First Impressions
ImagineFX|December 2019
Game of Thrones first drew a blank with this artist and educator…
​​​​​​​Marc Scheff
First Impressions

Where did you grow up and how has this influenced your art?

I was born and raised in Boston and remember many school trips to the MFA where I drank up the vast array of Greek and Egyptian art. It was around that time that I became interested in mythology, and stories told through images.

Does one person stand out as being helpful during your early years?

In fifth grade my teacher, Pam Purdy, encouraged me to follow my creative path. One day when I was focused working on an elaborate clay frog, she shooed away the kids who were teasing me. When I was done, she went and glazed and fired it. I was so proud.

Tell us about your first paid commissioned piece?

That would have been right at the end of art school. I got commissioned for five illustrations for a property I’d never heard of. So I wikipedia’ed the information, gathered reference and made my art. I learned a lot on this job. It was for Game of Thrones…

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