Mark Poole (born August 31, 1963) is an American fantasy artist, best known for working on the first set of Magic: the Gathering cards.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Poole was born on August 31, 1963, in Goldsboro, North Carolina.[2] He graduated from University of South Carolina in 1986 with a BFA in fine arts and design.[5] Poole works mostly in acrylic, oil and digital media.[2]
He has also worked for companies such as White Wolf Publishing, Warcraft, Sony Online Entertainment, Upper Deck and Ziggurat Games.[2][5] His work was featured at FantasyCon in July 2014.[6]
His artwork featured on the Magic: the Gathering basic Island card from the Summer Magic 1994 set fetches about $600.[7]
Collectible card game credits
- Anachronism[2]
- Battlelords[2]
- BattleTech[2]
- Deadlands: Doomtown[2]
- Dragon Storm[2] (not a CCG, but a collectible common-deck card game)
- Dune[2]
- Fantasy Adventures[2]
- Galactic Empires[2]
- Guardians[2]
- Legend of the Five Rings[2]
- Magic: the Gathering[2]
- Middle-earth[2]
- Mortal Kombat[2]
- Mystical Empire[2]
- Mythos[2]
- Netrunner[2]
- Redemption[2]
- Shadowfist[2]
- Tempest of the Gods[2]
- Vampire: The Eternal Struggle[2]
- Warhammer 40,000[2]
- Warlords[2]
- World of Warcraft[2]
Role-playing game credits
- Cover of Aftermath Technology[2] gamebook (1992)
- Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth[2] gamebook (1994)
- Babylon 5 Project[2] Sourcebook, and Earthforce Sourcebook (1997)
- Dungeons & Dragons[2] Magic Item Compendium Sourcebook, and Magic of Incarnum Sourcebook (2007)
- Fantasy Role Playing Gamer's Bible[2] (1996)
- Promethean: The Created[2] Pandora's book, Pandora's box, Strange Alchemies game supplements (2006)
- Prophecy[2] rulebook (2007)
- Stalking the Steel City[2] gamebook cover (1992)
- Worlds of Darkness: Second Sight[2] character and setting book (2006)
Other credits
- Adventurer's Limited[2] issue #1 (1995)
- Clout Fantasy[2] chip art (2005)
- Cover of Dragon[2] issue #201 (January 1994)
- The Duelist[2] interior artwork; issues #2-3 (1994)
- Legends of Norrath[2] (digital collectible card game)
- Star Wars Galaxies[2]
References
- ^ "Search: +"Mark Poole" (117)". Gatherer.wizards.com. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Frank, Jane (2012), Role-Playing Game and Collectible Card Game Artists : A Biographical Dictionary, ISBN 978-0786446100
- ^ Molineux, Will (November 5, 1995). "Book Notes", Daily Press, p. H5.
- ^ Handgraaf, Brie (October 17, 2008). "Ferrigno, TV's Incredible Hulk, highlights comic book convention", Times-News, p. 17.
- ^ a b "Artists". Grand Prix Toronto. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
- ^ Pierce, Scott D. (July 3, 2014). "Immersive FantasyCon takes you inside world of art". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "Top 5 most expensive Basic Land cards". alexlarente.com. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
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