Pencil

Consider how many plastic pens and refills you toss in the trash when they run dry. Designed to never run out, the Omega AXL Inkless Pen is one you’ll keep for life. Its secret lies with its AXL-METAL tip, which produces a grey line when you write and doesn’t smudge or erase.

Artists, doodlers, architects, and anyone else who likes to draw in graphite will love this collapsible 2.0mm mechanical pencil which hides inside of an aluminum tube on your keychain until you need it. Available in pitch black or shiny chrome.

Jeff Gray of Scene3Designs makes all sorts of nifty items by stacking, sanding, and laminating layers of cutoff wood from a skateboard maker. One of our faves is this pencil holder. We’d love to see him make a version that holds tools too.

Joel Daniel Phillips lives in the Tenderloin in San Francisco and creates astounding life-size drawings of his fellow community members from charcoal and graphite, which you can view live at Hashimoto Contemporary from 9/6-9/27/14.

Artist Alessandro Diddi effectively uses light and shadow techniques along with cutouts and folds to create flat pencil illustrations that appear to jump from the page. No 3D glasses required.

Vimeo user qwaqa takes the moving picture game to another level in this amazing pencil-drawn animation filled with lots of talent, lots of running and cameos galore.