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Pencil Commercials

The Best Commercials Starring Pencils

Kershaw Throws Pencil Strikes http://youtu.be/zkCrZ7sr2U4 ESPN recently featured pencils prominently in their commercial for Sports Center. Apple Plays Off Our Pencil-Related Emotions http://youtu.be/BQ4ak4eM_Ac So did Apple, for promoting…
Too Cool to do Drugs

Anti-Drug Pencil Fail

Watch out what your belongings are telling you to do. As fourth grader Kodi Mosier of Ticonderoga Elementary in New York discovered, sharpening your pencil could elicit a much different message than the original. The Bureau for At-Risk…

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

Mother's Day is on Sunday, May 11 this year. Chances are, your mother is a pretty awesome lady who deserves the very best. If that is the case, check out some of the great gifts we have right here at Pencils.com that would be perfect additions…
Pencil Artist Crystal

Pencil Artist of the Week: Crystal (yummypomegranate)

This week’s featured pencil artist is Crystal, a pencil artist, painter and photographer who goes by the handle yummypomegranate on DeviantArt. Crystal’s DeviantArt gallery is filled with sketches, doodles, and paintings depicting everything…

Environmental Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries

The United States has a rich literary tradition.  A big part of that tradition has to do with writers who explored the virtues of the ecosystem and humankind’s relationship to the land.  Here are three environmental writers whose works have…
Earth Day Pencils.com

6 Earth Day Deeds

Earth Day helps us remember that there are alternative, non-wasteful ways to spend our time. Luckily, being green can benefit your pocketbook as much as it benefits the earth. The following list contains 6 Earth Day deeds for rookies and experienced…
Recycle pencils

Green Tips: Recycle Used and Broken Pencils

Growing up, there was a junk drawer in my parents' kitchen populated by all the usual suspects: bent paperclips, snapped rubber bands, crumpled post-it notes. By far the most prevalent objects in the drawer, however, were pencils. There were…
Pencil Artist Augusto Abarca

Pencil Artist of the Week: Augusto Abarca

This week’s featured pencil artist is Augusto Abarca, a graphic designer living and working in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Augusto’s DeviantArt gallery is filled with drawings that range from character designs and fan art, to caricature and…
Derwent Pencil Company

Derwent Pencil Company

History Legend has it that in the early 1500's, a violent storm in the Borrowdale area of Cumberland led to trees being uprooted. Beneath these trees was a strange black material that left its mark on whatever it touched. This material turned…

The Fan Art of Dark Souls & Dark Souls 2

While video games may be more popular today than they’ve ever been in the past, it’s rare to find games with as strong a community as the Souls series has. People who haven’t played the game but have heard of it know that these games are…