In a world of digital design and art software, pencil sketches are rapidly on their way to extinction. However, these interesting features are proving that concept otherwise.
The shady line of a pencil or smudge from a piece of charcoal cannot be replaced. From sketched street style to charcoal political cartoons, it's safe to say that pencil sketches are here to stay.
Implications - With the abundance of technology available for artists to use at their disposal, many are reverting to old methods to create more natural drawings. The raw aesthetic of sketches provides an honest image in which an artisans craftsmanship is portrayed in a way that digital artworks sometime lacks. While sticking with modern techniques is important, old ones shouldn't be neglected because sentiment is a great selling point for any business trying to capitalize on retro themes.
39 Peculiar Pencil Sketches
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Mind-Bending Sketches
Alex Andreyev Draws Disturbing Nightmares
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Suffocating Sketches
The Melissa Cooke 'Vacuum' Series is Asphyxiating
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Silly Psychedelic Sketches
The Fun and Quirky Artwork of Micah Joseph Dunlop
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Semi-Body Art
Studiokxx Krzysztof Domaradzk Makes Questionable Drawings
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Simplistic Bleeding Sketches
Andres Guzman Creates Dismal Illustrations Guaranteed to Spook
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Infamous Icon Illustrations
The Fan Art of Denis Medri is Adorably Accurate
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Life-Size Sketchbooks
The Heike Weber Installations Transform Rooms into Psychedelic Art Pieces
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Celeb-Mocking Illustrations
Hilarious Lady Gaga Costume Sketches by Jim Benton
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Creative Pencil Ads
Rediffusion DY & R for Animaster Animation School Company is 2D-Meets-3D
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Sketched Couture Costumes
Jean Paul Gaultier Reveals Sketches for Kylie Minogue
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Sketchbook Graphic Tees
The New Ardentees Holleri Collection Highlights Global Artists
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Surrealist Sketch Portraits
Iain Macarthur Portraits Transforms Ordinary into Extraordinary
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Sketched Supermodels
Jenny Mortsell's Drawings of the Top 25 Faces of the COACD
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All-in-One Fashion Sketchbooks
The Fashionary Menswear Sketchbook & Dictionary Has it All
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Globetrotting Sketchbooks
Traveling Art is a Collaborative Work Between International Artists
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Sinister Sketches
This Nick Francel Artwork is Spine-Chilling
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Photorealist Pencil Sketches
Paul Lung Could Replace Your Camera
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Cigarette-Gobbling Portraits
Caroline Morin Draws Eccentrically Detailed Girls
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Tapped Key Drawings
Keira Rathbone Uses Her Typewriter to Draw Incredible Sketches
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Scintillating Sketches
The Camille d'Errico Helmetgirls Series is Interestingly Beautiful
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Cute Cartoon Sketches
The Original Fake KAWS Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket T-Shirts are Simple
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Metaphysical Animal Sketches
Martin Kalanda Draws Detailed Portraits
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Intricately Grotesque Sketches
Artist Mark Riddick Knows How to Get Your Skin Crawling
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Sketching Street Style
Designer Richard Haines Captures Live Fashion With Colored Pencils
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Sleepless Draw-A-Thons
Sketch or Die Lasts 48 Hours With Some Incredible Artists on Board
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Amateur Political Sketches
Politics and Pop Culture Through the Eyes of Mitchell MacNaughton
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Incredible Illustrated Bottoms
Riley Payne's Portfolio is Painstakingly Detailed
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Hipster Sketch Art
Too Cool for School 'Illustrations' by Judy Borror
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Sketched Furniture Collections
'Thin Black Lines' from Nendo Features Barely-There Furnishings
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Melancholy Villain Sketches
Erica Eyres Artwork Begs You to Smile
