Charlie Powell

January 13th, 2010 admin

Charlie Powell is an illustrator whose incisive, entertaining and deftly rendered likenesses of public figures have been featured in print and online publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Washington Post, Wired, Fortune, Playboy, Slate.com and Salon.com . He has a knack for capturing both a likeness and a characteristic pose and expression for his subjects, rendering them in the big-head little-body style common to caricature with both style and wit. His web site includes 3 portfolio sections of his work, and you can view additional pieces on his iSpot portfolio .


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