Gemma Robinson Illustrates For Educause Review

US based Educause Review commissioned me to illustrate three stories in their March/April issue. Educause Review is an award-winning magazine which takes a broad look at current developments and trends in information technology and how they may affect colleges and universities. All three stories were in some way linked to the impact technology has on higher education.

Disaggregated Accreditation by Gemma Robinson

The first story was about accreditation and the need to view higher education institutions as fragments rather than a whole in our rapidly changing world.

We Love E-Books by Gemma Robinson

The second story was titled 'We Love E-Books!' and focused on the need to increase the availability of e-books at libraries.  You can read the story here.

Gateway To The Universe by Gemma Robinson

The third story was about the disruptiveness of technology within higher education which, if embraced, can expand the classroom beyond the limits of four walls to encompass the whole known universe. Full story here. 

Check out more of my illustrations on my website or Behance portfolio.

Teen Party

An illustration to the article talking about teen home parties and (sometimes unexpected) their consequences (ESS newspaper).

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Radek Karkulowski - Home Alone

What should the parents do when their teenage child doesn’t want to go to the summer cottage with them? Should the parents let them stay home and what
rules should they set up for them? (ESS newspaper)

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Drawing Inspiration: Howard Pyle [κ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Illustrator / N.C. Wyeth's Teacher

Known for his novel, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Painted Captain Kid like no one's business

Street cred: Vincent Van Gogh loved his work

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

Drawing Inspiration: Marie Bashkirtseff [ι]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Painter / Humble author of I Am the Most Interesting Book of All

Studied at the Académie Julian, one of the few schools to accept women at the time

Died of tuberculosis at 25

Tomb is a full-sized artist studio

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

Drawing Inspiration: Caspar David Friedrich [θ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Painter / German Romantic

Master of mystical landscapes

Had early success, died poor and lonely

Work co-opted by the Nazis for its inherent Germanness

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

Ophiuchus

Is Ophiuchus a new addition to the zodiac family? - An illustration
to the article describing the subject (ESS newspaper).

I have drawn two different versions of the picture: one with white
and the other with orange background. The orange is referring more
to the style of ancient Greek pottery. The picture with
white background was chosen to be most suitable one.

Which one would you prefer?


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Drawing Inspiration: Georgia O'Keeffe [η]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Painter / American Treasure

Said her paintings weren't vaginal

Married to the influential photographer, Alfred Stieglitz

Has her own dinosaur, Effigia okeeffeae

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

Radek Karkulowski - Slot Machines

Illustration to an article about boys addicted to slot machines. (ESS newspaper)

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Drawing Inspiration: Aubrey Beardsley [ζ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Illustrator / Author / Foppish Pervert

Buddies with Wilde and Whistler

Lecherous pen-and-ink drawings inspired by Japanese shunga

Died of tuberculosis at age 25

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

A Slippery Slope

Look out! Here's a piece I did recently for the January issue of Virginia Living. It's about an awkward skier trying to woo his little lady friend. Obviously she was having none of it.

Thanks for making it happen, Sonda! You and the team did a bang-up job on the layout.

Drawing Inspiration: El Greco [ε]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher
～PROFILE～

Painter / Old Master of the Moderns

Offered to repaint the Sistine Chapel(!)

Concerning Michaelangelo: "he was a good man, but he did not know how to paint."

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

Jew of the Week: Moshe Dayan [פ]

～PROFILE～

Israeli Military Commander / Symbol of Jewish Strength

Amateur archaeologist

Oversaw the capture of East Jerusalem

Eye patch sold on eBay (starting bid: $75,000)

Wikipedia Bio

[To see past editions of Jew of the Week, visit Owen's blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

Radek Karkulowski - From sex to...

That´s beauty of being an illustrator. At one moment you can work on a project about importance of good sex life and than you move quickly to a very different subject, about old people in bad shape sent back from hospital home. Client: ESS newspaper.

Drawing Inspiration: Ivan Bilibin [δ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Illustrator / Czar of Slavic Fairy Tales

Born in a suburb of St. Petersburg

Influenced by traditional Japanese prints

Died in the Siege of Leningrad

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

Jew of the Week: Rod Serling [ע]

～PROFILE～

Screenwriter / Sci-Fi Legend

Served in the 11th Airborne Division during WWII

Known as the "angry young man" by execs

"You're traveling through another dimension..."

Wikipedia Bio

[To see past editions of Jew of the Week, visit Owen's blog, Winning the Polyglottery!]

Houston, We Have(n't) a Headline

So, here's a fun series I did for the fine people at the Houston Press. It's about their staff picks for the rootin'est, tootin'est food and entertainment in all of—you guess it!—Houston.

Yee-haw! (Thanks for making it happen, Monica.)

Seen top to bottom: Bimbo's Beer and Bar-B-Q, Mezzanine Lounge, Alice's Tall Texan, and the Phantom of the Opera touring company.

Drawing Inspiration: René Magritte [γ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Painter / The Son of Man

Mother committed suicide when he was thirteen

Friends with writer, André Breton

Forged Picassos during lean post-WWII period

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

Drawing Inspiration: Otto Dix [β]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Painter / Printmaker / Spirit of Weimar

Served in the German Army during WWI

Deemed a degenerate artist by the Nazis

Painted Lady Gaga's great grandmother?!

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]

Drawing Inspiration: David Hockney [α]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

～PROFILE～

Painter / Printmaker / Fashion Plate

Friends with R.B. Kitaj and Andy Warhol

Enjoys the Brushes app for iPhone and iPad

Thinks the Old Masters probably cheated

Wikipedia Bio

[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]