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Dark Souls Concept Art

The Best Video Game Concept Art of All Time

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Making a video game with iconic heroes, villains, and level-design is no easy task. That’s why gaming developers often need to draft and redraft their ideas to make sure they’ve settled on the right look and feel.  Thankfully, most gaming…
Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard’s Rules for Writing (And Why He’d Want You to Break Them)

If you loved Get Shorty, have watched 3:10 to Yuma a hundred times, read the Jack Foley books until the covers fell off, or watch Justified religiously, you can thank beloved writer Elmore Leonard. Although Leonard passed away on August 20th,…
Pencil Artist Jude Robinson

Pencil Artist of the Week: Jude Robinson

This week’s featured pencil artist is Jude Robinson, a painter, pencil artist, and all around inspirational person we discovered through Twitter. Jude has always had an interest in the arts, but it seemed the universe had different ideas: “In…
Tiny Pencil

Tiny Pencil: A Zine Dedicated to All Things Graphite

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For all of the lead lovers here at Studio 602, there’s a new biannual zine on the rise that specializes in art created exclusively using pencils.  The zine is called Tiny Pencil, and it’s put together lovingly by graphite enthusiasts Amber…
Never Make Your Own Pencils

Pencil Facts from the “Never Make Your Own Pencils” Video

Never Make Your Own Pencils - watch more funny videos A few days ago, Funny or Die posted an awesomely hilarious video titled "Never Make Your Own Pencils." The video is "a cautionary tale about pencil making" that tells the tragic story…
Boost Your Creativity

5 Ways to Boost Your Creativity

As an artist, there’s nothing more frustrating than staring at a blank page with a blank mind. Thankfully, there are ways to boost your creativity. Some claim working backwards can help, others say a messy desk is the secret to unlocking…
Pencil Artist James W. Fry

Pencil Artist of the Week: James W. Fry

This week's featured pencil artist is James W. Fry, an illustrator, comic penciler, and storyboard artist living in New York City. We met James at this year's National Stationery Show, where he stopped by our booth and chatted with us about…
Charcoal Art

Charcoal Drawing Tips

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Charcoal is one of the oldest art mediums, having been used for cave drawings by early man. Back then, charcoal was used in the form of the ends of burned sticks. Today's charcoal artists have more modern options: compressed charcoal, vine…
Pencil Artist Marcus Collar

Pencil Artist of the Week: Marcus Collar

This week’s featured pencil artist is Marcus Collar, a comic penciler and incredibly talented pencil artist living in Napa, CA. We met Marcus at this year’s Stockton-Con, where he was exhibiting his work and promoting his upcoming series…
Tiberlines Road Trip Journal

Timberlines: Keeping a Road Trip Journal

Keeping a Road Trip Journal Over at Timberlines, WoodChuck has posted an entry discussing his experience with one of our Journals Unlimited Road Trip journals. Journals Unlimited journals, which are made in the USA using soy-based inks, come…