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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted by Arnold in Events on 17. May, 2012 | No Comments
WHAT IS “SKETCHES FOR PLEDGES”? Sketches for Pledges is a charity event hosted by a group of volunteers from Royal Bank featuring a mix of illustrators from the comic book industry. Founded in 2010 by Arnold Trinidad and Martin Teasdale, the goal of the event is to help raise money for SickKids Hospital, on behalf [...]
Who doesn’t love free comics? Nobody, right? We at Spent Pencils certainly love Free Comic Book Day and we especially love the comic shops that host the event. To show our appreciation, we’ll be sketching at a number of comic stores in the Greater Toronto Area. As always, Free Comic Book Day is on the [...]
Update! – Ottawa Comic Con just released the floor plan. We’ll be at booth/table 716, right on the corner and right across from the DeLorean Time Machine. You can’t miss us. Dang! We’re busy this year! Our convention tour continues with Ottawa Comic Con‘s inaugural year, on the weekend of May12 and 13, 2012. We’re excited to [...]
Vince Sunico and Arnold Trinidad will once again be at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo this year. This year, the expo is featuring a ton of great guests, including the larger than life, Stan Lee! So if you’re attending the show this year, make sure to drop by our table to get some original [...]
Man, March sure went by fast! And with the super warm (almost summer like) weather we’ve been having in Toronto, we’re really feeling that convention season buzz. Up next is Wizard World Toronto, which promises to be an exciting show. This year they have moved the show to the more central downtown venue of the [...]
Posted by Kevin 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 [...]
Posted by Daniel in Events on 02. May, 2012 | No Comments
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 [...]
Posted by Kevin 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 [...]
Posted by Daniel 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.
Posted by Kevin 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 [...]
Posted by Daniel 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 [...]
Posted by Daniel 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 # [...]
Posted by Daniel 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 [...]
Posted by Arnold in Events on 23. Aug, 2011 | 3 Comments
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 [...]
