Brian Aguilar walks through the history of the WSJ's beloved stipple drawings and has the paper's artists explain how the so-called hedcuts are made.

Pablo Picasso once said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." But Wall Street Journal illustrator Noli Novak says Spanish artist Jose Maria Cano engaged in outright plagiarism in producing a ...

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Preparation of Illustrations pamphlet (1920) suggests “For relief shading on small black and white maps Ross’s hand-stipple drawing paper may be used. By rubbing a black ...