Chris Koelle is a versatile and prolific award-winning illustrator and designer with over 18 years of experience in hand-drawn illustration, branding expertise, and packaging design. He has designed compelling product packaging for craft beer bottles and cans, luxury cigar packaging, compelling story-driven artwork for award-winning documentaries and feature films, illustrations for marketing agencies, logos and branding for companies and institutions, and thought-provoking art for books, magazines, clothing, and jewelry.

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  • World’s Fair Pictures

  • Birds Fly South Ale Project

  • XWECAN

  • Liberty Cigar Company

  • Uniroyal

  • Erwin Penland

Selected clients:

  • Within Things Curiosity Shop

  • Chronicle Books

  • The Documentary Group / PBS

  • Clemson World Magazine

  • GX Magazine

Let’s work together, yeah?

I’m sometimes (no, not always – I’m a finite human bean, ya feel me?) looking for new opportunities to create something special. I’m at my best when working with clear, open-minded direction from my clients. I revel in the exploration of possibilities towards surprisingly successful solutions. I do my best work with the foundations of clear guidelines, aesthetic trust, and constructive dialogue.

If you think we could create something special together, reach out and we’ll get the ideas flowing.

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