Festival Illustrator: Ella Oriye Tani 

Ella Oriye Tani is a Chinese Japanese Canadian illustrator and casual graphic novelist based in Burnaby, BC. She is inspired by the nature of the West Coast and is drawn to blending fantasy with aspects of her local environment. Ella attended her first Powell Street Festival when she was three years old, and ever since then her family had made it a summer tradition to visit. One of the aspects about the festival that always stood out to Ella was the annual poster artwork, which inspired her to draw and dream about one day being the festival’s poster artist herself. In being chosen as the artist for the 50th anniversary, Ella is more than elated that her childhood dream has now come true. She can now finally die in peace. 

Website: https://www.ellaoriyetani.com/ 

Instagram: @ellitearu