorial map illustrator on a fantasy novel is, in a way, drawing the invisible: turning a narrated world into a territory you can travel with your eyes. In this project I had the chance to create an Ancient Egypt fantasy map for La sombra del loto...
Illustrated maps for novels have a long tradition in fantasy and adventure literature. They help readers find their way around the world of the story, and they add a visual dimension that expands the reading experience. For the Spanish edition of Sangre de Dragón...
Many illustrations start with a clear brief. This paranormal book cover illustration for El tiempo paranormal de Samanta Welder (The Paranormal Time of Samanta Welder), by Luis Martínez Vallés, started with a good idea. Paranormal book cover illustrationWhen a good...
This young adult book cover illustration for Para una vez que me arremango (For Once I Roll Up My Sleeves), a novel by Alfredo Gómez Cerdá published by Editorial Everest, does not illustrate a specific scene of the book: it condenses its emotional tension....
The Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CUN) has once again chosen art to communicate at its Madrid headquarters. This time the main façade displays a six-metre banner with a mental health illustration of mine, originally created for the cover of issue 129 of the...
Some commissions grow far beyond what you expect. I never imagined that one of my drawings would end up as a six-metre banner in Madrid, but that is what happened to this healthy summer illustration I created for the Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CUN), one of...
I had the opportunity to create this illustrated Kingdom of Granada map, a historical map of a territory that is key to understanding the cultural and political evolution of the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Beyond pure geography, the piece tries to capture the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Creating maps for fantasy novels is one of the most exciting parts of editorial design. As an illustrator, I have been lucky enough to work on projects that let me visualise imaginary worlds and territories full of history, characters and mythology. A clear example...
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