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...
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...
Gloria Pizzilli is a freelance illustrator from Florence. She’s a lover of pure geometry, just as she loves liquid gesture, without limitations: she works with signs and symbols, playing with curves in her search for fluidity. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? My name is Gloria; I am a short-haired illustrator from Italy. I am impulsive and rational at the same time; in my illustrations I like to...
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...
Sophie Alda is an illustrator, painter, and prop-maker based in East London. She also makes comics, and she likes gouache (and also pencil of course). Hi there! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I live in London and I make a living making stuff and painting stuff for other people and myself. I also like some typically good things like cycling and eating. I just bought a riso printer with my cool n...
Hi Caitlin! 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 an artist, and a cat lover, and an identical twin. I grew up in northern California in a small town on the coast, surrounded by redwood forests and rolling hills on one side, and the cold Pacific on the other. I always loved animals and nature and spent most of my youth in the wilderness,...
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? 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 ...
