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Mark Zug is an artist and illustrator who is known for his work with the Septimus Heap series and Harlan Ellison's adaption of I, Robot. He has illustrated many collectible card games, including Magic: The Gathering and Dune, as well as books and magazines. He lives in Pennsylvania.[2]

Mark Zug
Born
Mark Zug

1959 (age 62–63)[1]
Fort Wayne, IN
United States
NationalityAmerican
Known forOil painting, Sketches
Notable work
Cover art for the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
AwardsJack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist (2001)
Chesley Award for Best Gaming Related Illustration (2005)
IlluXCon's First Illie Award (2010)
Websitewww.markzug.com

Biography


Zug began drawing in childhood. His early art was inspired by authors such as Frank Herbert and J. R. R. Tolkien as a teen. He later worked as a class-A machinist at a nearby factory while experimenting with a musical career.[3]


Rise to prominence


He returned to art, inspired by Frank Frazetta and illustrators of the Brandywine School.[4] In 1985 he returned to art and started painting in oil, and attended art school for 2.5 years (no diploma).[citation needed] He capped his tutorial by ghost-painting western novel covers and penciling historical comic strips on the side.[4] His first big break came in 1992 illustrating Harlan Ellison's I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay, for which he also did 160 pages of fully painted comics.[4] He fulfilled a long-held dream illustrating Frank Herbert's Dune universe - in the form of Last Unicorn's collectible card game of the same name, which proved a springboard into game illustration.[4]


Present


His works have appeared on the covers of famous novels by famous authors like Tanith Lee, Diana Wynne Jones, Hilari Bell, the Dragonlance series, Star Wars comics, the magazines Popular Science, Dragon, Dungeon, Duelist, Inquest, Star Wars Gamer, Amazing Stories, and graced many fantasy game products and brands like Shadowrun, Battletech, Dune, and Magic: The Gathering.[5] He has also done cover artwork for novels by Angie Sage.[citation needed] His work is included in the book Masters of Dragonlance Art.[6]

His first work with children's novels was illustrating the cover art and the inside pictures for the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage. He has illustrated all seven released novels.[7]


Critical acclaim


Zug has received quite a few accolades for his visually stunning artwork. His work in the Nancy Yi Fan novel Swordbird was acclaimed, saying that "Mark Zug's black-and-white drawings repeat strategically, offering a visual underpinning to the characters and story line."[8] He was nominated for a Chesley and received the Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist in 2001.[4]


Bibliography


Novels:[9]

Interior Art:

Cover Art:

Dungeons & Dragons


Awards


Mark Zug has won a few awards for his outstanding works


References


  1. "Artist Showcase: Mark Zug". 11 March 2014.
  2. Artist and Illustrator Mark Zug
  3. "Mark Zug speaks!". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11.
  4. "Mark Zug". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
  5. Magic: the Gathering cards illustrated by Mark Zug
  6. D'Ammassa, Don (January 2003). "Masters of Dragonlance Art", Chronicle 25 (1): 30.
  7. "Septimus Heap series". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  8. Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan - Mark Zug illustration
  9. Bibliography for Mark Zug
  10. (October 2005). "Chesley Awards", Chronicle 27 (9): 10–11.




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