Bio

Erin Ellis is an illustrator whose work spans natural history and botanical illustration, science communication, lifestyle illustration, hand lettering, and graphic design. With a background in traditional illustration and the lettering arts, she holds postgraduate certificates in Type Design from The Cooper Union, and Science Illustration from CSUMB, including an internship with the Department of Botany at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Erin has worked with clients including the California Institute of Technology, University of California Santa Cruz, Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Artisan Books, Williams-Sonoma, Lululemon Athletica, Wildsam Travel Guides, and Meta. Her botanical illustration has been published in Harvard Papers in Botany and a permanent exhibition at the Monterey Bay Aquarium features her marine science infographics.

Erin participates in her local arts and science communities by teaching nature journaling for the Western Flyer Foundation and helps run Cannery Row Jump, the local swing dance scene. An East Coast native, she now lives on the central coast of California.