Miguel Herranz was born in Madrid, Spain but now lives in Barcelona, Spain. He is a former graphic designer turned into illustrator a few years ago, while he was living in Bologna, Italy, where he started drawing sketchbooks in 2006. Apart from his work as an illustrator, he used to teach drawing courses and workshops at institutions like Universitat de Barcelona/ESCAC, Escuela Superior de Diseño de Aragón, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía and Circle Artistic de Sant Lluc). For Miguel, sketchbooks are the main medium of personal expression, not only for urban sketching, but for journaling, doodling and brainstorming.