Oregon-based artist Susannah Kelly creates dark, intricate drawings that take figurative portraiture to another level. She owns and curates Antler Gallery in the Alberta Arts District of Portland with fellow artist, Neil M. Perry. Could you tell us a bit about your creative process, from the initial image or idea to the finished piece? I start with rough thumbnails to work out a basic composition. Then I move on to a...
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....
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...
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...
