Posts Tagged ‘Artist’s Corner’

Jul
15

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.

Jul
08

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.

Jul
01

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.

Jun
24

We promised you a manga illustration and a Tombow Tale in our May 27 post, and that’s exactly what you’re going to get! This illustration, created by Nate Morris, is featured on the packaging for our Shojo Dual Brush Pen Set.

We were so inspired by the illustration that we created a Tombow Tale to tell the story of how this wonderful drawing came to be. Check out the story below and tell us what you think of Yumiko and her magical Shojo Dual Brush Pen Set.

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Jun
17

Irina Troitskaya is a freelance illustrator and tutor at the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow, Russia. Her artwork has been commissioned by Elle, Afisha, Popular Finances, Kids, Hewlett-Packard, Alfa-Capital, Yandex and BMW – to name a few. Her works are in private collections in Russia, Spain, China, Argentina, USA and United Kingdom.

Irina is a big fan of our Dual Brush Pens, which she frequently uses to do everything from sketching in her notebook to creating priceless pieces of art. Visit Irina’s website to see her editorial, personal and sketch work.

Jun
10

Drawing portraits can be a challenging experience for artists. Even seasoned vets can find recreating exact skin tones, eye colors and hair colors a difficult task.

We want to make life a little easier for our artist friends, so we created the Tombow Dual Brush Portrait Set. The set, which comes in a 6- and a 10-pack, features various flesh tones, plus a blender pen, that can be blended to give your portrait a lifelike affect.

The featured portrait was created by illustrator Jim Nichols for the Portrait Set packaging.