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 portraiture that the "Journal" adopted because of its concise, engraving style. Wikipedia
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