Illustrations for Wingtip Club

all images, c. Kevin Sprouls

It's been my pleasure to create Illustrations for Wingtip Club, an establishment in San Francisco. https://wingtip.club Among the projects are my classic Wall Street Journal portrait illustrations, aka hedcuts. These were framed and installed at the club. Here are three: Meryl Streep, Eddie Murphy, and Robert Downey, Jr. ...

Another unique assignment involved a couple of famous faces, without hair. These images were printed onto glass ashtrays. The idea was that cigar-smoking patrons could amuse themselves by arranging the ashes into forming the hair omitted in the image. Here are the ashtray illustrations:These were fun as they are bolder and more graphic in style than my usual output.

Lastly, I present "the Professor", Jerry Thomas. Thomas was a famous bartender of the 19th and 20th centuries. You can read about his exploits in the entertaining and informative book by David Wondrich, "Imbibe!" https://spiritsirens.com/2017/10/03/imbibe-a-book-review/

This is my re-working of an old engraving showing Jerry Thomas in the process of making a Blue Blazer. The cocktail was one of his specialties. It involved tossing firey booze from cup to cup, a feat which has become a lost art. The illustration was to promote a jacket being marketed by the Club. It's always a pleasure to work for an upscale social institution like Wingtip. Soon, I'm sure folks will be out wining and dining once more!