Ladies and gentlemen! Alexis Deacon’s musings on graphite, animals and meaning, and dancing… Alexis Deacon is a writer and illustrator of comics, picture books and children’s fiction. His books have twice been selected for The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award. In 2008 he was chosen by Booktrust as one of the ten best new illustrators of the last decade. Hi Alexis! Could you tell us a...
Drawing reference from the glacial nomadic landscapes of Northern Poland to the bustling city streets of Paris, illustrator Joanna Concejo’s background is a major inspiration to her. This results in graphite and colour pencil works that bloom and breathe with nature’s movements and human narratives. She contributed to Death and Resurrection with a twist on the Red Riding Hood fairytale. ~Interview by Ysabelle Cheung....
Joe Fenton is a London-based artist who works mainly in monochrome. His lavishly scaled, surrealist drawings are produced almost exclusively in graphite on paper, and inhabit a world populated by humorous and grotesque Hieronymus Bosch-like figures. With a giant eye for darkness and detail, Joe’s work embraces the strange tensions between life and death. Hi Joe, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. Pr...
LAY SOME LEAD & BURN SOME RUBBER! Listen up folks! We’ve got some exciting news! To celebrate the release of Tiny Pencil IV: Death & Resurrection we’re having a #DRAWATHON with our friends at 64 Killigrew and Atlantic Press (Check out their gorgeous books here!)! We want to see YOU and YOUR comics and drawings! Send out and share with the world your doodles, dalliances and masterpieces in lead. Fr...
Fancy a little sand and sea to go with your lead this summer? Tiny Pencil is joining Atlantic Press in Falmouth for an exhibition and series of drawing events at 64 Killigrew Street! Featuring a specially curated exhibition of original drawings, this two week mini-fest also includes special drawing events! Comics marathons, book-making sessions, drop-in pencil-drawing, and a giant collaborative pencil drawing based o...
Renee French writes and draws everything from comics to children’s book and art books. Famed for her softly sinister style created almost exclusively in graphite, Renee’s utterly distinctive world is a signature all its own. What particularly appeals to you about working in graphite? Ohhhh, I LOVE graphite. I’m a little nervous that if I start really talking about what I love about it, I’ll ba...
David O’Connell is an author and illustrator living in south London. He is the creator of MONSTER & CHIPS, a book series for children published by HarperCollins. He also creates comics and is the editor of ink+PAPER, a comics anthology. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I’m an author/illustrator working in children’s books. I’m in the middle of producing a series for 7 yr-olds and upwards call...
Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I’m never quite sure whether ‘illustrator’ is the right word for what I do, because the majority of my work is personal and not in response to a brief or text. I like to tell stories, and I simply like to draw. My preferred forms are zines and epically long graphic novels. Are you right or left-handed? Right, despite my best efforts when I was a kid and thought be...
Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? Hi, my name’s Lara, I’m 26 and I like to draw things. I have just completed an MA in Children’s Book Illustration where I spent most of my time in the print room colour mixing and pressure washing screens. All my clothes are covered in ink. Are you right or left-handed? Right. What appeals to you, or attracts you to, working in pencil? I actually dread working in ...
Sarah McIntyre creates picture books and comics, and generally loves to draw and tell stories, whatever form those things take. Her award-winning books include Morris the Mankiest Monster, Vern and Lettuce, You Can’t Scare a Princess and this autumn, she’s launching the highly illustrated chapter book, Oliver and the Seawigs. An active blogger, she uses her blog to keep track of her activities and push herself in new...
