Mark Verhaagen (1977) studied Illustration at Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He graduated in 2003, and started working as a freelance illustrator / animator / designer. His work has been published in international books and magazines, such as IDPURE from Switzerland, Computer Arts China and the new Pictoplasma Character Encyclopaedia.

MARK VERHAAGEN - To be honest, with most of my personal work I don’t really have a theme in mind. I just get an idea and start working on it. You could say that my work depicts a sort of fantasy world. Digital landscapes with characters and robots living in it, enriched with gradient color schemes, more or less abstract shapes, mixed with realistic and figurative elements. I like this work to have a certain atmosphere, to reflect a certain feeling. It’s also a reflection of my imagination. I just like to make whatever comes to my mind.


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