TINY PENCIL– ISSUE 1 LAUNCH

The launch party for the first issue of the Tiny Pencil titled 'Forest' is tomorrow night at Gosh Comics, 1 Berwick Street, London, W1F 0DR from 7pm.

You will be able to purchase and receive your copy of this beautiful publication at the event but only pre-orders will be in for the chance to win an original from the amazing contributing artist Vanessa Foley.

Make sure to get there for 7pm to catch the beginning of the live drawing which will feature a number of Tiny Pencil artists.

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Tiny Pencil
Tiny Pencil Launch Party
Pre-order issue 1 'Forest'
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SECRET 7"– NEW WORK

Here is my contribution for this year's Secret 7"s that has been created entirely with charcoal pencils. I chose Laura Marling's evocative track titled 'The Beast' and decided to illustrate the 'beast' coming home. 

Before I began work on the new original I was contacted by Computer Arts magazine who enquired about including the project in their recent redesign issue. In the print issue you will find a step-by-step process of how I approached and executed the piece, however, in order to give that extra insight we made a stop frame time lapse for the iPad edition.

Hope you enjoy seeing how the piece comes together. 

Thanks to Computer Arts for the feature.

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Secret 7"s
Computer Arts

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PICK ME UP- HANDSOME FRANK EMPORIUM

(Artwork by Martina Flor)

This evening brings the private view of the infamous Pick Me Up graphic art fair at Somerset House. It is with great pleasure that I will get to join the rest of the Handsome Frank family as the agency makes  its debut appearance by presenting the Handsome Frank Emporium. 

Judging from some of the sneak peeks of the installation process the guys have pulled out all the stops and will offer a variety of visual treats for those attending.

There will be a number of workshops available throughout the 10 day duration of the fair from an introduction to indian inks with Tim McDonagh to papercraft with Helen Musselwhite. To take a look at what is happening and to purchase tickets for the events click on the link below.

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Pick Me Up
Handsome Frank Workshops at Pick Me Up
Handsome Frank
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THE MIGHTY PENCIL– NEW WEBSITE

The Mighty Pencil has now launched a brand new website which brings each illustrator's portfolio in the collective to your screen in a beautifully clean manner.

A massive thank you to Ben The Illustrator for all his hard work!

Click on the link below and check it out.


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The Mighty Pencil
View Stuart Whitton's portfolio on The Mighty Pencil

SECRET 7"

This weekend (13-14th) brings the first chance for the music loving public to see the collection of sleeves in the flesh created by the contributors of the Secret 7" project.

For those eager to see what will be available to purchase this year the majority of the artwork can currently be seen on the Secret 7" website. 

However, it won't be until the 20th April (Record Store Day) where the desired sleeves can be purchased from the venue. 

The details of which are as follows: 

Mother London Biscuit Building
10 Redchurch Street
London
E2 7DD

10am - 6pm


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Secret 7"

COMPUTER ARTS REDESIGN ISSUE– FEATURE

My Secret 7"s cover featured in Computer Arts Redesign Issue #213. Can you guess which artist it is for?



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Computer Arts
Secret 7"

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TINY PENCIL- INTERVIEW

A little while back I was approached by duo Katriona Chapman and Amber Hsu about contributing to a project they had created called the Tiny Pencil, an anthology that celebrates work of graphite users. 

With an impressive list of contributors and everything coming together nicely for issue 1 which has the title and theme of 'Forest' the pair asked me a few questions that can be seen here.

The 50+ page issue can be pre-ordered via the Tiny Pencil store with the first 25 who place a pre-order receiving a mini print of Rachel M. Bray's 'Inevitability'.

If you also pre-order before 25/04/13 then you will automatically be entered into a mystery fan pack prize draw. There are 5 up for grabs which include a mix of up to ten badges, postcards, mini-prints, comics and specialty goods from contributing issue 1 artists.

That isn't all either, at midnight on 21/04/13 one lucky person will win an original piece that has been beautifully drawn by Vanessa Foley. 

For further details visit the Tiny Pencil website.

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The Tiny Pencil
Pre-Order Tiny Pencil Issue 1 'Forest'
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THE BOOK CLUB- LIFE DRAWING ANIMATION

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Last year I was involved in some life drawing for an animation to help promote the life drawing classes at The Book Club in East London.

I was joined by 9 other creatives who each contributed sketches in order to get the desired effect shown in the video.

It's great to see the finished piece which was organised, shot and edited by the talented Tom Wrigglesworth and Matt Robinson at Fallon HQ. To see more of their work click on the link below.

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The Book Club

Wriggles & Robins Vimeo Channel

Stuart Whitton

SOLD LETTERS– ALPHABET

With the recent purchase of both my 'L' and 'S' letters from my Alphabet I thought it would be an ideal opportunity to remind everyone that each of the original hand drawn letters are for sale.

If you are interested in purchasing a letter then drop me an email via info@stuartwhitton.co.uk, or if you would like a print of the entire collection then two sizes (A3 & A2) can be viewed and purchased through the link to my online store seen below.


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View available items in store

NEW APPROACHES

I was looking over some old work and found these charcoal pieces that I created for a brief last year. The images were unused but I really enjoyed creating them,. It was actually due to these that encouraged me to try the medium for my Ghost of Gone Birds piece.

I have a feeling that more of this will be creeping into my work.

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