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 Syracuse, 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: This illustration celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of Vanderbilt’s new medical school.
Client: UNIV. OF IDAHO
Article: From Gibbs’ stock illustration website, www.stockillustration.com, this illo was the cover of UI’s literary magazine.
Client: CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Article: This provocative piece asks: Why are schools limiting students’ ability to talk about religion on campus?
Client: SYRACUSE
Article: Launching a university fundraising campaign is a complex, interconnected process.
Client: JOHNS HOPKINS
Article: Governments are increasingly 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 entitled “Out of This World,” this illustration depicts NASA’s ideas about the future of space exploration.
Client: CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Article: There is a growing “temptation” for colleges to accept endowments with strings attached.