IT’S OUT THERE!
This series of full-page illustrations is conceived for editorial and publishing contexts, portraying specific territories through the animals, landscapes, and outdoor experiences that define them.
Each piece is built as a composition with multiple viewpoints, allowing different elements to coexist on the same page and form a layered visual narrative. The goal is to create images that are both readable and dense, suitable for guidebooks, magazines, and travel-related publications.
While the format is designed to be scalable—from entire countries to more focused ecosystems—it consistently explores the relationship between fauna, environment, and human experience within a given territory.
Click on the thumbnails to explore each piece and the insights behind its making.
This series is currently expanding to include more specific ecosystems, such as Cat Ba Island (Vietnam) and regions in Laos. If you are looking for a similar approach to represent a place, promote a destination, or develop a travel-related publication, reach out and let’s bring it to life.
EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION - COVER ILLUSTRATION - PUBLISHING
WILD THAILAND
This illustration conceived to support an article on the wonderful wildlife of Thailand and sustainable backpacking. I chose a classic centerpiece — the renown Asian elephant — and drew from my own list of real and hoped-for encounters to highlight species that most travelers miss, either because the locations are remote or because the animals are easy to overlook, like the Asian koel (the cuckoo perched on the backpack), which provides a constant soundtrack to daily life during the early dry season. Most of the animals featured here were seen in Khao Yai National Park or on Tarutao Island.
Khao Yai National Park: Asian elephant, white-handed gibbon, Thai flying dragon
Koh Tarutao: box jellyfish, tree python.
PS: I didn’t meet the clouded leopard, but that’s probably for the best — thrive strong and stealthy, leopard friends!
PHILIPPINES - PALAWAN
This illustration was conceived to support an article about the wonders of Palawan Island. The centerpiece is the charismatic Palawan Hornbill, while the other animal subjects are the green sea turtle and the parrotfish. The trimaran in top view is a Bangka, the native watercraft of the Philippines, whereas the quirky statue on the bottom left is a Maitum anthropomorphic burial jar – I saw some of them in the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila. Their ancient, almost alien shapes struck me, so I decided to include them to bring a hint of mystery to the illustration.
PS: Ever heard the parrotfish crunching at the coral? It’s the most relaxing sound!