Chelsea Marie Ellis"

Design Director & Photographer for The Free Press

Fine Artwork"
Drawing, Painting & Printmaking

Mary
Charcoal on newsprint Fall 2006
From a series of gure drawings of Mary from Fundamental Drawing II

Kai
Acrylic on canvas Fall 2007
9x12 illustration and study of water, glass and light

Window
Etching Fall 2007
7x12 etching poduced in Printmaking I : Intaglio and Relief

Polaroid Still Life

Charcoal on newsprint Fall 2006

24x30 still life assignment from Fundamental Drawing II

Ice Melts

Ink on paper Fall 2007

5x10 illustration assignment based on a poem about my father

Lips
Acrylic on canvas Fall 2008
24x30 painting and independent project

Pearl
Acrylic on canvas Fall 2010
24x30 selfportrait and independent project

Star Anise

Monoprint Fall 2007

8x10 monoprint made in Printmaking: Inaglio and Relief

3-D Work"
Book & Camera Design

Pinhole Photography book

Paper, fabric, linen thread, ink and photography Summer 2010

10x11 book with Coptic spine and pinhole photographs inside Created while on work-study scholarship at Haystack School of Craft

Pinhole Photography book Binding

Inside

4x5 Pinhole Camera Design

Pen on notebook paper Fall 2011

Sketch of two pinhole camera designs for an independent project

Execution of 4x5 Pinhole Camera Design

Black foam core board, black tape and tin Fall 2011

Front

Back

Fine Art Photography"

Film & Digital Work

Anna
Color print from 120 400 lm Spring 2009

From a series of 12 images about 21-year-old women

Barbie
Color print from 120 400 lm Spring 2009

From a series of 12 images about 21-year-old women

Liz
Color print from 120 400 lm Spring 2009

From a series of 12 images about 21-year-old women

Rose Marasco
Digital Photography with Adobe Indesign CS4 Fall 2010
From an independent project about artists and their homes

Justin Levesque
Digital Photography with Adobe Indesign CS4 Fall 2010
From an independent project about artists and their homes

Photojournalism"
Freelance & Commission

Walton Street Fire

Digital Photography with Adobe Indesign CS4 Spring 2011
Freelance photography

After a storm on Old Orchard Beach

Digital Photography with Adobe Indesign CS4 Spring 2010
Freelance photography

Unity College Greenhouse

Digital Photography with Adobe Indesign CS4 Summer 2010
Freelance photography

President Obama at the Exposition Building

Digital Photography with Adobe Indesign CS4 Spring 2010
Photographed while on assignment for The Free Press

Page Design"
Front Pages of The Free Press

News Volume 43 Issue No. 4

Using Adobe Illustrator and Indesign CS4 Fall 2011

Pumpkin Beer Showdown ad The state of Greek life photo Overall page design

News Volume 43 Issue No. 9

Using Adobe Indesign CS4 Fall 2011

Faculty union photographs Overall page design

News! Volume 43 Issue No. 5! the Future Issue!

Using Adobe Indesign and Illustrator CS4 Fall 2011

The concept of the lifecycle of a student and the execution of this radial graph Overall page design

Arts & Culture Volume 43 Issue No. 5 the Future Issue

Using Adobe Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator CS4 Fall 2011

Redesign of the Arts & Culture banner 8-bit graphic Overall page design

Arts & Culture Volume 43 Issue No. 11

Using Adobe Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator CS4 Fall 2011

Punk zine style layout in collaboration with the Arts & Culture Editor Overall page design

Arts & Culture Volume 43 Issue No. 8

Using Adobe Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator CS4 Fall 2011

Maine brewery highlights concept and execution Overall page design

News after Redesign Volume 43 Issue No. 16

Using Adobe Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator CS4 Spring 2012

Overall page design

Arts & Culture after Redesign Volume 43 Issue No. 16

Using Adobe Indesign, Photoshop CS4 Spring 2012

Photograph of Dave Gutter Overall page design

Arts & Culture after Redesign Volume 43 Issue No. 16

Using Adobe Indesign, Photoshop CS4 Spring 2012

Overall page design

Graphics"
Final and Preliminary Graphics for The Free Press

Study Spots Graphic

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Fall 2011
Final graphic of local study spots featured in The Free Press before Finals Week

Preliminary Sketch of Study Spots Graphic

Marker and pencil on paper Fall 2011

Occupy Maine in Portland Graphic

Adobe Illustrator Illustrator CS4 Fall 2011
Final graphic that accompanied an article (in The Free Press) about the encampment

Preliminary Sketches for Occupy Maine in Portland Graphic

Adobe Illustrator Illustrator CS4 Fall 2011

Thank you for your time.