Copyright Elle Powell Art, Ltd.

Hi! I'm Elle.

I'm a travel-obsessed illustrator and graphic designer from Denver, Colorado. My work focuses on all the beautiful and positive aspects of life, whether that's lovely destinations, activities, fashion, food, nature or people. I'm constantly inspired by the world around me and I love creating work that makes others happy!


Services: Fashion, travel and lifestyle illustration; graphic design; simple motion graphics; live illustration for fashion brands.

Select Clients Include: Louis Vuitton, Nordstrom, Airbnb x SCADpro, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Delaware Art Museum, The Denver Zoo, R+Co, The University of Pennsylvania, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Spirituality & Health Magazine, John Frieda, Hyde Park Jewelers, Art Hearts Fashion (NYFW), Indigenous Fashion Week (PFW), Fashion Denver, the Savannah College of Art and Design, American Transplant Foundation, The City of Lakewood Colorado, the City of Clearwater Florida, Feeding Tampa Bay, Private Collections; USA, Australia, Canada, England, France, Ireland, Japan, The Netherlands, & Singapore

Education: M.F.A. in illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA) // B.A. in philosophy, studio art, Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)

Presentations + Talks: Freelance Illustration Special Guest Presentation, SCAD Lacoste // Airbnb SCADpro Presenter, Airbnb Headquarters, San Francisco // Lectures on human head anatomy, SCAD // “Fashion Illustration and Global Identity”, Illustration et Identité(s), Nancy, France // Guest Lecturer, Health and Humanity Cultural Studies Program course, Occidental College // “Visual Art and Vulnerability for Organ Transplant Patients”, Summer Research Program, Occidental College

Exhibitions + Popups: Champa Store popup shop, 2021 // West Elm popup shop, 2019 // FIGURE/GROUND, Gutstein Gallery, 2018 // Illustration Expo, SCAD, 2017 // Aquatique (two artist show), BitFactory Gallery, 2017 // CUSP, Perth, Western Australia, 2017 // Bodacious Botanicals, MacSpa, 2016 // Second Chance at Life, Point Gallery, 2015

Teaching: Fashion Survey, RMCAD // Fashion Communication and Presentation, RMCAD // Digital Fashion Design, RMCAD // Anatomy and Perspective, Teaching Assistant, SCAD // Fashion Illustration Summer Seminar Instructor, SCAD // Intro to Fashion Sketching, Teaching Assistant, SCAD // Writing Tutor, SCAD // Fashion Illustration Workshop Instructor, Fashion Camp Denver // Beginning Painting, Teaching Assistant, Occidental College // English Language Tutor, Gannat, France

As Seen In: Vogue (UK), House & Garden Magazine, Shoutout Colorado, Spirituality & Health Magazine, The Culture Trip, 303 Magazine, Voyage Denver