Who Draws Portraits for Wall Street Journal?
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Always wanted to know who was behind those portraits that contribute so much to the style of the Wall Street Journal. Just stumbled across the (an?) answer: Randy Glass Studio.
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Always wanted to know who was behind those portraits that contribute so much to the style of the Wall Street Journal. Just stumbled across the (an?) answer: Randy Glass Studio.


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9 comments: Responses to “ Who Draws Portraits for Wall Street Journal? ”
By Stuart Foster on 5/4/09 11:19 AM
I'd always wondered that...now I know. Definitely an interesting tid-bit that you have stumbled on :).
By Anonymous on 5/4/09 12:49 PM
Who is this person?
http://www.randyglass.com/portraits/corp_stipple/BCFinish6.jpg
By Stefanie Hartman on 8/4/09 7:58 AM
Wow, they do some incredible work at Rand Glass Studio.
By Anonymous on 9/4/09 1:44 PM
I understand Glass used to illustrate only the movie review column, but WSJ doesn't use him any more.
Here are two staff illustrators:
Noli Novak http://www.nolinovak.com/
Nancy Januzzi http://nancyjanuzzi.com/
By Ilya Vedrashko on 9/4/09 5:50 PM
Wow, thanks.
By Bill Glass on 12/4/09 3:26 PM
Hello. I happen to be Randy Glass's brother. (It's Randy, not Rand.) Nancy is basically right. Randy did the movie review portraits, plus any OTHER portraits of "recognizable" people. WSJ has basically dropped their portrait format as a cost-saving measure ... apparently Rubert Murdoch was going broke (LOL).
In my humble opinion, Randy's the greatest commercial illustrator alive today. Also, a pretty decent brother.....
By Ilya Vedrashko on 12/4/09 5:38 PM
Bill, thanks for dropping by. Sorry for the typo; now corrected.
By Anonymous on 16/4/09 1:35 PM
Randy Glass's work really stood out. It's a crying shame they let him go.
Here are two more of the current staff hedcut illustrators:
Laura Lou Levy
http://lauraloulevy.com/illus_about.htm
Hai Knafo
http://www.bookrags.com/highbeam/picture-perfectbusiness-liveshai-hb/
By Anonymous on 16/4/09 5:01 PM
You may want to check out Heliogramme Graphic Arts. They may be the premier Line Conversion shop in North America. I Use to use the for Volkswagen Cars. Nothing reproduced better in newsprint.