of the 'Pencil Illustration' Category

I found Amsterdam-based illustrator and designer Laszlito Kovacs‘ work through Poolga, and really like his uniquely styled creations. He’s also a contributor and designer for excellent Spanish design site End Topic. His fun illustrations have also been used in various inspiring animations. I’ve asked him a few questions on his style and work process and [...]

Originally from Poland, UK-based illustrator Magda Antoniuk makes extremely well-crafted drawings, using a mixture of pencil and digital tools. Her ability to mold real depth into these drawings through close attention to shading, is very impressive.

© Magda Antoniuk, 2010
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You might remember Oregon-based Peruvian designer and illustrator, Santiago Uceda’s poster art as featured in a previous Ape on the Moon post here. What he’s great at is the hand-drawn, rough style of his artwork.
Santiago is back to share his step by step work process behind one of his recent posters, featuring the Portland hipster [...]

I’m very intrigued by Californian artist Brooks Salzwedel’s unique style and approach to these delicate works, that combine nature and rigid human-made structures. It’s nice to see work that brings in different non-digital materials to what we’re used to.
Using a combination of Staedler Graphite pencils ranging from 6H to 9B, tape and ‘Awful toxic resin‘, [...]

Jonathan Bartlett, an illustrator based in Manhattan, creates some spectacular work that combines pencil drawings, Photoshop, and an adventurous use of colour and subject.
I asked him a couple of questions surrounding these special pictures.

What are your illustration tools and what is your work process?
Everything starts traditionally with a graphite drawing on Denril. I don’t [...]

California-based artist Marissa Textor has some exceptional pencil drawings of natural objects. They are of such sharp detail that they could pass as monochrome photographs. I’m happy with this find.

ⓒ Marissa Textor, 2009
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