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Influential Icon Chains
The Mark Summers ‘Swift Current' Illustrations
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Undead Portraitures
Christopher Williams Gives Portraits the Zombie Treatment
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DNA Mugshots
Scientists Use Tiny Piece of DNA to Determine Criminals' Appearance
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Deliriously Delicate Drawings
'Yellow Bird Machine' by Amy Martino
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Toasty Charcoal Sketches
Check Out the Dark and Edgy Artwork of Rene Almanza
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Iconic Artist Hybrids
Rolling Stone Previews Bob Dylan's 'Brazil Series'
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Junk-Filled Illustrations
Unusual Rubble in 'Shopping Carts' Sketches by Taizo Yamamoto
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Hair Sculpture Sketches
The Meyoko 'Esporadics' Illustrations Showcase Darkly Twisted Updos
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Villainous Illustrations
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Private Nerd Gardens
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is for Time and Space Contemplators
Gothic Floral Wedding Gowns
The Carolina Herrera Bridal Spring 2011 Line is Edgy
Semi-Body Art
Studiokxx Krzysztof Domaradzk Makes Questionable Drawings
Simplistic Bleeding Sketches
Andres Guzman Creates Dismal Illustrations Guaranteed to Spook
Bold Iconographic Menswear
Outlaw Freelancers 2010 Collection Features High-Contrast Graphics
Intricately Abstract Art
The Trippy Technicolor Illustrations of Peter Diamond
Infamous Icon Illustrations
The Fan Art of Denis Medri is Adorably Accurate
Life-Size Sketchbooks
The Heike Weber Installations Transform Rooms into Psychedelic Art Pieces
Dismembered Anatomy Illustrations
Artist Niky Roehreke Creates Quirky Letter Fonts
Bold Mutilation Art
Artist Sylvia Ji Will Blow Your Mind With These Illustrations
Intricate Post-It Illustrations
Don Kenn's Monster Post-Its are Something Scary
45 Wondrous Watercolors
From Prismatic Ponchos to Large-Lipped Illustrations
Plastic Wrap Headdresses
Kate Cusack's 'Tiffany Wigs' Feature a Few Amazing Design Details
Cut-Out Paper Art
Owen Glidersleeve Illustrates Clever Paper Creations
Pop Star Infant Costumes
Go Ga-Ga Over Lady Gaga Baby Costumes
34 Zombified Creations
From Undead Fashiontography to Zombie Clowns
Contagious Art Experiments
The James Sadler 'Gesundheit' Project Documents Various Sneezes
Convertible Baby Buggies
The Babyoom Grows With Your Child
Hip Tourist Tees
T-Shirt Party Gives 'I Heart NY' Tee a Run for Its Money
Outlandish Fashion Styles
These Avant-Gaga Fashions are Futuristic and Inspirational
Creative Pencil Ads
Rediffusion DY & R for Animaster Animation School Company is 2D-Meets-3D
Realistic Penciled Portraits
Andrew Buck Pencil Art Pays Attention to Details
Defiant Divas
Outrageous as Ever Cher Presented Lady GaGa 2010 MTV Award While Scantily Clad
Chivalrous Zombie Art
Kira Shaimanova's 'Chivalry is Undead' Depicts a Wonderful World
Sketchbook Graphic Tees
The New Ardentees Holleri Collection Highlights Global Artists
Tea Time Asphyxiation
'Morning White' by Maurizio Fantini Takes a Page From Lady Gaga's Lookbook
Globetrotting Sketchbooks
Traveling Art is a Collaborative Work Between International Artists
22 Shopping Cart Innovations
From Minimalist Shopping Carts to Grocery Cart Furniture
Savage Illustrations
Artist Scarecrowoven is All About Gore and Guts
Sweet & Spicy Illustrations
Nina Pandolfo's Deceptively Innocent Drawings in 'Life's Flavor'
28 Fashionable Masks
From Tied Up Zorro Fashion to Cat-Masked Models
19 Deadly Illustrations
From Sultry Mutilation Art to Intricately Grotesque Sketches
Pearl Encrusted Ensembles
Lady Gaga's White Ball Outfit Looks Like a Caged Fairy Princess
Undead Movie Apparel
The Zombie at Tiffany's Shirt Keeps an Old Classic Alive and Well
Twisted Coffee Shop Ads
Belcuore Cafe has an Unique Way of Enticing You to Stay
Iconic Artist Apparel
The Bruno Fujii T-Shirt Collection Offers Cotton Commemorations of the Great
Pop Art Celeb Illustrations
The Iconic Vectors by 'Craniodsgn' Alejandro Garcia
Massive Human Art Installations
350 Earth Calls for Global Satellite-Viewable Submissions
Cigarette-Gobbling Portraits
Caroline Morin Draws Eccentrically Detailed Girls
Distorted Celebrity Illustrations
These Akiko Stehrenberger Caricatures Create a Different Reality
DIY Typography Art
Tagxedo Creates Word Cloud Masterpieces
Surreal Watercolor Drawings
Daniel Mackie and His Lustrous Illustrations
Illustrated Online Cartography
Alejo Malia's 3D 'Googles World' Drawings are Virtually Foreign
Violent Vintage Cartoons
Artist Raul Gonzalez Illustrates a Gory Sense of Humor
Display Photo Pranks
These Default Profile Picture Silhouettes are Hilariously Deceitful
Gory Body Illustrations
