Education
BFA 2023 Graphic Design
minor in Media Studies
from Virginia Commonwealth University

Services
art direction
books & editorial
exhibition design
digital design
identity
signage
strategy
Celia Ruley Donnelly (pronounced: see-lee-uh, roo-lee, dawn-lee
& b. 2000, she/her) is a cartoonist and designer from Durham, North Carolina. Her work explores comics and visual storytelling that capture intimate connections between people, identity, and place. Outside of comics, her work explores poetry, typography, poster design for film, as well as design for journalism and social justice.

Feel free to reach out if you’d like to collaborate and work on a project together.

E-mail: celiaruley@gmail.com

︎︎︎ CV
︎︎︎ LinkedIn
︎︎︎ Instagram

Skills
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, LightRoom,
Premiere Pro, archiving, book binding, book layout, CSS, HTML, illustration, journalism (print & audio), linocut, marketing, Microsoft Word, photography, podcasting, printmaking, risograph, screenprinting, sewing, window vinyl.








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