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Chelsea Conrad
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Octavia Butler Portrait

A portrait of Octavia Butler for Washington Post book review of “Positive Obsession” — a new biography about the author by Susana M. Morris.

New Dad Movies

An animation for an essay in the Style section of The Washington Post, “The unexpected epiphanies of watching 57 movies with my sleeping newborn”

Six ways to get more joy with your dog

Illustration for Six ways to get more joy with your dog from The Washington Post

Late Night TV

A photo illustration for a Washington Post story about how late night TV lost its relevance.

Finding Purpose

An illustration for a Washington Post story, “A 6-year research project found a surprisingly simple route to happiness.”

Nightmares

A photo illustration for “A piano chord helped reduce chronic nightmares, a study showed” from The Washington Post.

Literature and body image

A photo illustration for a Washington Post essay about the ways literature impacts body image.

Orbanization of America

Photo illustrations for a series called The Orbanization of America from The Washington Post about how the Hungarian Prime Minster is influencing democracy, gay rights, and the media for the American right.

Book Review for "The Rest of Our Lives" by Ben Markovits

A cover illustration for a Washington Post book review about "The Rest of Our Lives" by Ben Markovits.

Dog Sitting

An illustration for a Washington Post story about dog sitting.

Widow's Work

An editorial illustration for a perspective story for The Washington Post written by a 91-year-old widow about coping with the loss of her husband, and all the paperwork associated with becoming a widow in the midst of grieving.

“The Sunflower Boys” Book Review

Brick

An illustration for a Washington Post essay, “Can’t stop doomscrolling? The ‘Brick’ helped me unplug.”

Tennessee Queens

A celebration of some of Tennessee’s leading ladies.

Millennial Menopause

An illustration for “Not feeling like yourself? It could be perimenopause” from The Washington Post.

Clueless and Austen

An illustration that I made for "How ‘Clueless’ bucked the trope of the rich mean girl" from The Washington Post.

Visa Ban

An GIF about Trump banning Visas that allow immigrants to work in the US in the wake of unemployment caused by COVID-19.

Sorry

An illustration for “Can you apologize too much? Sorry, but read this to find out.” from The Washington Post

This Must Be The Place

Cancer Risk

A photo illustration for a Washington Post story about self-advocating for more medical testing.

'Theft' Book Review

An illustration for a Washington Post book review about ‘Theft’ by Nobel Prize winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah.

From book critic, Ron Charles:

““Theft,” the first novel Gurnah has published since winning the Nobel, offers an example of such compassionate, revelatory seeing. Even the structure of this story works against the hierarchical nature of plot — that common sense that this character is central and those merely peripheral. There’s something almost disorienting about Gurnah’s narrative as he moves from one person to the next, willfully thwarting our desire to settle on a protagonist.

Oh, he’ll get there eventually, but he’s not to be rushed as he examines the lives of an expanding family of characters in Tanzania in the late 20th century.”

Shark Quiz

Illustrations for “Scared of sharks? Take our quiz for, uh, reassurance.” from The Washington Post.

Gas Prices

An animation that I made for "Think U.S. gas prices are high? Here’s how far $40 goes around the world." from The Washington Post.

Centenarians

Collages made using family photos and artifacts for “They’ve lived 100 years. Here’s their advice about everything.” from The Washington Post.

Why Iowa

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COPYWRITING

I designed a short video explaining why Iowa always votes first in presidential elections. The script is based on NPR’s article “Why Does Iowa Vote Firsts, Anyway?” and the demographic data is from census.gov.

Digital Writing

This image was about the different writing structures for digital writing vs. print writing, created for the NPR Training Team

Ask a Doctor column

Each week I draw a simple illustration for the Ask a Doctor column at The Washington Post.

Octavia Butler Portrait

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New Dad Movies

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Six ways to get more joy with your dog

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Late Night TV

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Finding Purpose

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Nightmares

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Literature and body image

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Orbanization of America

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Book Review for "The Rest of Our Lives" by Ben Markovits

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Dog Sitting

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Widow's Work

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“The Sunflower Boys” Book Review

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Brick

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Tennessee Queens

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Millennial Menopause

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Clueless and Austen

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Visa Ban

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Sorry

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This Must Be The Place

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Cancer Risk

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'Theft' Book Review

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Shark Quiz

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Gas Prices

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 An animation for “ Think U.S. gas prices are high? Here’s how far $40 goes around the world.”  from The Washington Post.

Centenarians

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Why Iowa

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Digital Writing

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Ask a Doctor column

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