Blues Time!
Hey Folks, if you’re around Greensboro tonight come and see me at Summit Station at 6pm for the unveiling of my new poster for the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society’s 26th Annual Carolina Blues Festival...
Rich Powell Illustration Blog
Getting back in the saddle soon!
Just scheduled back surgery for next Friday the 30th. I gotta tell you, I am really looking forward to it! This past 5 months of excruciating pain has really put a kink in my...
Juggling Colors
T-Shirt design can be a pain in the butt. You want a really cool design but you also need to think about the client’s budget. The number of colors you use in a design...
Scamming the Scammer
The other day, after getting onto Pinterest and connecting all the sites together and making sure that my site is easily seen…blah, blah blah… Oy. Well, when I finished I was happy to see...
In the MAD house!
I thought I’d give you a look at what a typical job for MAD Magazine is like. Creating MAD Magazine art was initially a very intimidating thing but after a while, working with the lovely (and...
Pin Me? Huh?
My web yogi, Amy has once again tasked me with another “self promotional” angle. Does it ever stop? The new thing is Pintrest It took a little getting used to. Basically, you sign in,...
Chicken Fat
This morning my brother Bill got me thinking about Will Elder, the fantastic illustrator behind legendary MAD Magazine art and Little Annie Fannie as well as others. Here’s a link to his bio, I’m...
Knock-Knock.
Due to the fact that I got many favorable comments on the Raven scratchboard, and the fact that I sold it right away. I’ve decided to do another in the same theme. I’m not...