Hello! I'm a San Francisco-based illustrator whose work is influenced by my love of natural history, old books, spooky tales, and weird science. I studied drawing and painting at the California College of the Arts, and spent much of my career working in-house for a large publisher, illustrating and art directing science books. Now freelancing, my clients include:
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Macmillan, Scientific American, NPR, Nature,
The Field Museum, W.W. Norton & Company,
Science Friday, Storey Publishing, Reef Check, 826 Valencia, Cengage, Pearson, The Scientist, Cosmos, Bay Nature, El País, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Coastal Studies,
The San Franciscan, and Australian Geographic. ​
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contact: kelly AT klmurphyillustration DOT COM
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Note that there is a best-selling children's book author and illustrator also named Kelly Murphy. Her lovely work can be seen here. ​
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