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MarkTedin

Mark Tedin
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Mark was born in Sitka, Alaska, a sublime but wet locale under the North Star. When younger, Mark wanted to be an astronaut. As a result, he started drawing pictures of outer space and flying saucers-soon including monsters and creatures in the illustrations. His appetite to draw grew as the years went by, but it wasn't until Mark was in Junior High School that he decided to pursue a career in art.


After high school, Mark went to college at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, to expand and hone his artistic talents. While there he took many classes outside of art because they provided information about a variety of subjects and helped Mark come up with ideas. In particular, he liked science courses. Following Gonzaga, Mark went on to receive his master's degree in fine arts at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He then packed his bags and joined his friend Anson to work in Seattle.


Mark's freelance work for Wizards of the Coast began shortly after he arrived in the Emerald City. For him it was, and still is, a dream come true: drawing strange creatures and environments and making a living at it!


From 1997 - 2000, Mark also worked on site at Wizards of the Coast as a staff conceptual artist. Since then, from 2003 - 2016 he'd also taught illustration, visual composition, and figure drawing part-time at the Northwest College of Art and Design in Poulsbo (now Tacoma), WA.


Mark has been freelancing illustrative and conceptual design work for twenty-eight years and is loving it.


Favourite Visual Artist
Jean Giraud
Favourite Movies
Dune
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
U2, Brian Eno, John Williams, Hans Zimmer
Favourite Books
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Favourite Writers
Italo Calvino
Favourite Games
Magic: The Gathering
Favourite Gaming Platform
Atari circa 1980's
Tools of the Trade
Pencil, gum eraser, gouache kit, tablet and Photoshop

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