all images, c. Kevin Sprouls I’ve always loved the animal kingdom, so it’s natural that I enjoy drawing creatures, real and imagined. In this post, I’m focussed on a few illustrations that I consider successful. I hope you’ll agree… I … Continue reading
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Early Illustrations, Part 2
All images, c. Kevin Sprouls This week, more of my early illustrations. These were all created in the latter half of my 4-year stint at Tyler School of Art. Let’s start with an infamous image: The reporter from Advertising Age adage.com … Continue reading
More Illustrations for Reader’s Digest
all images, c. Kevin Sprouls This week, more illustrations for Reader’s Digest. Back in the years I was on staff at The Wall Street Journal, I often did side jobs for various clients. One of my steady clients was The … Continue reading
Conceptual Illustrations for The WSJ
All images, c. Kevin Sprouls A long time ago, when The Wall Street Journal was printed only in black and white, I was asked to provide conceptual illustrations for The WSJ, in a large format. This was a departure from … Continue reading
Heart and Hurricane — a Surgery and a Storm
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
More Color Illustrations for Drury University
Continuing in the series of my work for this Springfield, Missouri institution, these are the most recent color illustrations. The Art Director for Drury Magazine is Don Amaye. Following the usual pattern, I supply the client with black and white … Continue reading
Illustrations for a Mystery Series
I recently visited the island of Aruba with my wife, to celebrate our anniversary. While there, I was able to fit in a good book,”The Ruby in the Smoke”, by young readers author Philip Pullman. Several years ago, I was … Continue reading
Food Illustration for Rodale Press
A few years ago, I was on assignment for Rodale Press. Runner’s World is a magazine they publish, and I was creating some food illustration spots for a feature on healthy foods for the running class. The project turned out … Continue reading
Leaving the Journal, Going to Madison Avenue for a Watch
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
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