It’s been an exciting week for Tiny Pencil as we’ve seen gorgeous proofs from our printer and the anthology is being beautifully litho-printed as we speak! Issue one grew to a massive 64 pages as there was just so much awesomeness to squeeze in! Now that it’s all off to the presses we’re super excited to finally show off the stunning front cover illustration by Showchicken (aka Nick Sheehy) a...
Nick Sheehy is an Australian-born artist and illustrator living in the south-east of England. After studying bronze sculpture in the wilds of Tasmania, Nick gave up on art only to re-discover his love of drawing whilst living in London, sparked by an interest in the city’s low brow art, illustration, street art and graffiti. In his work, Nick explores the dreamlike, sometimes semi-autobiographical scenes and oddball ...
Stuart Whitton is a rising Welsh freelance illustrator and visual artist based in London who enjoys nothing more than creating imagery for personal and commercial clients globally. An advocate of the traditional he utilises media to create meticulously hand drawn ethereal illustrations, many of which have been included in a number of international exhibitions and publications including Creative Review and Wallpaper*....
Donya Todd is an illustrator, painter and comic artist who lives on a remote farm in Cornwall, England. She takes her inspiration from the magical, marvellous and macabre. Selected clients include: Foyles, Comica, Samsung, BlankSlateBooks, Oh! Nena, Amelia’s Magazine & Illustrated Etymology. Hi there. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? Hi there TP...
Salutations Pencil People! The last few weeks have been mega-busy but it’s all been worth it! We’ve got some awesome updates to share with you so read on! First up, we are super psyched to announce we’ve confirmed our first LAUNCH EVENT!! Saturday, April 27th 2013 @ THE comics arts mecca that is Gosh! Comics! Smack dab in the centre of London, we can’t think of a better place for the Tiny Pencil to set sail on ...
Meet Vanessa Foley — a Newcastle-based artist with a passion for art and wildlife currently working on a series of paintings exploring traditional British wildlife. Hi Vanessa, thanks for taking time to talk to us about your work! From looking at your website you seem to have a real interest in fine art… do you produce most of your work for galleries? How did you get started in your art career? I have alw...
Hi Kristyna, thanks for taking the time to talk to us! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? Hello! Well, my name is Kristyna Baczynski and I’m a freelance illustrator, who makes comics, posters, typography and design. My work is often character-based, decorative, detailed and draws strongly from my Ukrainian heritage. Most people know your work through your pen and ink (and colour) comics. Was ...
Sarah Tse is a Hong Kong-born artist internationally recognised and celebrated for her fantasy-themed pencil drawings. Hi there. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us about your work. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I am a traveller, I journey every month to different cities with my pencils and papers. I used to live in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beppu (a hot spring district in South ...
Dear Graphite Groupies, We’re gearing up to put out our first issue of Tiny Pencil and just wanted to drop y’all a line to say how excited we are to bring you this first collection of art and comics by some of the most exciting and extraordinary talent around! If you have yet to check out our artist page you should really head over there right now. (But not literally right now – do it after you’ve read this to the ve...
