Mark Verdult
@markverdult.bsky.social
markverdult.nl : Illustrator with a focus on narrative (picture books, comics, graphic novels).
Insta https://www.instagram.com/mark_verdult/
Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/markverdultillustrations
Substack https://substack.com/@markverdult
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Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/markverdultillustrations
Substack https://substack.com/@markverdult
“When I say big I mean big. As a matter of fact they were huge, perhaps even enormous!”
- Me seeing the biggest bunch of Auricularia auricula-judae ever
#fungifriends #woodear #mushrooms
- Me seeing the biggest bunch of Auricularia auricula-judae ever
#fungifriends #woodear #mushrooms
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“When I say big I mean big. As a matter of fact they were huge, perhaps even enormous!”
- Me seeing the biggest bunch of Auricularia auricula-judae ever
#fungifriends #woodear #mushrooms
- Me seeing the biggest bunch of Auricularia auricula-judae ever
#fungifriends #woodear #mushrooms
Reposted by Mark Verdult
Yo conozco editores con propuestas deshonestas, directores que eligen becarias para apretárselas, estrellas que se propasan, fanzineros restregones, premiados que organizan festivales para acercarse a jovencitas… pero por lo que sea nunca nadie dice nada y, si lo digo yo, me mandan callar.
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Yo conozco editores con propuestas deshonestas, directores que eligen becarias para apretárselas, estrellas que se propasan, fanzineros restregones, premiados que organizan festivales para acercarse a jovencitas… pero por lo que sea nunca nadie dice nada y, si lo digo yo, me mandan callar.
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Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
January 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
Fiddling with Clip Paint Studio's brushes for an easier coloring approach. The line worked turned Autumnal so I stuck with that for the illustration.
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Fiddling with Clip Paint Studio's brushes for an easier coloring approach. The line worked turned Autumnal so I stuck with that for the illustration.
Best wishes for 2026 / hope you finished your #uvas at the right bell chimes
#campanadas #feliçanynou #felizañonuevo #happynewyear
#campanadas #feliçanynou #felizañonuevo #happynewyear
December 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Best wishes for 2026 / hope you finished your #uvas at the right bell chimes
#campanadas #feliçanynou #felizañonuevo #happynewyear
#campanadas #feliçanynou #felizañonuevo #happynewyear
Christmas in a nutshell :
Cured meats, canalones, the last Lactarius deliciosus and a post-dinner illustration of an oyster mushroom pushing through the snow.
#mushrooms #fungifriends #christmas #food #christmasdinner
Cured meats, canalones, the last Lactarius deliciosus and a post-dinner illustration of an oyster mushroom pushing through the snow.
#mushrooms #fungifriends #christmas #food #christmasdinner
December 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Christmas in a nutshell :
Cured meats, canalones, the last Lactarius deliciosus and a post-dinner illustration of an oyster mushroom pushing through the snow.
#mushrooms #fungifriends #christmas #food #christmasdinner
Cured meats, canalones, the last Lactarius deliciosus and a post-dinner illustration of an oyster mushroom pushing through the snow.
#mushrooms #fungifriends #christmas #food #christmasdinner
- Ramaria Spec. (version 2) -
Expanded non-vector version with a mix of exotic and maybe not so realistic variations of colors.
#fungi #illustration #mushrooms #fungifriends #characterdesign
Expanded non-vector version with a mix of exotic and maybe not so realistic variations of colors.
#fungi #illustration #mushrooms #fungifriends #characterdesign
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
- Ramaria Spec. (version 2) -
Expanded non-vector version with a mix of exotic and maybe not so realistic variations of colors.
#fungi #illustration #mushrooms #fungifriends #characterdesign
Expanded non-vector version with a mix of exotic and maybe not so realistic variations of colors.
#fungi #illustration #mushrooms #fungifriends #characterdesign
Reposted by Mark Verdult
Ayer un amigo me contó que su tía italiana de 70 años esta obsesionada con ChatGPT y por lo que sea no le cuadró bien el asunto de las siglas de Artificial Intelligence y cree que se llama AL, como Al Pacino o Al Capone, y la señora se pasa el día diciendo “AL me ha dicho esto y lo otro”.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Ayer un amigo me contó que su tía italiana de 70 años esta obsesionada con ChatGPT y por lo que sea no le cuadró bien el asunto de las siglas de Artificial Intelligence y cree que se llama AL, como Al Pacino o Al Capone, y la señora se pasa el día diciendo “AL me ha dicho esto y lo otro”.
