Donald Ely is an award-winning creative who lives and works in Bryantown, Maryland. He owns and operates Three Ring Studio, a multidisciplinary creative studio that primarily focuses on publication design, art direction, and illustration. With over a decade of experience designing book covers and interiors for the education world and six years in publication design, Donald is now looking to branch out into trade publishing.
His work has been recognized and awarded by publications and institutions such as Communication Arts, Graphic Design USA, How Magazine, Society of Illustrators, AIGA DC, and the Shorty Awards. Clients include A24 Films, Airbnb, ASCD, Baltimore Magazine, Grammy award-winning artists Madonna and Erykah Badu, Johns Hopkins, Red Bull, and the Washington Post.
Donald Ely is an award-winning creative who lives and works in Bryantown, Maryland. He owns and operates Three Ring Studio, a multidisciplinary creative studio that primarily focuses on publication design, art direction, and illustration. With over a decade of experience designing book covers and interiors for the education world and six years in publication design, Donald is now looking to branch out into trade publishing.
His work has been recognized and awarded by publications and institutions such as Communication Arts, Graphic Design USA, How Magazine, Society of Illustrators, AIGA DC, and the Shorty Awards. Clients include A24 Films, Airbnb, ASCD, Baltimore Magazine, Grammy award-winning artists Madonna and Erykah Badu, Johns Hopkins, Red Bull, and the Washington Post.
