Blackwing Blog

Artist Carrie South, known as Crap Panther on social media, is a self-taught illustrator based in Oklahoma City, OK. Carrie's work is deeply rooted in the natural world. Drawing inspiration from her childhood spent in the Cascade Mountains,...

Meet Abbey! For our newest Makers series feature, we had the pleasure of getting to know Abbey Sy, artist, author, and creator. Read her story here!

Volume 292 is our tribute to Keith Haring. This collection was inspired by Haring's Pop Shop at 292 Lafayette Street, with pencils, accessories, and gift sets featuring his incredible art.

Get ready to be inspired! For our newest Makers series feature, we had the pleasure of chatting with Sarah Simon, the artist behind @themintgardener.

The Blackwing 574 is our tribute to Native American art and the 574 nations that use it to assert agency and identity. We worked with Kaw, Osage, Lakota artist Chris Pappan to design a pencil that evokes geometric patterns found...

Garcia’s journey into visual arts began at a young age and was nurtured at the San Francisco Art Institute, but his focus shifted to music after a life-changing car accident in 1961. 

Meet comic book artist and illustrator Leslie Hung for our Artist Series Notebooks featuring her artwork. Leslie is the co-creator of Image Comic's Snotgirl.

We had the pleasure of chatting with Vanessa Reynoso of Marbled Paper Studio. She shares about the intricate craft of paper marbling, its history dating back to the 12th century & much more.