Meet The Green Line’s sticker designer 

What if each Toronto neighbourhood was a character? That’s how Toronto-based artist Nat Ellis envisioned her stickers for The Green Line.

Ellis got into art at a very early age. She remembers making shapes with stones in the sand as a kid, and that was the catalyst for deciding her future career.

“My grandma was always like, ‘Oh, you’re gonna be famous.’ I guess when she saw those little rock circles,” she says.

For Ellis, art has always been the backbone of her life.

“It’s how I see the world, and it’s how I understand other people,” she adds. “Art should be brought back to communities and be enriched in people’s lives as much as possible.”

Ellis was inspired by The Green Line’s service-oriented pieces that help communities across Toronto. That’s what pushed her to reach out to the publication to see if she could lend her art skills. 

“Being a part of community-led organizations — it means the world to me. It’s, like, the puzzle pieces are matching,” Ellis says about creating art for The Green Line and the Kensington Land Trust.

Ellis designed three stickers for The Green Line showcasing Pape, Broadview and Ossington.

“The city speaks for itself in a lot of ways,” she says. “You don’t really have to look too hard to see that certain neighbourhoods, when you get off the subway, they have these kinds of characters.”

Ellis’ stickers will be available at all upcoming TGL events for $3 to $5.

Are you not able to attend an event, but would like to buy a sticker? Email hello@thegreenline.to or DM us on social media to arrange possible pick-up times.