Rich Powell Illustration Blog

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BLOWOUT!!!

I’ve recently been working on an educational product with a friend in which you can drill for oil while learning to prevent blowouts. Never thought I’d be doing something like that. I’m much more...

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Black Magic

Well, it must be Tuesday because I’m finally getting around to inking my Dixie Drive cartoon. I’ve been doing the panel for the Courier-Tribune here in Asheboro for a little over a year now...

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Ready…Set..Go!

One of the things I do here in town is FREE stuff. Lots of it, unfortunately. It can be a bummer at times but usually it’s rewarding… at least in the sense that you...

A Tale of Woe 5

A Rare Find

When I got my out of the Marines back in 1985, I moved back into my folk’s house, attended college and was working as a pizza guy in the small California town of Danville....

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Beam me up, Kirk.

Here’s another Scratchboard work. This one is about 6X11. Kirk is playing 3 horns in this one as he summons the mystical fire from his hoodoo bebop. It’s hard to decide at what level...

Nina Simone, scratchboard 2

Scraaaaaatch!

I’m currently trying out scratchboard. Using Ampersand 5×7 ClayBord, I’m applying Blak Magic india ink to the surface and then scratching away to reveal the white. It’s a rather tough yet somewhat forgiving medium…if...