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Sorry to ask a shallow question. His "photo" is so interesting. It feels exactly like old school Wall Street Journal "photos" from 1990s. Is there a plug-in or service to create this type of image from a photograph?


It’s called a hedcut. WSJ built a generator in 2019, but it's only available to subscribers. [1]. There are artists that offer commissions, including at least one WSJ artist. [2]

1 - https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-in-a-hedcut-depends-how-i...

2 - http://www.hedcut.com/




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