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cartography

A Map to the End of the Known – An Exercise in Personal Cartography

Is Cartography a Dying Art? You take a left at the first intersection, then a right down Main Street, go four blocks and enter the office on your left. Drive past the the old hospital, up the hill about 3/4 of a mile, follow the curve and…
American Artists

10 American Artists You Need to Follow

Who knew there were so many creative people in the United States of America? The 10 people I'm about to introduce you to are bursting with talent, and are beyond a doubt 10 American artists you need to follow. 10 American Artists You Need to…
DIY crafts

Crafting Your Way to DIY Greatness – PPC

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Pencils and Pop-Culture: Crafting Your Way to DIY Greatness While channel-surfing the other night, I happened to stumble on TLC’s latest reality competition series, “Craft Wars.” Now, I’m not much of a DIY-er myself – I always seem…

From Disney to Zombie Love Stories: An Interview with Storyboard Artist Tim Hodge

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It's drawing month at Pencils.com and Studio 602! Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tim Hodge, a storyboard artist, writer and director who has worked with studios such as Disney and Big Idea Entertainment (the team behind VeggieTales),…
Blackwing Experience

Blackwing Takes Manhattan at the Blackwing Experience

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Blackwing Takes Manhattan at the Blackwing Experience The Blackwing Experience and the Party for the Pencil hit New York City last week and, by all accounts, both were a hit. Over 1,000 artists, writers, musicians and other creatives graced…
Blackwing Experience Shantell Martin

Blackwing Experience Performing Artist Shantell Martin

Last week, we had the opportunity to sit down with Shantell Martin, a visual artist who will be performing at the Blackwing Experience on Tuesday, April 17th in New York City. We asked her questions about her life, her art and her preparation…

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…
Pencil Artist Nikira

Pencil Artist of the Week: Nikira

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This week’s featured pencil artist is a notebook sketcher and Palomino Blackwing 602 user from New York. Her name is Nikira, and her brand of in-the-moment sketching has the ability to transport you onto the subway, into an apartment in New…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Nicole Hamilton

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This week’s featured pencil artist is Nicole Hamilton, a self-taught photographer and pencil artist with a background in graphic design. Nicole started out like most artists, sketching cartoon characters from TV, movies and comic strips in…

The Walt Disney Family Museum and History of Animation

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The Walt Disney Family Museum and History of Animation Seventy-two years ago this month, Walt Disney released his second feature-length animated film to the excitement of fans and the dismay of skeptics around the world. Today, Pinocchio is…