Classic WSJ Art, Part 22

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In the continuing seties of Art I made while at The Wall Street Journal…

The above graphic printed at a full-column, announcing a story about the construction trade. Much more challenging was how to fit four people into the same space!

This drawing tested the limits of fitting a group portrait into a one-column, or 2-⅛-inch wide space! It worked, barely. I was amused my the little girl, assuming that she must have been a real pistol! Next, an image of the technology of the day…

This one-column illustration looks like an early-model drone aircraft. The effort was made to defined the flying-machine in tight detail, while keeping the background in a blur — photographically, the effect is called ‘Depth-of-Field’. As The Journal was interested in any kind of commercial activity a-foot, one trend it covered was in the food industry…

Here is my simple drawing of a Kiwi Fruit and is representative parts. The fruit grew widely adopted in the U.S. in the 1980’s. In that time, breaking the frame with compositional elements, as above, was a trick I often exercised. Lastly, we return to a frequent feature of The Wall Street Journal in those times — a story about wildlife…

I suspect that a few editors were animal enthusiast. Why else was the paper always running articles about fauna on the front page? My wife especially liked this image — she kept it in her wallet for years! (notice the wear-mark at right)

Next week there will more… stay tuned!