Mark Crilley
Mark Crilley was born in Michigan, United States on May 21st, 1966 and is the Children's Author. At the age of 58, Mark Crilley biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Mark Crilley (born May 21, 1966) is an American comic creator, artist and children's book author and illustrator.
He is the creator of Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost.
He produces instructional videos on drawing on YouTube in various styles, including manga-styles.
He was at one point an English teacher in Fukushima, Japan, as well as Changhua, Taiwan.
Early life
Mark Crilley was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, United States to Robert and Virginia Crilley. He began drawing from a very young age. He graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1984, proceeding to Kalamazoo College, where he befriended children's book writer/illustrator (and 2001 Caldecott award winner) David Small. Small greatly affected Crilley's artistic development as an illustrator and writer.
Upon graduating from college in 1988, Crilley moved to Taiwan, then Japan, and once more in Taiwan in 1993. He made his living by teaching English. It was while living in Japan, in the fall of 1992, that Crilley came up with the comic book Akiko and created his first adventure comic book.
Personal life
Crilley distributes drawing advice to artists via YouTube videos and his DeviantArt account. His YouTube videos teach beginners how to draw various manga and anime characters, as well as animals, how to use perspective, and more. In August 2010, he starred in some how-to-draw videos for Funimation on demand. Crilley's wife, Miki Crilley, whom he named Miki (the character in Miki Falls) after, is from Japan. The two have a daughter, Mio, and a son, Matthew.