Announcing Tiny Pencil No. 4 – The Death & Resurrection Issue! Alright folks, it’s been a while since our last update, but we are supremely excited to finally share some news with you! PRE-ORDERS are now open for the fourth installment of TINY PENCIL! Available HERE! Featuring a fabulous array of international artists including Joe Fenton, Joanna Concejo, Yoko Tanaka, Ho Sin Tung, and many more. From the d...
Inspired by Marvel and DC Comics, Sina Sparrow started drawing his own comics when he was just 11 years old. At 16, he discovered queer comics and zines. With a unique style and voice all his own, Sina is the creator of cult comics such as his autobiographical work ‘BoyCrazyBoy’. What do you like about working in pencil? It just feels very spontaneous, I like the different weights and textures you can ge...
Jennifer Parks is a comic artist, illustrator, and co-member of the Pony Club Gallery. Her world is filled with ghosts, charcoal, and ornamental gatherings. Her inspiration comes from nature, dreams, and the beauty of life and death. She has a weekly comic called ‘Lone Wolf’ that can be seen on StudyGroupComics.com. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what ...
Artist Matt Craven draws, sculpts and prints. He grew up in Great Grimsby (a Northern ex-fishing town) and worked a stint as a circus entertainer before finally pursuing illustration. What appeals to you, or attracts you to, working in pencil? Pencil is nostalgic, for me the smell of them is one of my earliest memories. Pencil is a universal medium, not an exclusive, specialist tool for professionals – everyon...
New York-based illustrator Lee Misenheimer draws inspiration from Eastern mythology, monsters and demons. He graduated from the East Carolina University School of Art in 1994 and has since produced a solo show at Lump Gallery, Raleigh NC. His work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Ape on the Moon, and now Tiny Pencil – he drew the striking cover for Issue 3: The Beast Issue! Could you tell us a bit about yourself ...
Vania Barbato is a freelance illustrator living and studying Illustration at the academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy. Initially self-taught, Vania is mostly inspired by horror B-movies, medical books and coffee… What appeals to you, or attracts you to, working in pencil? I like that pencil is erasable. Are you right or left-handed? Right-handed. What’s your favourite pencil? Brand? Wood? Mechanical? I don...
Daria Hlazatova, the root of her name means ‘eyes’ in Russian, lives in a town not very far from the Carpathians. She draws with pens and pencils and also creates hand-made collages. She hopes her work will give people interesting dreams at night… You work mostly in black and white, what are your favourite media, and what do you like about working in monochrome? What do you use when you do add touc...
Marion Balac lives and works in Paris, where she also self-publishes her own books. She enjoys travelling from her desk; drawing wild jungles and animals, building shelters and wandering through mysterious abandoned caves… Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I went to the Fine Arts School in Lyon but I was mostly into video-editing at that time. I was drawing but not really showing it to the t...
Issue 3 is finally here and it is a beast of beauty. We’re super excited to finally share these shots of our latest endeavour: The Beast Issue – Monsters, Machines & Unnatural Things! This issue features a special BONUS pull-out double sided poster with artwork by Taiwanese illustrator Inca Pan (above) and Italian illustrator Vania Barbato whose work also features on our back cover! We’re specta...
Rachel is an artist from Montréal who is currently installed in the heart of Acadia. She’s a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where she majored in fine art studio, art theory and criticism yet was always seduced by the simplicity of a pencil. Her degree was partnered with a lengthy Kafkaesque off-campus gallery internship. She was twice awarded the Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship and a handful ...
