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Blackwing Pencils

Palomino Introduces Blackwing Pearl Pencil

Palomino Introduces "Balanced and Smooth" Blackwing Pearl Pencil Yesterday, Palomino announced the Blackwing Pearl pencil, a new addition to their family of Blackwing pencils, notebooks and accessories. The pencil will be available for purchase…
Pencil Artist Kelvin Okafor

Pencil Artist of the Week: Kelvin Okafor

This week’s featured pencil artist is Kelvin Okafor, a pencil artist based in the UK. Kelvin describes himself as a “passionate penciled artist… highly interested in detail and precision” and, judging by the work he does with a pencil,…
Instagram

8 Creative Instagram Profiles You Have To Follow

If you haven’t joined Instagram yet, you’re missing out on a great way to pass the time while bored at work, between classes, waiting for the train, or waiting in mile-long lines at Disneyland. And, to make it that much easier to explore…
Songwriter Ned the Kids Dylan

12 Year Old Songwriter Sensation Ned The Kids Dylan

12 Year Old Songwriter Sensation Ned The Kids Dylan Ned Mansfield, better known by his stage name Ned The Kids Dylan, is an energetic and free-spirited musician and songwriter who plays original music with an authenticity not seen on the…
Pencil Artist Mike O'Connell

Pencil Artist of the Week: Mike O’Connell

This week’s featured artist is Mike O’Connell, a pencil artist living in a rural village in Staffordshire, UK. Mike has captured images of David Bowie, Jack Nicholson, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards and more in graphite form. On average, each…
Matt Gallagher Author Photo

Fire and Forget: Interview with Author Matt Gallagher

Pencils.com spoke with Iraq War Veteran Matt Gallagher, author of, "KABOOM: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War," about his work on the recent anthology Fire and Forget. Edited by Matt Gallagher and Roy Scranton,…
How to Sharpen Pencils

How to Sharpen Pencils Goes for the Top Spot – PPC

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Well folks, we just finished up an intense movie award season, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes, to the Independent Spirit Awards and every professional film-making guild under the sun. I fully admit to not having seen any of those films…
Art of the Mixtape

Is the Art of the Mixtape Dead?

If you're like me, you've wondered whether the iconic "Boombox Scene" from Say Anything would've been quite so dramatic if John Cusack was holding up an MP3 player instead of a boombox that housed a mixtape. Or can you imagine High Fidelity without…
Pencil Artist Ced Nocon

Pencil Artist of the Week: Ced Nocon

This week's featured pencil artist is Ced Nocon, a self-taught comic penciler and inker living in Los Angeles, California. Ced has worked in the comic industry for over 19 years and has had his work published by comic giants like Marvel, DC…
Films for Writers

Films for Writers: Write Better with These Literary-Themed Films

I have a soft spot for literary themed films, because I admire watching a movie that is able to entertain as well as inform. Films about writing are often fun ways to get writers out of a funk and back into writing. When pushing that…