Mark Tedin was born in Sitka, Alaska.

[1] After high school, he attended college at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and then received his master's degree in fine arts at Washington University in St.

[citation needed] Tedin did freelance work for Wizards of the Coast and worked as a staff artist at Wizards of the Coast from 1997 to 2000.

Tedin is one of the original twenty-five Magic: The Gathering artists.

[2] Since his time at Wizards, Tedin has also worked part-time at the Northwest College of Art & Design near Seattle, where he has taught illustration, visual composition, and figure drawing.