I'm Mark Harris. I grew up in a home where there were certain soaps and towels in the bathroom we were not allowed to use.

I was born in San Jose, California and have two brothers - I'm the well-adjusted, middle kid. My family moved us to Florida when I was 12 where I was excited to learn people actually swim in the ocean rather than run from the cold crashing waves like they do in the Pacific.

Moving through the ranks of grade school it seemed evident that my love and ability to draw came easier to me than it did to most of my classmates. I drew the usual things; cars, superheros, spaceships, and monkeys. Through the encouragement of others and since there was little else I was good at, I decided to become a professional artist.

My Art education began at Ricks College/BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho where I received my Associates degree. Tired of the snow, I moved back to Florida to receive my Bachelors degree of Art from the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Florida.

During my years at Ringling, I initially planned to become a Disney Animator. I had a fairly natural knack for drawing the figure, I loved the art of animation and it seemed like a logical and reachable goal with Orlando outside my back door. However, in my second and third year I gradually changed gears thinking I'd have more control over my career as a commercial illustrator.

Over the past 10 years, I have worked in varying facets of the creative industry. I have worked in Video game development, Web design, Graphic design, Concept/Character design, 3-D Textures, Storyboards and Free-lance Illustration.

I am currently employed as an Illustrator for a Multimedia gaming company called Multimedia Games , in Austin, Texas.

I believe as an artist, I'm always looking for further inspiration and ways to fully develop my craft. Though I love the technical side of digital illustration, its my goal to one day be a fulltime illustrator working from my home studio getting down and dirty with paints staying up all night to meet deadlines eating a burrito in my underwear.

When I'm not eating Frosted Flakes, drinking chocolate Yoo-Hoo, sleeping, drawing or workng on some form of art, Im probably watching Seinfeld, killing my grass or playing a prank on someone.