WEIRD ANIMAL HEDCUTS

I enjoy drawing quirky subjects for the Wall Street Journal, like Denver Airport's creepy mustang sculpture and a funny, tongue wielding goat.

HEDCUTS IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

An exciting new way of using hedcuts inside The Wall Street Journal print edition and wsj.com
All columnists, regular contributors and bloggers get their hedcut done. We unofficially call these "mini hedcuts".

INTERVIEW

ATLANTA ARTIST EXAMINER
Interview with Noli Novak

By Darla Dixon

MORE OBAMA

I think the latest Wall Street Journal online ads, are absolutely fantastic! The use of my Obama hedcut is just right. I think they look best at this size when used online, because the technique is nicely visible. Good job, guys!

OBAMA AGAIN!

This time for Kids Discover Magazine's special Presidential poster. Seeing my work amongst old master engravers' is ... priceless.

COLOR

I consider my stipple portraits to be realistic interpretations of a photo, and since all details and tones are included in the drawing, adding color is not necessary. The process turns a nice, b&w portrait into a muddy, brown mess and to tell you the truth, looking at some color stipple drawings out there, I haven't seen a good one yet.
But, since I get asked to do this more and more frequently, I have been experimenting quite a lot.
My answer is a more graphic looking portrait, with the black layer behind the color rather than on top. I also have an easy control over the color, to get it exactly to the client's liking.
Here are a few versions on Barack Obama drawing I did for the Wall Street Journal special use.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT ... ?!

Hedcut
Stipple Portraits
Hedcut Pen and Ink Drawings
Stipple Portrait Illustration
Dot Portraits
WSJ Illustrations
Wall Street Journal Style drawings
Wall Street Journal portrait
Stipple Dot and Hedcut Drawing
WSJ artwork

And various versions of the following:
wall street journal headcut
wall street journal portrait
wall street journal photos
wsj pointillism
wsj line art
stippling art
wsj hedcut
wsj engravings
wall street journal style portrait
wall street journal illustration
wall street journal portrait

PALAZZO DARIO

This is an older drawing of mine. I have changed my technique considerably since then (including the materials I use). I still like the drawing. Old building, Venice ... ahh! Made for the Wall Street Journal.
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DOG

This is one of the drawings I did for the Nutro line of pet food. You can still see some of them on bags and cans of food in the pet stores.
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HEART

For the Wall Street Journal.
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JORDAN

This portrait is drawn in a somewhat different style. More linear, less dots, more like an engraving or scratch board. In reality ... harder to do (for me) than my usual technique.
Client: The New York Times Magazine.

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