'Beautiful Surgery' by Rosario Ruiz Strives to Show Perfection
Spontaneous Karma Art
Artist Betsy Walton Finds the Sublime in the Mundane
Post-Armageddon Illustrations
'Life After the Apocalypse' by Vladimir Manyuhin
Creepy Candy Illustrations
Tom Bagshaw's 'Yokai Dreams' Draws on Surreal Imagination
DNA Bridge Designs
Singapore Unveils Its Double Helix Bridge
Brushstroke Fashion Campaigns
Sergey Nielsen for Close Up and Private's Summer 2010 Editorial
Morbid Rainbow Art
Julian Gallasch Could Make a Funeral Look Cheerful
Inked-Out Collages
Enter the Psychedelic World of Artist Anika Lori
3D-Like Drawings
Murray Kimber's Illustrations Incorporate Color and Depth
Gamer Zombie Hybrids
Manuel Augusto Dischinger Moura Creates Zombie 'Street Fighter' Characters
Psychedelic Floral Illustrations
Kirra Jamison Creates Incredibly Intricate Artwork
Disintegrating Illustrations
Sam Weber Draws Dark, Moody and Surreal Images
Distorted Celeb Caricatures
'Portratis' by Jason Seiler Displays Emphasized Facial Features
Whip Tailed Headgear
Bob Basset's RP6 Masks are Sinister
Modernized Art Deco
Mads Berg's Illustrations are Modernly Vintage
Zombie Food Ads
The Resident Evil 5 Print Campaign Says “You are on the Menu”
Horror Flick Fashiontography
Antoni Szczupal Shoots Spooky ‘After War' Wear
14 Sketchy Artwork Innovations
From Toasty Charcoal Sketches to Sketching Street Styles
Metaphysical Animal Sketches
Martin Kalanda Draws Detailed Portraits
TV Show Cult Cards
Alex Griendling's 'LOST' Tarot Cards Predict Fortunes With a Dark Theme
Intricately Grotesque Sketches
Artist Mark Riddick Knows How to Get Your Skin Crawling
Activist Typography
The PURE for Designers Against Child Slavery Project Raises Awareness
Original Fake Autos
The KAWS Porsche 550 Spyder is for Billionaire Boys Only
X-Ray Bear Toys
The OriginalFake Medicom Toy Chogokin Bear Brick Lets you see its Insides
Sleepless Draw-A-Thons
Sketch or Die Lasts 48 Hours With Some Incredible Artists on Board
Beauty Pageant Fashion Statements
Miss Venezuela's Solar Suit is Lady Gaga's Style
22 Outlandish Lady Gaga Headgear
From Lacy Face Masks to Elephant Headdresses
Badass Jumping Scooters
The Street Hopper Has a Few Tricks Up its Axle
Cartoonish Portraits
Tiago Hoise's Art is Whimsical and Fun
Incredible Illustrated Bottoms
Riley Payne's Portfolio is Painstakingly Detailed
Quirky Doodles
Artist Daniel Brereton Sketches Detailed Designs
Shopping Cart Farms
The Farm Proper Grows Groceries in Abandoned Shopping Carts
14 Crisp Charcoal Creations
From Toxin-Burning Powder to Sleek Charcoal Cars
Meaty Celeb Bikinis
Lady Gaga Brings a Beefy Look to Vogue Japan Hommes September 2010 Issue
Fold-Out Shopping Carts
The Quirky Crowdsourced 'Go Caddy' Hand Truck is Super Convenient
Emperor Caricatures
'Wicked Portraits' by Mark Summers Plays with Historical Icons
One Minute Portraits
Benjamin Hammond Creates Quick Caricatures from Submitted Photos
Fairytale Character Illustrations
Michael Kutsche's 'Alice in Wonderland' Designs for Tim Burton
Lost in Space Illustrations
Artist Greg Eason Makes Use of Empty Spaces
Frolicking Illustrations
Dave Collinson Draws Intricate Artwork While Retaining Simplicity
Futuristic Shopping Carts
The Z-Cart from Mete A. Mordag Makes Shopping Hassle-Free
Morbid Anatomical Sculptures
These Detailed Skull Pieces by Artist Kris Kuksi Will Creep You Out
Musical Mammal Illustrations
'Animal Music' by Redmer Hoekstra Features Instrumental Creatures
Vivid Mouth Illustrations
‘Drawings' by Joanna Stefanowicz is Beautifully Realistic
Horrifying Portrait Illustrations
Aritst Michael Ostermann Will Leave You With Goosebumps
Zombie Jerky
Japanese Stores Start Selling Zombie Meat, Rest of World Vomits
Folding Bike Carts
The Ville Bicycle Shopping Cart Lets You Transport Your Purchases Home
Head-Splitting Illustrations
Vesna Pesic's Bizarre SOMA Magazine Art
Influential Icon Chains
The Mark Summers ‘Swift Current' Illustrations
Intelligent Writing Devices
The Echo Smartpen Record Notes, Speeches & Sketches All in One Place
Undead Portraitures
Christopher Williams Gives Portraits the Zombie Treatment
Stop-Motion Whiteboard Animations
The 'Monster Cab' by Darren Turner is Hilarious and Cute
Undead Bathtub Toys
Zombie Rubber Ducks May Lead to Accidents in the Tub
Iconic Artist Hybrids
Rolling Stone Previews Bob Dylan's 'Brazil Series'
Toothed Hoodies
The Originalfake August 2010 New Releases Feature Sharp Sweaters
Dark Twisted Toons
Imaginative Illustrator 'McBess' Creates Edgy Cartoons
Scratchboard Celeb Caricatures
Mark Summers Illustrates Cartoons of Pop Culture Celebs
Winter Furniture Collections
The Yoshioka Snowflake Exhibit Brings the Cool to Milan
Zombified Beautography
Yen Magazine 'La Petite Clocharde' Looks Like the Living Dead
Somber Saintly Sketches
Chris Segdwick Art Features Religious References
Manmade DNA
Synthetic Biology Creates the First-Ever Human-Made Living DNA Cell
Doodled Fashiontography
'Radio of a Girl' by Natalia Skobeeva Draws Atop Photos