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Pencil Artist Madonna Hassinen

Pencil Artist of the Week: Madonna Hassinen

This week's featured pencil artist is Madonna Hassinen, a pencil artist from Helsinki, Finland. Madonna is inspired by the Golden Age of Disney animated films, and this inspiration shows through in her work. Her drawings feature the smooth,…
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…
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…
Creativity in Los Angeles

Exploring Creativity in the City of Angels

Explore Creativity in L.A. at the Blackwing Experience In case you haven't heard, Palomino will be hosting an event celebrating creativity and the history of pencils called the Blackwing Experience in sunny Southern California this month. With…

Pencil Artist of the Week: June Wright

This week’s featured pencil artist is June Wright, an animator, artist and designer from Dublin, Ireland. She has worked with studios ranging from Fox Animation and Don Bluth Studios, to Warner Bros. and MGM, and has on the feature films Anastasia,…
Pencil Artist Austin Madison

Pencil Artist of the Week: Austin Madison

This week’s featured pencil artist is Austin Madison, an animator working at Pixar and the man behind the animation/drawing blog Austin Translation. Austin graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2006, and he has already built…

Blackwing Pencils in the Wild! “Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives”

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Blackwing Pencils - The Disney Animator's Choice If I were a pencil-pushing superhero, I like to imagine that I would have a dedicated phone line solely for alerting me as to the presence of Blackwing pencils in the vicinity. If that phone…

Comic Book Writers and Artists to Follow

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So much goes into the creation of a great comic book. From developing a great storyline, to creating memorable characters, to the meticulous work of penciling and inking each frame, comic book publishers have their hands full producing artwork…
Native American Folktales

Keeping Up with the Coyote: Native American Folktales

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What Are Folktales For? Even if you’re not very familiar with Native American folktales, you’ve probably heard of Coyote. He’s the sly, cunning trickster figure who outwits the other characters in Navajo mythology. Crow is his usual victim,…
Pencils in Animation

The Pencil’s Place in Animation: A Guest Post from The Animation Anomaly

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Today, we have a very special guest post from civil engineer, animation enthusiast and author of The Animation Anomaly Charles Kenny. Check out his blog, follow him on Twitter and share the love in the comments section below! The Pencil's…