Mark Riddick has been a fanatic of heavy metal music since 1986. Riddick began his career as a freelance illustrator for the heavy metal music scene in 1991 when he started illustrating demo cassette covers, 7” record covers, and filler artwork for cut & paste underground death metal and black metal fanzines, bands, and record labels. By the mid-90s Riddick had gained credibility as the ‘go-to’ artist for underground extreme metal bands in the United States and overseas. In 1998, Riddick earned his undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from Greensboro College in North Carolina. Since finishing college, Riddick has pursued his freelance career by continuing to illustrate for underground metal bands and mainstream metal bands alike. His grotesque talent has also been solicited by other media outlets such as the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim’s notorious television series, “Metalocalypse,” as well as the Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” series. Some of Riddick’s most visible illustrations for the heavy metal scene have appeared on merchandise for such bands as ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, ARSIS, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, DYING FETUS, GRAVE, HYPOCRISY, KATAKLYSM, PSYCROPTIC, SUICIDE SILENCE, THE FACELESS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, and TRIVIUM. While these opportunities please Riddick, he won’t deny that his true love is illustrating for devout underground bands like BESTIAL MOCKERY, CRUCIFIED MORTALS, DECEASED, DESTRUKTOR, GRAVEHILL, INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY, INTERNAL BLEEDING, NUNSLAUGHTER, TORTURE KRYPT, VARATHRON, VOMIT REMNANTS, and hundreds of others. In addition, Riddick has published a few books showcasing his undeniably monstrous artwork and continues to participate in gallery showings domestically and overseas. Riddick currently resides in Northern Virginia with his wife and family.
RIDDICKART (Mark Riddick) - www.riddickart.com
Bands I Play In:
FETID ZOMBIE
UNBURIED
MOONROOT
THE SOIL BLEEDS BLACK
EQUIMANTHORN
FOLKEARTH
HEXENTANZ
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