Mark Nelson (artist)

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Mark Nelson
Born1953 (age 70–71)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, Artist, Inker

Mark A. Nelson (born 1953)

comic books. Nelson's style has been described as "carefully articulated".[3]

Nelson is an accomplished artist and educator, having taught at Northern Illinois University for two decades and worked at Raven Software and Madison Area Technical College. He later served as art director/head concept artist at Pi Studios and now runs Grazing Dinosaur Press with his wife. Nelson has illustrated numerous Dungeons & Dragons books, other games, and comic books for various publishers since the 1980s. Additionally, he has contributed to Eureka Productions' Graphic Classics series and authored an instructional book, Fantasy World-Building: A Guide to Developing Mythic Worlds and Legendary Creatures, published in 2019.

Biography

Nelson attended the

Tom Baxa.[5]

From the late 1990s to the mid-2000s, Nelson worked for

skins, and creating textures for computer games. During this period, he was an animation instructor at Madison Area Technical College.[4] Nelson was art director/head concept artist at Pi Studios
in Houston from 2008 to 2011. He now runs his own studio (along with his wife, Anita), Grazing Dinosaur Press.

Work

Illustrator

Nelson has produced interior illustrations for many Dungeons & Dragons books and Dragon magazine since 1985.[specify] He has also produced artwork for other games including Villains and Vigilantes (Fantasy Games Unlimited), Earthdawn and Shadowrun (FASA), and Orpheus (White Wolf), and illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

Comics

Nelson has worked extensively in the comics industry since the mid-1980s, for publishers such as

Aliens.[6][7] He contributed to the magazine Hero Illustrated.[8]

Nelson illustrated the cover of Joe R. Lansdale's novel Blood Dance.[9]

Nelson has made numerous contributions to

H.P. Lovecraft, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, Bram Stoker, Horror Classics, O. Henry
, Adventure Classics, Fantasy Classics, and Native American Classics. He has also illustrated stories in Eureka's Rosebud #18 and The Best of Rosebud.

Instructional Books

Nelson authored Fantasy World-Building: A Guide to Developing Mythic Worlds and Legendary Creatures published through Dover Publications in 2019.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nelson entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed Mar. 3, 2013.
  2. ^ "Artist's Statement," Grazing Dinosaur Press. Accessed Mar. 3, 2014.
  3. Newhouse News Service
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  4. ^ a b "Mark A. Nelson in GRAPHIC CLASSICS". Graphicclassics.com. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  5. ^ "Portfolio". Baxaart.com. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  6. ^ Broeske, Pat H. (October 30, 1988). "Eggstraordinary", Los Angeles Times, p. 20.
  7. ^ Szadkowski, Joseph (October 12, 1996). "The Dark Horse decade: A long, cool reign of mature and diverse comics", The Washington Times, p. B4.
  8. ^ Szadkowski, Joseph (April 8, 1995). "Hero chats with cartoon creators", The Washington Times, p. B4.
  9. ^ Nelson, Mark. "Blood Dance". Joe R. Lansdale. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  10. ISBN 978-0-486-82865-7
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