Gerard De La Costa

Like most artists I was born with a pencil in hand and drawing from a very early age. In high school I thought I had a career in medicine; getting my test results back from subjects like chemistry, physics, algebra [...]

Arnold Trinidad

I remember being inspired early in my childhood when I first saw my older sister draw her rendition of human anatomy using only basic geometric shapes' she was only 6 and I was 4. Fast forward years later, I came [...]

Kevin Briones

Designer by trade, storyteller by passion. I am an illustrator, a writer and an artist. It's been said that I was born with a pencil in one hand and paper in the other. Since then, if there was a flat [...]

Vince Sunico

I've been drawing as far as I can remember. I am more into the comic book art style, loved comics since I was a child. The Spiderman cartoon from the 1960's was my all time fav growing up! That kinda [...]

Briana Chan

Toronto based illustrator with a background in animation and illustration. With a passion for graphic novels, children's books,caricature art and character design, my interests lie all over the table when it comes to my illustrations. Some of my inspiration comes [...]

Mark Feltham

I'm a 2002 Sheridan grad and life time comic illustrator. I also do work in animation story boarding. Allot of my work has been spent self-publishing my own project, Little Dragonfly (LDF). I very much look forward to spreading my [...]

Khanh Nguyen

I have a BA in Fine Arts from Fanshawe College and a diploma from MTM Animation School for Graphic Novels and Sequential Art. They who are they tell me I have my own idiosyncratic style. Joshua Middleton, Chris Bachalo, David [...]

Paul Limgenco

With a background in fine art, I prefer to work in traditional media. Mainly influenced by the skills of Alex Ross and Gabriele Dell'Otto, I look at the work of old masters, such as Caravaggio, for techniques and inspiration. I'm [...]

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Post Con Review: Calgary Comic Expo

Posted by in Blog on 09. May, 2012 | No Comments

They say that if the road wasn’t difficult, then the journey wasn’t worth it. Our journey to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo began with a temporary landing in some airport, that for the life of me can not recall where. Looking out the window, it appeared as though we landed in Smallville on the Kent field. We [...]

The Avengers – May 3, 2012

Posted by in Events on 02. May, 2012 | No Comments

Spent Pencils crew Vince, Arnold, and Daniel will be sketching at AMC Courtney Park 16 from 6pm on May 3, 2012, leading up the the midnight release screening of Marvel The Avengers movie.

The much hyped and long awaited The Avengers movie is finally here!  Man, if it’s as good as the trailers have been, it’s going to be one hell of a movie. To celebrate it’s opening this weekend, Stadium Comics and Spent Pencils has teamed up with AMC Theatres at Courtney Park for an Avengers Marathon [...]

Post Con Review: Wizard World 2012

Posted by in Blog on 23. Apr, 2012 | No Comments

Last weekend, the Spent Pencils Crew enjoyed its second con of the season, Wizard World 2012! Bringing our brand of special request sketches to the show, we had an amazing time meeting friends, fans and fellow artists alike! Special thanks to everyone who came out and grabbed a sketch, as per our last post, we caught [...]

Silver Snail’s new home

Posted by in Blog on 22. Apr, 2012 | No Comments

If you haven’t heard already, the Silver Snail comic shop has found a new home at Yonge and Dundas.

Post Con Blues: Toronto Comicon March 2012

Posted by in Blog on 15. Mar, 2012 | No Comments

The Spent Pencils crew is back and kicking off our 2012 convention season with Fanexpo’s Toronto Comicon! We had an amazing time meeting with friends and fans as we dispensed our signature brand of fan art from the Artists Alley! This year we’re trying something different. From here on in, you can follow us on [...]

Twitter Updates for 2012-03-12

Posted by in Twitter on 12. Mar, 2012 | No Comments

Starting day 2 off right. The Avenging Batmen! #torontocomicon http://t.co/xDY3FzFu # Batman beyond # batman beyond# DC comics @ Metro toronto convention centre – TORONTO COMIC CON http://t.co/mkHy1Oaf # Spawn by @oshouki #torontocomicon http://t.co/fmjeRwij # Wonder woman by @kevinbriones #torontocomicon http://t.co/z3l1qszY # Batman/ Two Face mash up http://t.co/ZMG1UbRy # Power Girl by @gerarddlc #torontocomicon http://t.co/E1Fg7ilR [...]

Twitter Updates for 2012-03-11

Posted by in Twitter on 11. Mar, 2012 | No Comments

http://t.co/gmWUzyJq # Bff http://t.co/HGB5ATkG # Mark hard at work http://t.co/hRMFtc4y # Wolverine http://t.co/fEgwLaMb # Avenging Knights http://t.co/8kMXKgfj # I'm Batman! First sketch from @kevinbriones from The SP table at Comicon http://t.co/lHphFOTj # @oshouki Starting the day off with GO! #comicon http://t.co/p2kQoQi6 # Live from the pit #comicon http://t.co/3hpmYuwR # Darkness by @scribblesartist #comicon http://t.co/HSt2YpqN # [...]

Montreal Comiccon

Posted by in Events on 17. Sep, 2011 | No Comments

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Site Relaunched!

Posted by in Blog, News on 24. Aug, 2011 | 2 Comments

Hey everyone!  Welcome to the Spent Pencils site relaunch.   A while back, Arnold asked my opinion on how to improve the Spent Pencils website, and how to make it easier to maintain.  I finally got around to assessing the situation to come up with a strategy.  Having developed websites from scratch, I can say without [...]

Spent Pencils @ Fan Expo 2011

Posted by in Events on 23. Aug, 2011 | 3 Comments

Spent Pencils at Fan Expo 2011

Four days well Spent at the 2011 Fan Expo Canada. Looking for some cool sketches, come by the artist alley at booth A140-P. Attending:  Vince Sunico, Paul Limgenco, Gerard de la Costa, Khan Nguyen, Daniel Wong and Arnold Trinidad. In addition, we will have our Spent Fatales,  Neo and Camee roaming around the floor, guiding [...]

  • About

    Spent Pencils was founded and launched in 2007 by Arnold Trinidad. Near the end of that same year, Vince Sunico joined. It was originally intended to be a self publishing company. As time went by, its focus changed and became a place where up and coming artists can unite as a collective. Now it's an established "go-to" place for anyone looking for our creative services.

    Each artist found here are available for freelance work. Feel free to browse through each artist's portfolio pages. We promise it will be leisure well spent.

  • Mission Statement

    "To foster artistic individuals to reach their growth potential by providing support, exposure and inspiration. We nurture the development of confidence and discipline, for attainment and placement in the creative fields."
    We operate in a 'No Ego or you Go!' mentality

  • Upcoming Events

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