I’ve been a reader of the Wall St. Journal for years and have always thought the portrait drawings they used were very cool. Well, thanks to Boing Boing, now I know how they do it. Visit the site of WSJ illustrator Noli Novak to see her work, or go straight to the How It’s Done page. BTW, they are called stripple portraits.
A little more history of the headcuts are here.
Tony Sarrecchia: Storyteller 
i could comment if I knew what you were talking about.
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