Image Gillermanetch.jpg thumb Hedcut of Dan Gillerman . Hedcut is a term referring to a style of drawing , associated with The Wall Street Journal half column portrait illustrations. They use the stipple method of many small dots and the hatching method of small lines to create an image, and are designed to emulate the look of woodcut s from old style newspaper s, and engravings on certificates and currency. The phonetic spelling of hed may be based on newspapers use of the term hed for headline. The Wall Street Journal adopted the current form of this portraiture in 1979 when freelance artist Kevin Sprouls approached the paper with some ink dot illustrations he had created. The front page editor felt that the drawings complemented the paper s classical feeling and gave it a sense of stability. Additionally, they are generally more legible than photographs of the same size would be. Sprouls was subsequently hired as a staff illustrator and remained there until 1987. Today, there are six hedcut artists on staff. Each drawing takes between three and five hours to produce. First, a high quality photograph must be obtained. This photograph is then converted to grayscale and the contrast is adjusted in Photoshop . The photograph is then printed and placed on a light table, and overlaid with tracing vellum. The illustrators then trace directly over this image with ink pens, recreating the source photo using specific dot and line patterns. The final tracing is then scanned back into Photoshop ... Institution acquired 66 original hedcut drawings and have put them on permanent display ... 3Dvideo Video Tutorial &mdash How WSJ Hedcut Drawings are Made http online.wsj.com article SB10001424052748704207504575129961786135180.html ... behind the WSJ hedcut portraits http www.npg.si.edu exh journal index.htm Smithsonian National ... www.alleba.com blog 2006 12 20 photoshop tutorial the hedcut effect Automated hedcuts &mdash Photoshop tutorial for generating hedcut style graphics Category Illustration ... more details
File KevinSprouls.jpg thumb Kevin Sprouls, a hedcut autoportrait. Kevin Sprouls is the creator of the Wall Street Journal portrait style known as hedcut . He began as a freelance illustrator for Dow Jones and Company , the parent company for The Wall Street Journal . In 1979 he introduced a style of stipple portraiture that the Journal adopted because it was reminiscent of the sort of old engravings that are found on bank notes. Kevin became the first full time artist at the Journal, eventually the Assistant Art Director and head of the illustration department. His Wall Street Journal stipple illustrations were awarded a gold medal at The Society of Illustrators competition in 1986. His style of portraiture, later coined hedcut, is the definitive corporate icon and is created completely by hand, not computer. Sprouls is once again is a freelance artist but still works for Dow Jones on occasion, along with a host of other publishing clients. He has been featured on CNN , in the American National Portrait Gallery United States National Portrait Gallery and in the Smithsonian magazine Smithsonian magazine. His pen is housed in the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Washington . External links Kevin Sprouls s http sprouls.com homepage http www.inkrhythm.com Kevin Sprouls &mdash Blog site for Kevin Sprouls http www.dowjones.com DJCom Uploads headcuthowto.pdf How a Photo Becomes a Wall Street Journal Hedcut at DowJones.com PDF http www.smithsonianmagazine.com smithsonian issues04 jul04 mall.html ink Ink Dot Art in the Smithsonian magazine Smithsonian magazine http www.npg.si.edu exh journal inside.htm Getting Inside Their Heds &mdash a chapter from http www.npg.si.edu exh journal Picturing Business in America. Hedcuts in The Wall Street Journal , an article on the National Portrait Gallery website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sprouls, Kevin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sprouls, Kevin ... more details
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