Rupert Smissen is an illustrator living and working in London. Having graduated from Norwich University College of Art last year, he has since worked on a variety of projects with clients including Little White Lies, Popshot and D&AD. He has pencils, will travel, and often does. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? My name’s Rupert, I’m a 24 year old freelance illustrator with greying...
Maryanna Hoggatt is an illustrator who was born in the Philippines, raised in Arizona, and moved to Portland, Oregon in 2007. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I’m a Navy Brat that moved around a lot when I was a kid. The only common thread was my constant drawing. In elementary school I drew Disney and Looney Tunes characters and made up children’s books in spiral bound notebooks. In ...
Barnaby studied Art History at University before deciding to become an illustrator. He won The Financial Times Young Illustrator Award in 1998 and then moved to Cornwall to complete an MA in Illustration: Authorial Practice in 2003. He now lives in London with his girlfriend Alice and their cat, Mosca. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I’m a London based illustrator currently finishing a Gra...
Soju Tanaka is an illustrator and comics artist who lives and works in Japan and studied in the UK. Hi Soju! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I moved to London in 2006 to study at Camberwell College of Arts. After finishing BA (Hons) Illustration in 2010, I was working as a freelance illustrator. I did illustration for magazines and joined art events such as Elephant Parade London 2010 and ELCAF....
Greetings from the graphite hinterlands where the iron pencil eagerly awaits to strike! We are superbly excited to finally announce the imminent arrival of Tiny Pencil No. 3 — The Beast Issue! Filled with Monsters, Machines & Unnatural Things, this might be our most surreal issue yet! Featuring art, illustration and comics by an international line-up of 28 stellar artists including Renee French, Jeremy Holm...
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...
Alright folks, it’s time to put your pencils down! It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for… MAMMALS! MONSTERS! MARS! (and DICE!) After months of hard work and amazing contributions from all the artists involved, we are super proud and super excited to finally show off the latest Tiny Pencil project: a special all-ages, all-comics, and all-activities mini-zine special! This extremel...
It’s been quiet at Team Tiny Pencil recently, but that’s because we’ve been hard at work on an exciting new project we’ve just been itching to share with you! Remember those sweet summer days of youth and yore when books still had pencil-worn pages, and were an invitation to share your most intimate marks? Do you still sometimes wish for just a few dots to connect, a shape to colour in, or a maze to master and feel 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 ...
