Illustration Michael Gibbs
Posted below are samples of the illustration work of freelance illustrator Michael Gibbs, an award-winning artist who has been freelancing since leaving Pratt Institute in 1979. His work has appeared in national newspapers including The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as in Harvard Business Review, Newsweek, and Consumer Reports. Alumni publications are among his favorite clients and his work regularly appears on the pages of Johns Hopkins’ alumni magazine, as well as Syracue, the University of Chicago, American, and Vanderbilt. View more of his work at: www.michaelgibbs.com, www.stockillustration.com, www.mglenwood.com.
Client: VANDERBILT
Article: Illustration to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of Vanderbilt’s new medical school.
Client: UNIV. OF IDAHO
Article: Artwork was featured on the cover of the university’s literary magazine, “Fugue,” to illustrate the lead short story.
Client: CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Article: Why are schools limiting students’ ability to talk about religion on campus?
Client: SYRACUSE
Article: Launch a complex fundraising campaign is a complexity and interconnected process.
Client: JOHNS HOPKINS
Article: The growing reality that governments use their political agendas to llimit, sensor what research grants can be used for.
Client: JOHNS HOPKINS
Article: Should religious beliefs be factored into what research grants should be used for? The controversy continues.
Client: UNIV. OF CHICAGO
Article: Reseach shows that business majors, eager and competitive by defintion, aren’t afraid to take risks.
Client: SELF PUBLISHED
Article: “The role of the illustrator is to make a point,” says Michael, whose launched a new style with this piece.
Client: AMERICAN LEGION
Article: Pennies dot these money trees for an article that debates the different methods of fundraising.
Client: AMERICAN
Article: This conceptual and painterly illustration, “Romancing the Tome,” featured new books by American University alumns.
Client: SYRACUSE
Article: For article, “Out of this world,” the illustration depicted a discussion with NASA experts about the future of space exploration.
Client: CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Article: This illustration describes the “Temptation” of colleges to accept endowments that may have strings attached.