Greetings! My name is Mark A. Garlick, and I am a freelance illustrator, author and computer animator based in Hove, GB.As an artist I specialise in earth sciences, technology, astronomy, space and science fiction, but my writing focuses mainly on astronomy.
      Like many artists I began my career by getting dirty with tubes of paint, and occasionally I do still work with traditional media such as acrylic or oil pastels. But these days I am primarily a digital artist. For most of my career I have used Windows. Photoshop was always my main tool, alongside 3D software such as Blender and 3DS Max. The latter I use for animations, alongside (until recently) Adobe After Effects to work on them in post-production. However, I have now switched to Linux. Photoshop works poorly on Linux, while After Effects and 3ds Max don't work at all. So I am using GIMP for stills now, Blender exclusively for 3D, and DaVinchi Resolve for video editing. I also have a YouTube channel.
      My background? I have a degree in astronomy from University College London (UCL), and a PhD in astrophysics from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory. After I finished my PhD, I did three years of research at Sussex University, in the UK, specialising in close binary stars called cataclysmic binaries. But by the time I reached the end of my contract, it had become clear that professional astronomy was not for me, and I decided on a career change.
      Now, self-trained in illustration, I run a small company called Mark Garlick Words and Pictures Ltd and I have never looked back. I have written and/or illustrated many books, and my images have appeared in their hundreds in other books, publications and in advertising.
      No artist or writer can survive without clients. So I welcome your commissions!