The Hollow Atlas

The brief

Fernleaf asked for an atlas of places that do not exist, for readers aged eight and up, that adults would still keep on the shelf.

What I made

Twenty-four maps and forty spot illustrations, painted in gouache and finished digitally. Every map hides a small story: a lost cat, a missing bridge, a door that only opens at night.

I drew the houses first, then the roads between them, so every place feels lived in before a single label goes on.

How it landed

The Hollow Atlas is in its third printing and has been translated into five languages.