Archive for July, 2010
James L. Foster, Jr. – or Jim – is a self-taught portraiture. Jim has been commissioned for portraits, reproductions, restoration, murals, signage and illustrations for more than 25 years. His work currently includes portraiture in graphite, carbon, charcoal (separate and mixed) and oil on canvas.
Jim is a big fan of the Tombow eraser, which is a huge part of his tool kit.
“I have not found a better drawing instrument than the Tombow. I can’t imagine not having the MONO 2.3 Zero Ultra Fine Eraser among the tools I have.”
Visit Jim’s online gallery to see is breathtaking portraits and check out our Amazon store to see Tombow erasers.
We’re giving you more Manga because we know how much you love it! Last month, you had the chance to read our Tombow Tale about Yumiko and her fantastical Shojo Dual Brush Pen Set. Today, we’d like you to meet the imaginative Hiroshi and his magical Shonen Dual Brush Pen Set. The illustration that accompanies Hiroshi’s Tombow Tale was created by Nate Morris and is featured on the packaging for our Shonen Dual Brush Pen Set.
Be sure to tell us what you think of the story!
If you like getting two for the price of one, then we’ve created the perfect correction tape pen for you!
Our hybrid style single-line correction tape has the convenience of side action and the precision of our pen style. The pivoting head provides ultra smooth tape application, and the retractable tip cover protects tape when you’re not using it.
With the combination of these two correction tape styles, we’re sure that the MONO Correction Tape Hybrid will meet all of your need. Check out the MONO Correct Tape Hybrid in action on our YouTube Page.
Amanda Grazini is a freelance illustrator and teacher at Quanta Academia de Artes based in São Paulo, Brazil. Her avant-garde artwork has been featured in a number of Brazilian exhibits including Fungos na Via Libris, Livraria Pop and Revista Collectiva.
Amanda prefers our Dual Brush Pens for the color variety, which she frequently uses to create sketches. Visit to see Amanda’s website to see her editorial and sketch work.
There is nothing more serene than nature. Our Tombow Dual Brush Landscape Set helps artists capture the tranquil essence of nature in landscape drawings. The set, which comes in a 6- and a 10-pack, features earth tones, variants of green and blue and a blender pen that gives landscape drawings realism.
The featured landscape was created by illustrator Jim Nichols for the Landscape Set packaging.
We’re continuing our “How do you choose correction tape?” series with a look at the side application. Consider us your all-knowing guru when it comes to correction tape of all types.
The benefits of side application:
- Allows full view for accurate corrections – quick, clean and complete coverage
- Long lasting with large tape supply
- Great value for frequent user
So, is the side application more of your style?
i have been using hambly with my tombow products for several years…since the invention of Tombow MONO Vellum adhesive.
there are many fun projects that can be created with their clear screen prints…clear cards, clear favor boxes, cutting up the screen prints to use as individual embellishments and using the screen print as a background for a layout, which is what i did with this project. because the layout was about a dress my mother made by hand i sewed through the screen print and the cardstock for the detailing around the scalloped edge piece and the title “dress”. i used the Vellum adhesive to hold it in place. then i cut up another screen print sheet that had several frames and used one over the focal picture and another to frame around the title. i used Vellum adhesive to put those down too.
i have several more ideas and lots of hambly product to play with, i’ll be working on a few more projects to post in the next few months. so many ideas, so little time. what about you? any hambly projects you have in the works?
-Sarah
Whitney Pollett is a freelance illustrator with Disney Interactive Media. With creativity to spare, Whitney’s repertoire features everything from whimsical sketches of Disney fairies to vampy sirens.
Her area of expertise lies in character design, costume design, props, storyboards, textures and environments.
Whitney is a fan of our Dual Brush Pens, particularly the various shades of gray the pens come in, which she uses for sketching. Visit to see Whitney’s website to her amazing artwork.