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
Website updated with new illustrations and changed some of the older material as well. You’d almost forget I do more than just fungi related things.
The shop still needs work so don’t expect new things there, woops.
#websiteupdate #portfolio #picturebookillustration #editorialillustration #hostia
The shop still needs work so don’t expect new things there, woops.
#websiteupdate #portfolio #picturebookillustration #editorialillustration #hostia
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Website updated with new illustrations and changed some of the older material as well. You’d almost forget I do more than just fungi related things.
The shop still needs work so don’t expect new things there, woops.
#websiteupdate #portfolio #picturebookillustration #editorialillustration #hostia
The shop still needs work so don’t expect new things there, woops.
#websiteupdate #portfolio #picturebookillustration #editorialillustration #hostia
Last Fungal Musings upload for the year: about a healthy moisture balance 🌊
#illustration #storytelling #mushrooms #fungifriends #fungi
open.substack.com/pub/markverd...
#illustration #storytelling #mushrooms #fungifriends #fungi
open.substack.com/pub/markverd...
The end is near.
For the year that is.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Last Fungal Musings upload for the year: about a healthy moisture balance 🌊
#illustration #storytelling #mushrooms #fungifriends #fungi
open.substack.com/pub/markverd...
#illustration #storytelling #mushrooms #fungifriends #fungi
open.substack.com/pub/markverd...
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The joke of ridiculing non-cis white men or trans people by using a high pitched voice to implicate the one being not the norm to be less male. The phone horn being a phallic symbol in this context, as a call to what we perceive as being manhood and the silly hanging sack being tickled.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The joke of ridiculing non-cis white men or trans people by using a high pitched voice to implicate the one being not the norm to be less male. The phone horn being a phallic symbol in this context, as a call to what we perceive as being manhood and the silly hanging sack being tickled.
Going to work this one out for my substack-to-be post about guttation.
Hopefully before the end of the year 😅.
#fungi #sketch #illustration #fungifriends
Hopefully before the end of the year 😅.
#fungi #sketch #illustration #fungifriends
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Going to work this one out for my substack-to-be post about guttation.
Hopefully before the end of the year 😅.
#fungi #sketch #illustration #fungifriends
Hopefully before the end of the year 😅.
#fungi #sketch #illustration #fungifriends
- Eating alone -
Yesterday’s late night sketch testing a new brush pack from True Grit Texture Supply.
#sketch #digitalsketch #illustration #visualstorytelling #fungifriends
Yesterday’s late night sketch testing a new brush pack from True Grit Texture Supply.
#sketch #digitalsketch #illustration #visualstorytelling #fungifriends
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
- Eating alone -
Yesterday’s late night sketch testing a new brush pack from True Grit Texture Supply.
#sketch #digitalsketch #illustration #visualstorytelling #fungifriends
Yesterday’s late night sketch testing a new brush pack from True Grit Texture Supply.
#sketch #digitalsketch #illustration #visualstorytelling #fungifriends
- Ramaria Spec. -
The vector trace feature in the new #affinity app works quite well. However, it translate the lines into shapes instead of a single line. Works for me with these simple portraits, but maybe not for everyone.
#illustration #fungifriends #mushrooms #ramaria #characterdesign #design
The vector trace feature in the new #affinity app works quite well. However, it translate the lines into shapes instead of a single line. Works for me with these simple portraits, but maybe not for everyone.
#illustration #fungifriends #mushrooms #ramaria #characterdesign #design
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
- Ramaria Spec. -
The vector trace feature in the new #affinity app works quite well. However, it translate the lines into shapes instead of a single line. Works for me with these simple portraits, but maybe not for everyone.
#illustration #fungifriends #mushrooms #ramaria #characterdesign #design
The vector trace feature in the new #affinity app works quite well. However, it translate the lines into shapes instead of a single line. Works for me with these simple portraits, but maybe not for everyone.
#illustration #fungifriends #mushrooms #ramaria #characterdesign #design
Sneak peek of a spread that still needs a lot of work.
