GRAPHITE
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Venmo:
will be an independent art magazine for people who love drawing and admiring art. We want to strike a balance between elegant coffee-table style and valuable creative resources, so each issue of GRAPHITE will contain an eclectic mix of interviews, tutorials, inspiration and advice. From industry professionals to talented newcomers, from illustrators and urban sketchers to concept designers and comic artists, we aim to bring you diverse and exciting artwork with a traditional media slant, all of which will leave you inspired and informed. Each issue of GRAPHITE will be a hundred pages long, printed in full colour on uncoated, sustainable paper stock for a lavish, heavy finish. After our debut issue, our plan is to release the magazine on a quarterly basis, bringing you four volumes of high-quality art content every year. The print magazine will be supported by a website and social media pages (Facebook and Instagram), bringing you GRAPHITE-related updates and our pick of great artwork and interesting online finds. Mock-up pages of the first issue. Content and design subject to change We love magazines and art, but found there’s a lack of a magazine that covers the vast range of drawing, sketching and illustration that’s currently out there. We wanted to bring diverse, talented creators from different artistic backgrounds – from concept art and editorial illustration to fine art and character design – together under one roof in a timeless, stylish periodical. Above all, we’d like GRAPHITE to be something that’s both beautiful and useful to today’s artists and art-lovers, celebrating great techniques as well as great ideas. It's not just a handsome coffee-table publication to browse through and enjoy the pictures, but a practical resource with thoughtful insights and something new to learn in each issue. A mock-up of the first issue of GRAPHITE One issue of GRAPHITE will cost £10 + shipping and a subscription will be £35 a year + shipping. We’ve taken a look at other magazines out there and think this is a fair price point, making the publication affordable for readers while enabling us to create more content and support GRAPHITE in its infancy. We want GRAPHITE to be of consistent high quality, with something different and special in every issue, and think four magazines a year will allow us time to get each one just right. Following our debut Kickstarter issue, our plan is to release a new issue of GRAPHITE in March, June, September and December each year. £10 + subsidised shipping £35 + subsidised shipping. Limited to 750 backers. £35 + subsidised shipping £60 + subsidised shipping. Limited to 750 backers. £60 + subsidised shipping The first issue of GRAPHITE is almost complete, with the content currently being edited and designed. It contains interviews with talented professional artists and illustrators, such as Sam Wolfe Connelly; tutorials on drawing techniques, illustration, urban sketching, and concept art, by artists including Matthew Filipkowski and Eleanor Doughty; insights into the images and sketchbooks of some great artists, and more besides! Here are some examples from the interior pages: