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Stipple Dot and Hedcut Drawing

Stipple or Dot technique and hedcut drawing are methods of drawing with pen and ink, using dots rather than lines.
Noli Novak - Illustrator
Noli Novak is an illustrator working mainly with stipple or hedcut technique, for major companies including the Wall Street Journal.
Stipple Artist - Dave Daveant
Dave is an amateur artist who produces some very fine stipple drawings.
Hedcuts at the Smithsonian
This article, accompanying the Smithsonian exhibition "Picturing Business in America" includes several pages about the hedcut technique and its artists. Check out the 'more' links that are scattered about the page.
Can I create a Wall Street Journal- style picture on my computer?
About.com's guide to Graphics Software, Sue Chastain, comes up with some answers to the problem of trying to create a Wall Street Journal style hedcut drawing on your computer.

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