Bio

Erin Ellis is an illustrator, graphic designer, and lettering artist whose work dances in the realms of natural history and botanical illustration, science communication, 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, The Monterey Bay Aquarium, University of California Santa Cruz, Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Artisan Books, Williams-Sonoma, Lululemon Athletica, Wildsam Travel Guides, and Meta and her botanical illustrations have been published in the scientific journal Harvard Papers in Botany.

Erin participates in her local arts and science communities by teaching nature journaling with the Western Flyer Foundation and co-organizing the Monterey Bay swing dance scene. An East Coast native, she now lives on the central coast of California.