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Published: 2017-11-18 02:29:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 4330; Favourites: 91; Downloads: 13
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Description Happy to announce I was commissioned to illustrate my first book!

I was honoured to be commissioned as the illustrator for a book written by Professor Corey Bradshaw  - Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology at Flinders University, and creator of Conservation Bytes:  conservationbytes.com/

The book is titled "The Effective Scientist - A Handy Guide to a Successful Academic Career" and is being published by Cambridge University Press. The book is currently in print and due out early 2018, make sure to keep up-to-date here:  www.cambridge.org/


This was a somewhat abstract concept of a person in contemplation (or deeper thought). The components on the face and surrounds are made from various STEM-related objects, representing the majority of natural science disciplines. Colours chosen were inspired by old science fiction magazines and books (Isaac Asimov in particular). We wanted this book to be a little bit 'different' and eye-catching than the usual science text books you come across, and I am proud of the final piece.

Artwork (C) René Campbell. 

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Comments: 4

flower411 [2018-04-03 19:58:34 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful. Love the colors. 

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LisaGorska [2017-11-25 20:50:29 +0000 UTC]

lovely

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Tyooky [2017-11-18 10:23:09 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations on the project and great illustrations! Even though I'm everything but the target audience, I found them and your footnotes to be quite entertaining and interesting, often even applicable to our lives in various other forms. Wish you a well deserved success with this book.

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ReneCampbellArt In reply to Tyooky [2017-11-18 11:06:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you like it! I was hoping to communicate science to a more broader audience so this is good to hear!

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