This week, I present some examples of the illustrations I created while at The Wall Street Journal. These WSJ art pieces were produced by me in the 1980’s, while I was lead illustrator at the paper. Back then, The Journal … Continue reading
illustrations c. Kevin Sprouls A few months ago, I was retained to create two WSJ hedcut portraits and an illustration of the Statue of Liberty, also known as Lady Liberty. My client has the interesting name, “We are Harrington”. www.weareharrington.com … Continue reading
all images, c. Kevin Sprouls So, it’s getting pretty heated out there politically. With the midterms having blessedly passed, I thought it might be fun to present some of my WSJ style portraits of presidents. I’ve created many of these, … Continue reading
all illustrations c. Kevin Sprouls Back in May, I designed a product logo for a client who is marketing her product line which includes beer-based bath products. She sent me some source images to get me started… It was … Continue reading
All images, c. Kevin Sprouls Greetings to all my Readers! After an eventful Summer, during which this blog was dormant, I am returning to a weekly post, beginning with this entry. The Summer was mostly focussed on a family member … Continue reading
You may know me as the originator of the classic Wall Street Journal illustration style called the Hedcut portrait. I joined WSJ at the end of 1979 and developed the style that’s recognized around the world today. But, that was … Continue reading
A couple of years ago, I was given an illustration assignment that was a joy to produce — illustrating retirement. TBWA/Chiat/Day contacted me from Los Angeles to work on an ad campaign for their client, Principal Financial Group. Illustrating My … Continue reading
Several years ago, I created a small series of illustrations for New York Life insurance company. The client wanted a set of conceptual drawings in my detailed, WSJ style. I think they are elegant in their simplicity… Three gears, working … Continue reading
I created a few spot illustrations for a company called Cinti. (I do not believe this was the Italian shoemaker!) It was a while ago, so I can’t quite recall what the overriding concept for these spot illustrations was. They’re … Continue reading
An art school teacher once told us that it was a good idea to save sketch-work. I don’t save all of my graphic sketches, just the ones that I think are pretty effective. It ends up being a fairly large … Continue reading
