Designer & illustrator · Seattle, WA
Thoughtful eye.
Playful spirit.
I’m Kaela, a Seattle-based graphic designer and illustrator with over a decade of experience creating brand identities, packaging, campaigns, and illustrations.
01 PACKAGING · DIGITAL DESIGN · BRAND REFINEMENT
An ongoing creative partnership with a botanical skincare brand.
Since 2015, I’ve worked with One Love Organics across packaging, email campaigns, advertising, and website design. My work helps evolve the brand’s visual identity while keeping its products and communications cohesive across print and digital.
One Love Organics
MY ROLE
Graphic designer & art director
Packaging design & art direction
AI-assisted product imagery
Website design
Email design • View full email
Email design • View full email
Botanical illustration
Email design • View full email
02 CHARACTER · EDITORIAL · CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATION
Expressive personalities and playful worlds for stories, podcasts, and print.
My illustration work spans children’s publishing, comics, podcast artwork, and personal projects. These selected pieces explore character, color, and storytelling, with each illustration shaped around its audience and story.
Characters with character.
MY ROLE
Illustrator
SELECTED CLIENTS & PUBLISHERS
Pinna Podcasts · Zest Books · Fantagraphics · Cats of Instagram
Podcast cover illustration · Pinna
Children’s book illustrations · Zest Books
Podcast cover illustration · Pinna
Album cover illustration · Pinna
03 PACKAGING DESIGN
A film’s imaginative world, translated into beauty packaging.
Designed a makeup palette for Julep’s PAN collaboration, working with supplied movie artwork and detailed brand guidelines. The challenge was to bring the film’s visual world and Julep’s product presentation together in one cohesive package.
Julep x PAN
MY ROLE
Packaging designer
Movie artwork & Warner Brothers brand guidelines supplied.
Packaging for the Julep × PAN collaboration
04 BRAND IDENTITY · ILLUSTRATION · EDUCATIONAL DESIGN
A colorful identity for children’s learning.
Created Monarca Language’s logo, brand styling, and illustrations, then carried that visual identity across worksheets, printables, and teacher’s guides. The work combines playful imagery with clear page layouts for children and educators.
Monarca Language
MY ROLE
Brand designer, illustrator & layout designer
Logo & brand identity
Illustration & sleeve design
Illustration & book layout
Worksheets, printables & teacher guides