Mark Verhaagen (1977) lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He works as a freelance illustrator and animator. His work features colorful robots, hairy characters riding big bad motor machines, and little marshmallow men living in magical forests.

Clients include MTV, KLM/Air France, Amsterdam Historical Museum, Nickelodeon and Vodafone. Mark has had international publications in several books and magazines, like Jeremyville Sessions, IDpure, and the Pictoplasma Character Encyclopaedia.