Award-winning freelance illustrator and map designer based in Valencia, Spain, represented by the agency IllustrationX.

Recent clients include Ballymore, HarperCollins, Penguin, Kew Gardens and the Royal Horticultural Society.

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Bears In Trees

Client: Bears In Trees | November-December 2023 | Adobe Illustrator
The English indie rock band Bears In Trees commissioned me to create the cover artwork for their 2024 album, How To Build An Ocean: Instructions. Inspired by the band members' home town of Croydon, south London and their enthusiasm in cartography, the artwork replicates a collage of different map styles pasted together with handwritten notes, doodles and symbols representing songs on the albums on top.

The Boroughs of London

Retro London Boroughs

Atlases of the Imagination

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Love Death & Robots

Vintage Style Railway Map Series

Bears In Trees

Spanish Provinces

Henley Royal Regatta

Uni-Ball

Kings Langley Press

The Ship Asunder

Ballymore

The World

Three Hours In Paris

Thomas More's London

A Panorama of London

Independence Square

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Map

Smiley's London

Scotland The Best: The Islands

James Oseland

The Dictionary of Lost Words

Western Colorado University Maps

Booked

Butlins

Districts of Valencia

Antique-Style Map of Europe

Barcelona/Valencia

The Quiet Zone

Illustrated maps of London

Baku Grand Prix Circuit

Fairmont Royal Pavilion

Goodwood

The Towers of London

Into The Raging Sea

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