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

It’s drawing month at Pencils.com and Studio 602! Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tim Hodge, a story board artist, writer and director who has worked with studios such as Disney and [...]

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Blackwing Takes Manhattan

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 the Art Directors Club [...]

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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 [...]

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Draw the White Seal with Christopher Scardino

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 [...]

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Pencil Artist of the Week: Nikira

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, [...]

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Pencil Artist of the Week: Nicole Hamilton

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 [...]

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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 remembered as one of Walt Disney’s early [...]

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Pencil Artist of the Week: Rebecca Stahr

This week’s featured pencil artist is Rebecca Stahr, a pencil artist and designer from Chicago, Illinois. Rebecca began studying art at a young age and went on to study advertising, graphic design and illustration at the [...]

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Pencil Artist of the Week: Cindy Hellyer Heinz

This week’s featured pencil artist is a full-time color pencil artist and teacher from Warrenville, Illinois. Her name is Cindy Hellyer Heinz, and her surrealist drawings combine elements of life and decay to create art that [...]

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A Fine Point: David Rees and the Art of Artisanal Pencil Sharpening

“Artisanal pencil sharpener” isn’t a career you see on many business cards, but for David Rees the art of the hand-sharpened pencil is both a passion and a full-time pursuit. Rees, a former political cartoonist who [...]