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Calvin and Hobbes

American Cartoon Pencil Heroes

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Cartoonists are able to express emotions behind life experiences and conjure reactions with simple means.  Hand-drawn figures can elicit laughter, anger, melancholy and the desire to just see more. The list of power players below outlines the…
Frida Kahlo Love Letter

History’s Greatest Love Letters

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, and I don’t know about you, but I’m excited. A socially-sanctioned opportunity to consume all of the chocolate I want, guilt-free? Yes please! For those of you with a more romantic take on the holiday, however,…
Super Bowl XLVIII

Football Art: An Update on Pixar Animator Austin Madison

Last year, we profiled Pixar animator Austin Madison as one of our 52 weekly featured pencil artists. We noted that along with his impressive body of work for Pixar and his blog Austin Translation, Austin also runs an additional blog designated…

Astounding Architectural Drawings from DeviantArt and Tumblr

What separates the great architects from the rest? Being able to produce awesome architectural drawings, of course! Okay, maybe as a pencil lover my opinion is a little bias. There’s more to being a great architect than being able to come…

2013 in Review: Our Favorite Things

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Ann Mazzaferro: Writer When word came down that it was time for the 2013 Year-End Round-Up, I was forced to take a good, long look at my life for the past year. It wasn't pretty. In fact, I am more out of touch than that dorky uncle of yours…

Sunspot Drawings from Mt. Wilson Are Keeping an Age-Old Art Alive

Sunspot Drawings: An 885 Year Tradition Steve Padilla is a solar technician. He is a scientist and an astronomer. He is also an artist. Every day, Padilla ascends 150 feet to the top of a solar telescope on Mt. Wilson in Los Angeles, California,…

Andrew Marr, the Importance of Drawing as Therapy

[Photo Credit-Andrew Marr via The Daily Mail] Andrew Marr, the BBC Broadcaster, recently shared his struggle to recover from a near fatal stroke and how art helped move him beyond this difficult experience. The Daily Mail's thorough article…
Best Hand-Drawn Book Covers

The Best Hand-Drawn Book Covers

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover - but what if it features some amazing hand-drawn art? I'd like to call your attention to five books that are beautiful to look at in addition to being great reads. Our Top 6 Hand-Drawn Book…
Scandinavia and the World

Five Awesomely Hilarious Webcomics

When I was little, my favorite activity was reading the Sunday morning comics with my dad. In fact, I'm pretty sure I can thank Peanuts for a large percentage of my literacy. Comics are still an important part of my life - in fact, my dad saves…
Bad Toon Rising

Bad Toon Rising: Creating Cartoon Characters from Memory

Have you ever been in the situation where you start doodling a popular character for fun, but with no point of reference you realize you aren’t quite sure what the character looks like? Does Mickey Mouse wear suspenders? Does Porky Pigs have…