This week’s featured pencil artist is Lynn Spoor, a painter and pencil artist from the Netherlands who creates pencil portraits that are so realistic, you’d swear they were photographs.
Lynn was an artist at an early age, drawing and…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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