I have a pretty good collection of stuff that I produced while at the Wall Street Journal. Aside from the straight portrait, or “hedcut” WSJ images, the paper ran a lot of illustrated common interest stories featuring various characters. What … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Improving on an Image— Christmas Truce
By now, you have likely heard that this is the famous 100th Anniversary of the Christmas Truce of World War 1. But, did you know, that there was a precedent for this important event in human affairs that occurred 50 … Continue reading
Variations on the WSJ Hedcut
There are many variations on the WSJ Hedcut possible. Among these, there are lots of crop treatment options available. These variations keep the creation of the Wall Street Journal stipple portraits I originated for the paper fresh and timeless. In this post, … Continue reading
Stipple Spot Illustration | Medical and Historical
This week, I went way back into the vaults to find a series of drawings I created for a pharmaceutical company’s newsletter as a stipple spot illustration series. I produced these back in the late ’80’s or early ’90’s, after … Continue reading
WSJ Hedcut Portrait Illustrations
Over the past few years, I have had the pleasure of creating WSJ hedcut portrait illustrations on a larger scale for a Canadian Design firm called Squareknot. The campaign consists of a series of hedcut style portraits, created by yours … Continue reading