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Jonathan Antoine

Jonathan Antoine shows “The Prayer” has Staying Power – PPC

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Pencils and Pop-Culture: Jonathan Antoine Shows "The Prayer" Has Staying Power It’s the video seen ‘round the Internet this week: a chubby, socially awkward, unkempt teenage boy takes to the stage with his more-polished looking partner,…

Drawing the White Seal with Christopher Scardino

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Just last weekend, the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity launched a shiny new website to help share ideas, create discussions and share the history, philosophy and artwork of Chuck Jones with the world. Studio 602 and Pencils.com couldn’t…

Interview with Blackwing Featured Musician Ted Russell Kamp

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Today, Studio 602 is excited to introduce a member of the new generation of Blackwing artists and our latest Blackwing Featured Musician Ted Russell Kamp! Ted Russell Kamp is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer living…

Board Games and the Mobile Gaming Revolution

Board Games and the Mobile Gaming Revolution Something has happened to your favorite board games. The next time you're sitting on a bus, waiting in a doctor's office or dining in at a restaurant, take a look around. What you're sure to find…
Mad Men

Introducing the Mad Men Water Cooler!

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Welcome to the first of a new series here at Studio 602: The Monday Morning "Mad Men" Water Cooler. Why is a site about pencils devoting so much column time to "Mad Men," you might ask? Well, not only is everyone on staff a huge fan of the show,…

Pencil Artist of the Week: GhostPatrol

This week’s featured pencil artist creates art that is unlike anything we’ve ever seen. His name is David, but he goes by the name of GhostPatrol, and he not only creates art with pencils, he creates art on pencils. Every GhostPatrol…

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200 – The People and Places Behind “Monopoly”

The People and Places Behind Monopoly It's a scene I'm sure we've all experienced at least once in our lifetimes - the bleary-eyed, five-hour game of "Monopoly" that was going just great until some jerk bough Park Place and built a hotel. Or…

Are Video Games Art?

Are Video Games Art? I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember, so when Roger Ebert came out a few years ago and claimed “video games can never be art,” I was one of the many who voiced their objections. Are video games…
Zombie

Pencils and Pop Culture: Zombies Shall Inherit the Earth

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Zombies Shall Inherit the Earth I will fully admit that I am squeamish when it comes to anything related to horror films. Vampires, ghosts, zombies, things that go bump in the night - all grist for the mill in my far-too-overactive…
Pencil Artist Juan Rivera

Pencil Artist of the Week: Juan Rivera

This week’s featured pencil artist is Juan Rivera, an illustrator and graphic designer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Even though most of his professional work is in the digital medium, he still finds time to sketch, draw and doodle in…