Drawing the Blues

Many of you will remember reading Cartoonist Survey #283 with illustrator extraordinaire, Rich Powell. I absolutely love his artwork and finally had the opportunity to commission him to create an illustration for me.

While looking through his portfolio, I saw a great drawing of an old blues guy and had to have it. Unfortunately that one already belonged to none other than Sam Viviano, art director for MAD magazine. Rich was very accommodating and agreed to do another one for me.

Not only did the illustration come out awesome, but he finished it in no time and was nice enough to create a video of him drawing it. Readers of this blog know how geeky I get over watching people draw, so this was an unexpected bonus!

Rich really made the whole experience wonderful, and I would highly recommend him to anyone looking to get some original artwork.

Take some time today to visit Rich’s website. You can commission him to create a wonderful illustration for you by clicking on the Purchase Art link at the top of his site. You won’t be disappointed!

Thanks again Rich!


Follow Up...

I received a request wondering how similar to the illustration I originally saw in Rich's portfolio was the completed illustration I received.  Below are small images of both drawings, with the one I own on the right.  See much more of Rich's work here!

Fishing For The Blues

Some of you may know that I am a big fan of the Blues. A couple of weeks ago I saw a great concert down in Foxborough, MA at the Showcase Live at Patriot Place. It was none other than the great Blues guitarist Walter Trout. He put on quite the show and if you are a fan of the Blues, you should definitely check out some of his music.

I created a caricature of him based on the pose from the cover of his album, "The Outsider".

This is the inked version.

This one is colored in Photoshop, but...

I think I like the watercolor version better.