Fierce competition between two Tokyo pencil makers led to a "Golden Age" of Japanese pencil manufacturing from 1952-1967. As detailed in this article from the St. Louis Art Supply website, Tombow ...

Few would imagine that pencil lead can give drawings such a metallic look, enhanced by the realistically-illustrated water droplets. But how exactly did Japanese artist Kohei Ohmori do it?

Prodigiously talented pencil artist Kohei Ohmori (大森浩平 kohei omori) is a master at creating photo-realistic illustrations. He's particularly fond of drawing shiny, metallic surfaces. Some of our ...

a series of ukiyo-e art by Hokusai that represents Mt Fuji in various weather conditions. There are only 500 sets available, which you can purchase exclusively online via Felissimo for ¥4,400 each.