My name is Jordan Andrew Carter and I’m an illustrational hustler/graphic wizard based between Northamptonshire and Essex. I like radical block colour mashed with soft pencil work and making people smile. My dream is to live near the sea and own a pug called Frank. Favourite pencil? I always use Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencils when I am at my desk, I like how raw and natural it feels when your’re drawing and y...
Often driven by some kind of message or narrative within, Tom Hubmann is an illustrator who likes to engage the imagination in a playful manner using formats that best support the message of each individual project. He makes prints, zines and comics which can be found in various boutique shops around the UK and his work has appeared in Anorak magazine, Design Week and at Magazine Library X. Recent clients include the...
Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? My name is Robert Sae-Heng and I am a London based Illustrator/ Artist of Mexican and Thai origin. I was born audibly impaired but eventually learnt to read and speak at a later age. You can find me a lot of the time drawing in cafes or walking about in search for the best burrito in town. Are you right or left-handed? Left handed. What appeals to you, or attrac...
Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I write and draw kids comics and have been since 2002. Are you right or left-handed? Left. What appeals to you, or attracts you to, working in pencil? Immediacy, ease of use and it’s a medium I’ve used since I was a kid, so it’s very familiar. It’s mark making is very unique and I find it very inspiring when used by others. I remembering go...
Hi there! 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 a children’s book maker. I write and illustrate them, and I try to invent new ways of using the format to encourage children to be creative, to entertain them and to help them overcome troubles and to stay curious, inventive and be excellent to one another. Tell us about your creat...
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...
Rachel is an artist from Montréal who is currently installed in the heart of Acadia. She’s a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where she majored in fine art studio, art theory and criticism yet was always seduced by the simplicity of a pencil. Her degree was partnered with a lengthy Kafkaesque off-campus gallery internship. She was twice awarded the Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship and a handful ...
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 ...