Maps for books, made by cartographers
Give your story a place readers can believe in.
Bespoke illustrated maps for fiction, history, memoir, and beautiful books—researched with rigor, drawn with character, and prepared for the printed page.
Real histories.
Imagined worlds.
Imagined worlds.
Built for printLine weight, labels, scale, trim, bleed, and grayscale are resolved before the map reaches your designer.
Selected directions
One studio.
Many worlds.
Style follows the manuscript—not the other way around. From archival linework to transportive fantasy and bright contemporary illustration, each visual language is made for the book around it.
What we map
From evidence
to imagination.
A useful book map does more than decorate. It orients the reader, supports the narrative, and quietly makes the world feel inevitable.
Historical & biographical
Careful reconstructions from period maps, archives, place-name research, and your manuscript—clear about what is known, inferred, or artistically interpreted.
Fictional worlds
Continents, kingdoms, cities, estates, and intimate story geographies that obey the logic of your world while keeping the reader’s eye on the narrative.
Literary & narrative
Maps that show movement, memory, and connection—from a memoir’s city walks to a family history, a naturalist’s field notes, or a child’s grand adventure.
Publishing-ready artwork
Designed for the physical object: trim size, gutter, bleed, line weight, grayscale behavior, label hierarchy, and delivery files coordinated with your book designer.
Accuracy without losing the spell.
Research and visual storytelling work together. The result should withstand scrutiny and still make a reader want to turn the page.
How we think
Cartography in service of the story.
Every commission begins with the manuscript’s job for the map. Does the reader need to understand distance? Track a route? Feel a region’s age? Sense danger beyond the edge? That answer shapes every line.
Narrative firstInformation is prioritized around the reader’s experience.
Research ledSources and assumptions stay organized and transparent.
Style fluentThe visual language can shift to fit genre, era, and audience.
Production awareArtwork is tested at final size, in the inks it will actually use.
A clear route
From rough notes
to final art.
We keep the process legible for authors, editors, and art directors—with the right decisions made before detail becomes expensive.
Discover
We read the brief, review source material, clarify print specs, and identify the map’s narrative purpose.
Structure
A clean sketch resolves geography, routes, labels, hierarchy, and the reader’s path through the image.
Illustrate
With structure approved, we build the chosen visual language and share a refined proof for notes.
Deliver
Final artwork arrives tested at size, with print-ready files and a clean handoff to your production team.
Start a conversation
Where does your story take place?
Share what you know—genre, trim size, deadline, a rough sketch, or simply the scene you want the reader to understand. We’ll reply with useful next steps.