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Friday, March 19, 2010

Media My Dream Job

Posted by on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:06 PM

I guess I just assumed those amazing little portraits in the Wall Street Journal were done by a computer. It's heartwarming to know that there are people hunched over their drawing boards creating these images, one dot at a time, even as we speak.

Every morning, artists are emailed their assignment — a photograph. After printing it out at around 3 x 5 inches, they work on tracing the photograph with ink dots on a fresh sheet of vellum or white paper. Once they're done, artists scan and email back the finished product.

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  • Wall Street Journal

 

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care bear 1
Wow that is really cool. Impressive.
Posted by care bear on March 19, 2010 at 12:19 PM
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Not only are they impressive renderings, but I've always thought the WSJ portraits often capture some elusive quality of personality. Nice to see the old hand skills at work.
Posted by Westside forever on March 19, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Banna 3
I thought they sat the world leaders down in those photo booths at the mall that can output your picture like a painting, woodcut or charcoal drawing. Seurat would be proud.
Posted by Banna http://www.ucp.org on March 19, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Dougsf 4
I like those little portraits. I hate author photos with articles. All too often, they color the article with ego.
Posted by Dougsf on March 19, 2010 at 12:39 PM

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