Martin McKenna Biography

Published 2009-03-08

Martin McKenna Biography
Martin McKenna is a freelance illustrator based in the UK. He has illustrated books for numerous international publishers including Scholastic, Penguin, Oxford University Press, HarperCollins, Time-Warner, and Hodder & Stoughton. In 1995 he received the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist. He also has a long association with the games industry, working with Games Workshop, Hasbro, Parker Games, Wizards of the Coast, and Palladium Books, as well as illustrating many Fighting Fantasy titles.

He works as a concept artist on computer games, film, and television productions, and is the author of several books about digital art, including Digital Fantasy Painting Workshop and Digital Horror Art, and is the editor of Fantasy Art Now: The Very Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art & Illustration, published by Collins.

Publishers & developers:

BBC Television; CBBC; Scholastic; Eidos Interactive; Time Warner Books; Games Workshop; GW Books; The Black Library; Puffin Books; Hasbro; Parker Games; Merlin Trading Cards; Usborne Books; Oxford University Press; HarperCollins; Fedogan & Bremer; The British Fantasy Society; Carroll & Graf; Robinson Books; Tall Tree; Parragon; Monkey Puzzle; Wizards of the Coast; Palladium Books; Domark; Black Cactus; InterActive Vision; Subterranean Press; Oxford Designers & Illustrators; Little Brown; Orbit; 4Leaf Games; Rosen Publishing; Icon Books; Wizard Books; Telos Publishing; Ilex Press; Spearean Interactive; Hogshead Publishing; Sovereign Press; Myriador Ltd; Hodder & Stoughton; Quarto Books; Crimson Publishing; Thomson Course Technology; Future Publishing; Omnibus Books

Magazines:

Digital Arts; SFX; .Net; PC Strategy Games; Interzone; Games Master; White Dwarf; Dagon; Adventurer; Warlock; Fantasy Tales; Scream Factory; Skeleton Crew; FarPoint; Deathrealm; Beyond; Dark Horizons; Chills; Mystique; Kimota; Fantastyka

Biography from http://martinmckenna.net/

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