Hi, I’m Mike Ellis
An illustrator, art director, and game designer from Toronto. I’ve been illustrating and designing for over a decade and get to work with some pretty cool publications and brands worldwide.
If you have a project or collaboration in mind, don’t hesitate, give me a shout at
︎ info@mikellis.ca
What else...
︎ I sometimes Art Direct/Design at Buck and Humanaut
︎ I’ve taught illustration at OCAD University
︎ I design fun games over at Best Frenemies
︎ On my time off you’ll find me cheering on the Blue Jays, cycling around the city or probably off-grid somewhere in the woods; camping, fishing, and pretending emails don’t exist.
clients
New York Times, The New Yorker, Buck, Airbnb, Google, Barron’s, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Penguin Random House, GQ, Wired, NBC News, Fast Company, The Walrus, Washington Post, Worth, Geico, Facebook, Dropbox, Herman Miller, PayPal, Zipcar, Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, Reader's Digest
awards
ADC ONE SHOW Merit Winner 2025
ADC ONE SHOW Merit Winner 2023
CODAawards 2017 Merit Winner
National Magazine Awards Honourable Mentions 2014, 2016
Creative Quarterly 32, 37
American Illustration 30 (Selected)
American Illustration 31, 33, 34 (Chosen)
Communication Arts Illustration Annual 52
CMYK Top 100 New Creatives
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What’s mine is mine, what’s yours is yours.
Please don’t use my work without permission.

