I recently did an interview with the WSJ Digital Media team. They were eager to learn how I developed the iconic Wall Street Journal Hedcut style. I’m including a few illustrations I created while on staff at The Journal: This … Continue reading
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Honoring Colleagues with Employee Portraits
Employee portraits can boost company morale and prestige. On my desk right now is a portrait drawing I’m working on for a Canadian company called Loyalty One. They have had a running campaign for several years in which valued … Continue reading
Illustrating a Baby Portrait
A couple of weeks ago, I was tasked with creating the baby portrait of a young child. Getting started with the baby photo First of all, the photograph provided was not ideal, just a paper snapshot that was recorded by … Continue reading
My WSJ Career | Kevin Sprouls Interview With Temple U.
I was recently interviewed by a great crew sent out by my Alma Mater, Temple University on the topic of my WSJ career. The school is running a campaign called “World Without Temple”… They wanted the story of how I … Continue reading
Presidential Illustration at the WSJ, Part 1
Well, it’s Silly Season in the USA. I thought it a good idea to dig out some presidential illustration favorites from the Wall Street Journal Archive of hedcut style drawings at my studio. With all that beautiful money flowing into … Continue reading
Engraving Style Illustrations
This week, it’s all about money. You might say The Art of Money. I get a lot of requests for engraving style illustrations. I’m sharing a few images with you from various projects along the illustrated way. This was an assignment from … Continue reading
Black and White Drawings – Ad Illustration
Continuing with the ad series I worked on for the Swedish Ad Agency called Forsman and Bodenfors, or F&B, here are more of many black and white drawings for various ads promoting the Swedish pension company, AMF. AMF is one of Sweden’s … Continue reading
Kevin Sprouls creates WSJ Hedcut images for Playboy
A few years ago, Playboy Magazine commissioned a small raft of illustrations from me. Among them were a few choice Characters of celebre-majeur caliber. I like magazine work very much, as it gets my work out in front of lots … Continue reading
The Hedcut goes to Lives of Real Estate
A while back, I had a steady gig at a magazine called Lore. It stands for Lives of Real Estate. I was illustrating a steadily running feature for a year or two, on the last page of each issue of … Continue reading