Okay folks it’s news-breaking time! We are finally able to announce the winning entries from our #DrawAThon – held with Atlantic Press and 64 Killigrew Street and featuring PRIZES from Derwent Pencils! But first, A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to everyone who joined us. We were blown away by all the gorgeous art and the sheer joy of sharing pencil love and had an enormously hard time trying to choos...
Born and raised in China, illustrator and animator Jun Cen is now currently based in New York. He received his MFA degree from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013 and his work has been selected into Society of Illustrators, American Illustration and Society of Illustrators Los Angeles. Interview by Ysabelle Cheung. You studied in Guangzhou and then Maryland. Those two places couldn’t be more different – ...
WARNING! PLEASE NOTE! CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT! James Unsworth practices art like an inventor who creates problems instead of solving them. Taking the world view that “all human production is problematic and we’re all part of one big problem that can’t be solved”, James makes sense of the world through drawing whilst trying to find amusement along the way… What appeals to you, or attra...
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...
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...
Dace Sietina’s fantastical maps and charts are made with a scientific penchant for exploration and wonder. She attributes her obsession with stars and space to her last name, which means ‘Seven sisters’ or the star cluster ‘Pleiades’… Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I love to stare at the stars at night, take a long walks in the fog and bike through open field...
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...
