Inspired by Phrenology–the art of mapping personality traits onto a person’s skull–and combined with my love of hand lettering, design, organizing and books, I’ve started a series of illustrations called Type Maps. The lettering is my own handwriting style of a list of words and characters from a book I’ve just read, mapped out on a symbol or portrait that represents the story. Sometimes I exile a villain or bad thing from the book cuz they really don’t deserve to make it in.
I am a voracious reader and my love for books knows no bounds, but I mostly read romance (queer, contemporary, historical), historical fiction, fantasy and YA. These type maps are of some of my all-time favorite books by my all-time favorite authors. I will be adding new things as I draw them!
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