His other artistic activities included illustration, the decoration of churches, research and design. From 1963 to 1973 he was an illustrator for the El Día newspaper. In 1993 he created illustration for the book La cocina regional de México published by Bancomer. In 1999 he created the illustrations for the book Animales del mundo en los proverbios. Work for churches includes stained glass windows for the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Madrid in 1965, a mural and decorative items of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in the Rosedal neighborhood of Mexico City in 1980, paintings for the crypts at the San Antonio de Padua Church in Xotepingo, Mexico City in 1986, glass windows, an altar and tapestries for the La Lupita Church in Colonia Ajusco in Coyoacán in 1987, paintings and decorative items for the San Pablito Church on Avenida División del Norte in Tlalpan, Mexico City in 1987 and from 1992 to 1993 he created the decorative tiles for the bell tower of the San Antonio de Padua Church in Xotepingo, Mexico City. In 1988, he published a book called Signos Sagrados about the aesthetics and mathematics of Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. The work was republished in 2010 as El Círculo Mágico y el Alma del Mundo. Reyes Meza also created the seal for the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in 1967.
