Category Archives: maps

New Maps – Jerusalem in 4 BC and 21st Century

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Elisabeth

This book came out this week so I can post about it! This was a fun and interesting assignment – to illustrate these two maps of Jerusalem for The Last Days of Jesus, the middle grade adaptation of Killing Jesus … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, maps | Tagged bill o'reilly, black and white, cartography, henry holt books for young readers, historical, history, Jerusalem, Jesus, map, old city, tourism, travel | 4 Comments

New Art: The Shadowhunter’s Codex Part 2

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Elisabeth

I was so busy, I forgot to make a blog post about the release of The Shadowhunter’s Codex by Cassandra Clare! It came out at the end of October. The book looks fantastic and I was thrilled to finally see … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, books, maps | Tagged black and white, book, cassandra clare, demon, illustration, ink, london, map, shadowhunter's codex, simon & schuster, victorian, warlocks, werewolf | Comments Off

New Maps: Europe during the Crusades

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Elisabeth

I just completed these fun maps for a book that will be published by Oxford University Press in June 2014: The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades by Paul M. Cobb, professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, maps | Tagged cartography, crusades, europe, illustration, ink, map, medieval, mediterranean, oxford university press, paul m. cobb, world | Comments Off

New Art: Map and scene from middle grade fantasy book

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Elisabeth

These two images are for a private client’s middle grade fantasy manuscript. I will have a total of three images when I’m done (working on a cover image next), but here are the first two that I’ve finished! The first … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, maps | Tagged dream sequence, girl, illustration, magic, map, watercolor, witch | 2 Comments

New Map: Washington, D.C. in 1814

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Elisabeth

This map was a really interesting project for Scholastic for their new time-travel, adventure series, Infinity Ring. I had to design the map on top of a ‘game board’ that had an accurate grid layout of where everything should be … Continue reading →

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39 Clues map and Norway!

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Elisabeth

Hello! I am recently back from two weeks in Norway with Scott. We traveled from Oslo to Bergen by train, rented a car and drove from Jotunheimen mountains down to Stavanger and Pulpit’s Rock. It was an amazing trip, but … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, maps, travel theme | Tagged 39 Clues, digital illustration, Magellan, map, ship | 1 Comment