AJ Poyiadgi is an illustrator and filmmaker. He has worked for The Guardian, BBC, BAFTA and Ford. He produces a strip for Shots magazine and his latest project is Teabag Theories, a science-based micro-comic-in-a-teabag. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I’m a writer/director by day, but comics and illustration work is taking up more and more of my time. I always wanted to make comics and I ...
Marion Balac lives and works in Paris, where she also self-publishes her own books. She enjoys travelling from her desk; drawing wild jungles and animals, building shelters and wandering through mysterious abandoned caves… Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I went to the Fine Arts School in Lyon but I was mostly into video-editing at that time. I was drawing but not really showing it to the t...
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...
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...
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...