#illustration #graphicnovel #visualstorystelling #comic
#illustration #graphicnovel #visualstorystelling #comic
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Sneak peek of a spread that still needs a lot of work.
#illustration #graphicnovel #visualstorystelling #comic
#illustration #graphicnovel #visualstorystelling #comic
- Sunday morning warm up sketch : scarlet pouch Fungi -
Recently get introduced to secotioid / pouch-like mushrooms and if there is one thing I find fascinating it’s fungal oddballs.
#illustration #illustrator #characterdesign #sketch #fungi #mushrooms #fungifriends
Recently get introduced to secotioid / pouch-like mushrooms and if there is one thing I find fascinating it’s fungal oddballs.
#illustration #illustrator #characterdesign #sketch #fungi #mushrooms #fungifriends
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
- Sunday morning warm up sketch : scarlet pouch Fungi -
Recently get introduced to secotioid / pouch-like mushrooms and if there is one thing I find fascinating it’s fungal oddballs.
#illustration #illustrator #characterdesign #sketch #fungi #mushrooms #fungifriends
Recently get introduced to secotioid / pouch-like mushrooms and if there is one thing I find fascinating it’s fungal oddballs.
#illustration #illustrator #characterdesign #sketch #fungi #mushrooms #fungifriends
This week I've dedicated most of my focus on the third chapter of my 'Red Wanderer' series. A couple of sneak peek that I want to share.
Glad to be experiencing having the attention to only one project again.
#illustration #graphicnovel #comic #selfpublishing #artpublication #visualstorytelling
Glad to be experiencing having the attention to only one project again.
#illustration #graphicnovel #comic #selfpublishing #artpublication #visualstorytelling
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This week I've dedicated most of my focus on the third chapter of my 'Red Wanderer' series. A couple of sneak peek that I want to share.
Glad to be experiencing having the attention to only one project again.
#illustration #graphicnovel #comic #selfpublishing #artpublication #visualstorytelling
Glad to be experiencing having the attention to only one project again.
#illustration #graphicnovel #comic #selfpublishing #artpublication #visualstorytelling
Digital break time sketch : Still got the lichen (Xanthoria parietina) from last week on my mind.
#characterdesign #lichen #fungifriends
#characterdesign #lichen #fungifriends
October 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Digital break time sketch : Still got the lichen (Xanthoria parietina) from last week on my mind.
#characterdesign #lichen #fungifriends
#characterdesign #lichen #fungifriends
It isn’t big, but certainly photogenically clean and round.
The only Fly Agaric in the nearby woods that wasn’t decapitated, kicked over or eaten up.
#mushrooms #fungifriends #fungi
The only Fly Agaric in the nearby woods that wasn’t decapitated, kicked over or eaten up.
#mushrooms #fungifriends #fungi
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It isn’t big, but certainly photogenically clean and round.
The only Fly Agaric in the nearby woods that wasn’t decapitated, kicked over or eaten up.
#mushrooms #fungifriends #fungi
The only Fly Agaric in the nearby woods that wasn’t decapitated, kicked over or eaten up.
#mushrooms #fungifriends #fungi
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Spicing up the research for the possibilities of a new youth art centre at Vleuten, Utrecht.
October 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Spicing up the research for the possibilities of a new youth art centre at Vleuten, Utrecht.
- Tot pa -
Tried digital ink scratching instead of analog ink scratching. Only slice worth sharing for this morning sketch session.
Eh... maybe it gets better with color? I don't know.
#illustration #comicart #barcelona #comicart #comic #sketchsession #visualstorytelling
Tried digital ink scratching instead of analog ink scratching. Only slice worth sharing for this morning sketch session.
Eh... maybe it gets better with color? I don't know.
#illustration #comicart #barcelona #comicart #comic #sketchsession #visualstorytelling
October 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
- Tot pa -
Tried digital ink scratching instead of analog ink scratching. Only slice worth sharing for this morning sketch session.
Eh... maybe it gets better with color? I don't know.
#illustration #comicart #barcelona #comicart #comic #sketchsession #visualstorytelling
Tried digital ink scratching instead of analog ink scratching. Only slice worth sharing for this morning sketch session.
Eh... maybe it gets better with color? I don't know.
#illustration #comicart #barcelona #comicart #comic #sketchsession #visualstorytelling
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM