All images, c. Kevin Sprouls This is likely the last of my New Yorker Illustrations series. I had a wonderful couple of years working for my favorite magazine, and created some of my best work for them. We’ll start … Continue reading
Category Archives: Currents
Portraits for Carnegie Mellon
all portrait images, c. Kevin Sprouls I’ve been providing portraits for Carnegie Mellon for several years. They are commissioned by the esteemed Pittsburgh university for their Tepper School of Business. My mailbox was graced by the latest issue yesterday. Here … Continue reading
New Yorker Illustrations
all images, c. Kevin Sprouls Way back in the 1990’s, I created many Illustrations for The New Yorker magazine. After resigning my post as head illustrator at The Wall Street Journal, I was eager to stretch my wings. I worked … Continue reading
Wine Illustration
All Images, c. Kevin Sprouls Wine Illustrations are good fun, like the enjoyment of a favorite vintage. I’ve done quite a lot of work in support of the vintner’s enterprise. Let’s dive in: Here is a sketch for a wine … Continue reading
Portraits of Professions
All images, c. Kevin Sprouls It’s always interesting to create illustrations of people doing what they love — portraits of professions. One of those subjects is a good friend of mine, the voice artist, Joe Murray. Here is the portrait … Continue reading
Logo Art and Graphic Illustration
all images, c. Kevin Sprouls This week, some examples of my logo art and graphic illustration. Though I am mostly known as the originator of the WSJ portrait ‘hedcut’ style, I also engage in more stylized work. I created the … Continue reading
Creating a Logo for Toth
all images, c. Kevin Sprouls A while back, I was tasked with Creating a Logo for Toth Design, a top design shop in Boston. www.toth.com I’d worked with Mike Toth before, doing a long and successful series of newspaper ads … Continue reading
Magazine Illustrations, Part 2
All images, c. Kevin Sprouls Here are more examples of my magazine illustrations. I like the thrill of appearing to a wide audience, but the print media is sometimes disappointing. Once a drawing leaves my studio, its reproduction and appearance … Continue reading
Magazine Illustrations, Part 1
All images, c. Kevin Sprouls This week, a survey of some of my magazine illustrations. I like for my work to appear in popular magazines, because I know I’ll get a large audience to view my illustrations. In this post, … Continue reading
Early Illustrations, Part 3
All images, c. Kevin Sprouls This will be the last in my Early Illustration series. All of this art was created during my time at Tyler School of Art. Tyler gave me a good start in my illustration career. It … Continue reading