About Elinore Edge
(I recently changed my name from Elinore Eaton to Elinore Edge.)
I was raised as an only child, in a cabin, under the redwood trees, in Santa Cruz, California. While growing up, my greatest company was often my imagination as I would spend my days creating stories and worlds in the woods, in the garden, along the creek bed, on the beach, and in the ocean. My mother provided me with ample books on myths, fairytales, folklore, and fantasy of which I am still inspired by to this day. I feel like these stories illustrate complex ideas and universal truths in simplified packages, so that they are accessible to all--these stories connect us and ask questions that are the most basic to expansive beyond this world. I strive to create images that evoke awe, wonder, and emotion that acknowledge the viewer and their own thoughts and stories, while introducing new ways of experiencing ideas the world around us.
I am a focused and passionate illustrator and graphic designer with extensive experience in marketing, storytelling, and communication industries. I am currently available for freelance, part time, and full time opportunities in entertainment, advertising, branding, book covers, games, and editorial.
I am the illustrator of the 44-card oracle, Cosmic Dancer Oracle, published and internationally distributed through Blue Angel and Llewellyn Publishing, and wherever fine books are sold.
I also have a passion for design and the intersection of communication and clarity through visual mediums. With over 10 years of experience in agency and tech, with clients from Google to Disney, I bring passionate professionalism, focus, and ingenuity to my work and clients.
I have been a professional illustrator and graphic designer since 2009, with a BFA from San Francisco State and studies at the California College of the Arts as well as Miami Ad School, and years of self-taught disciplines.
Graphic Designer & Illustrator 01/2009-Present
Illustrator: Cosmic Dancer Oracle Remote 07/2020 Internationally Published
Concepts, design, and illustration for a 45-card full color oracle deck published by Blue Angel. Cosmic Dancer Oracel won “Best Oracle Deck” Runner Up, and I was nominated as “Aspiring Artist” for the 2021 CARTA Awards by the International Tarot FoundationFreelance
Freelance Illustrator & Graphic Designer: Client Book Covers, Flyers, Posters, Branding Remote 02/16 - Present
Concepts, design, and illustration for multiple clients for branding and creative solutions
Art Instructor: Vine Gogh Portland, OR 04/2016-07/2018
Step by step acrylic painting instruction for adult and children's classes.
Graphic Designer and Illustrator: Smart Fish Productions Portland, OR 09/15 - 3/16
Produced storyboards, design, illustration, and production for animated explainer videos
Senior Visual Designer: Tapjoy San Francisco, CA 03/14 - 03/15
Art Direction, Graphic and UI Design, Production for multimedia ads and minigames for clients including Disney, Google, Lego, Sephora, Colgate, Taco Bell, Sprint, and Citibank
Senior Visual Designer: TuneIn San Francisco, CA 10/13 - 03/14
Art Direction, Graphic and UI Design, Production for multimedia ads, in company documents and presentations
Graphic Designer: Bare Escentuals San Francisco, CA 06/13 - 07/13
Concepts and Design for print in-store marketing and press kits
Visual Designer: MobiTV San Francisco, CA 04/12 - 06/13
Graphic and UI Design, Production Art for NFL Live, Viewdini, and mobile entertainment platforms, as well as digital ads for multiple entertainment companies and networks including CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, and Lifetime
Art Director and Visual Designer: RRKidz San Francisco, CA 01/12 - 04/12
Graphic and UI Design, original Illustration, concepts for Reading Rainbow’s Skybrary mobile app
Graphic Designer: AKQA San Francisco, CA 04/11 - 12/11
Design and Production for Target Beauty and Holiday online campaigns, Old Navy and Visa Signature multimedia and B2B documents
Graphic Designer: Mekanism San Francisco, CA 09/10 - 03/11
Art direction for Clinique Facebook app, design and production for eBay Holiday online campaign
Junior Art Director: SF Heat San Francisco, CA 04/10 - 08/10
Art direction, design, and artwork for digital media campaigns and artwork for EA Games Skate 3 and EA Sports Madden 11, PGA Golf,and FIFA
Graphic Design Intern: Pars McCann Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey 01/10 - 04/10
Design for Rock n Coke Poster, CocaCola F1 Racer bottle wrap, Package re-design for Alpella chocolates and B2B documents
Photoshop Instructor: Miami Ad School San Francisco, CA 06/2013-12/2013
Class planning, instruction, and evaluation of adult Photoshop students with a
concentration on design and advertising.
EDUCATION & MEMBERSHIP
Mentored Study
Focused study in color & light, figure drawing, character design, environment design, acrylic & watercolor painting, traditional digital painting and drawing with mentorship and online classes and communities; ie Schoolism & Oatley Academy
Art Director 2 Year Program
Miami Ad School
BFA with Honors, Drawing and Painting and Conceptual Information Arts
SF State University, CCA
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Member
SKILLS
Art & Design
Responsive media design for apps, mobile, tablet, site, iOS, Android, email
Banner ad, multimedia, and social art direction and design
Print and packaging
Typography and Layout
Ad campaign art direction
Photo retouching
Composite imagery and mockups
Book covers, children’s books, Tabletop game art, Deck and card art, and editorial illustration and design
Key frame design and illustration
2D Digital painting and drawing
Traditional medium expertise in watercolor, acrylic, pastels, charcoal, pencil drawing and sketching
Color and light design, composition, and perspective
Expertise in anatomy and life drawing
Expertise in landscape drawing and painting
Tech
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Procreate