Another in the series of major American architect portrait illustrations that I produced for Reader’s Digest, in the hallmark hedcut style I created for The Wall Street Journal. This post regards the formidable architectural talent, Richard M. Hunt. The following, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Floral Illustration at The Wall Street Journal
I played hooky this weekend. I was supposed to be indoors creating those Wall Street Journal type illustrations, but, instead, found myself reclaiming garden spaces from the rapacious wisteria, hacking back the pre-emergent lilac, and pruning major dead-wood from our … Continue reading
Stanford White, Portrait Art
portrait art, Kevin Sprouls Here’s another from my Reader’s Digest gig, while I was moonlighting from doing hedcut portraits for The Wall Street Journal at my day job. Like last week’s post, we are still talking architecture here. … Continue reading
From Stipple Portraits to General Motors
Although I am largely involved in creating those hedcut style stipple portraits that I introduced to The Wall Street Journal, I also produce a wide variety of illustration for various clients nationally, and around the world. This story begins in … Continue reading
Louis Henry Sullivan, Stipple Portrait
While I was working away at The Wall Street Journal, producing many of those hedcut stipple portrait illustrations, I was also branching out into the wider freelance world. One day, I received a call from Murray Miller, at The Reader’s … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day
It’s that time again — Love is in the air! I would also say that it’s time to be grateful that Old Man Winter will be shuffling off soon. I’m pretty much done with the coldest, darkest season. Valentine’s Day, … Continue reading
Kevin Sprouls, Hedcut
This is the first of a weekly series featuring the portraits I’ve made, widely known as Hedcuts. The term hedcut has long been in use at The Wall Street Journal. It refers to the small b&w illustrated portraits that … Continue reading
A Big Wheel of Madison Avenue Signaling Success
After my work on the Concord Watch campaign, and having left the Wall Street Journal, I was tapped for other illustration projects at Ogilvy. Ross Sutherland, among the most talented Creative Directors I have ever worked with, kept me busy … Continue reading