Ahh, the Romance! … that was the title of a New York Times article describing the launch of an a major ad campaign by Concord Watch Makers. My illustrations were featured in the campaign. After the Black Book … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Blog Update Notifications
Hi, This is Dane Morgan, Kevin’s website geek. I’m posting today for those of you who are receiving blog update notifications. We are migrating this system from Jetpack to Mailchimp so that we can take advantage of some advanced options … Continue reading
The Ad that launched my Freelance Career, post WSJ
By 1987, I had been working my day job at the Wall Street Journal for several years, producing hedcuts and lots of other illustrated imagery for the paper. Being young and eager, I was also “moonlighting” in an effort to … Continue reading
WSJ Hedcuts, Kevin Sprouls ads, part 1
So, Let’s see where those pen and pencil illustrations went into service… Here, I’m presenting a double-page ad spread appearing in the Illustration and Photography directory, The Workbook. After leaving my post at the Wall Street Journal, I had to … Continue reading
Tools of the WSJ Hedcut
This will be the beginning of a series documenting my promotional advertising offerings over the years. I think you might find it interesting. No Ads just yet– that will start in the next posting. For now, allow me to present … Continue reading