Drawn to Bowdoin: Magazine Illustrations in the Spotlight

The article celebrates the personality, texture, and unmistakably human quality of Nicol's work, calling his recent Bowdoin commission a "masterclass in how textured illustration tells a deep, resonant story."

Bowdoin's pages are featured throughout, offering a behind-the-scenes look at Nicol's creative process-from initial sketches to finished artwork for the magazine's cover, opening spread, and individual illustrations for the feature, "I Found a Theater," written by Savannah Horton '17.

Read the article Hand Drawn Illustration: Why Rob Nicol is a Refreshing Antidote to "Gray Goo" Illustration and the Bowdoin Magazine piece here.