Some may recall my purchase of a lot of vintage pencils, which included one with a curious paper ferrule. At the time, I wasn't sure why its ferrule wasn't steel or brass, although the answer seems obvious to me now.
The pencil was a WWII-era specimen---its paper ferrule a consequence of the armed forces requiring certain materials (such as metal) to be rationed.
...And, yeah, someone I mentioned this to didn't know what a ferrule was, so I'll pass that information along here: the ferrule is the part of the pencil that attaches its eraser. ^^
1. 'Patriotic' by American Pencil Co., NY (735) 2. 'Mono-King' by Monarch Pencil Company, NY (60) 3. 'Tamarak' by Empire Pencil Co., USA (737) 4. 'United States Steel' (brand unknown)---I find this one subtly interesting 5. 'Aerial' by Dixon, USA (2280) 6. 'Camp Trotter White Shirt Brigade' (brand unknown)---has a rare plastic ferrule 7. 'Evergreen' by US Pencil Company, NY (487) 8. 'Ed. Belond Furn. Co' (brand unknown) 9. 'Mayfair' by Empire Pencil Co, USA (722)---seem to be in their original, unopened package
The vertical 'Protect America' pencil is marked 'Medford S1828', but I'm unsure how to interpret that. ^^
Anyway, today's ACO subject is Private SNAFU: a character created for a series of 'instructional' videos commissioned by the US military in the 1940's. SNAFU is technically a Looney Tunes character, as he appeared briefly with Bugs Bunny in at least one of the instruction videos (and, yes, Chuck Jones was involved). :3
TRIGGER WARNING: Although SNAFU is very tame, it's still old WWII propaganda, along with all that entails. ^^
Anyway...
I drew SNAFU here with my Wallace Zephyr (which is not WWII-era, but rather from the 1960's or so), and was delineated via the Mono-King pencil (which is the right era for SNAFU).
My drawing was drawn freehanded, or freeform (meaning I didn't use circle templates or significant underskatching; I drew the character a few times, to get acquainted with his shapes, then made this). ^^
Hopefully SNAFU knows better than to step on that landmine (though it seems he's read his manual---he's had plenty of time to!). XD
They add some flavor to the drawings. Pencils are among those things everyone has, but that most don't think about. I hope to encourage their use in drawing/writing and/or collecting. :3
They add some flavor to the drawings. Pencils are among those things everyone has, but that most don
Are you sure you aren't behind the times yet again? Pencils are something everyone used to have... This would make for a neat pole here. How many people still own pencils and use them to draw?
Are you sure you aren't behind the times yet again? Pencils are something everyone used to have...
