rk post graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BFA in the fall of '94 after several years of going full and part time supporting a family. Just prior to graduation, he started freelancing the fantasy gaming industry doing interior illustration gradually teaching himself how to paint. rk garnered a staff illustration position at TSR (Dungeons and Dragons) in the fall of 1996 painting cover illustrations for games and novels. The RPG giant was purchased by Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering) within a year and he trekked Trina and the three boys out to the Seattle area.

WotC and rk have parted company since the winter of 2000 and now he works as a full time freelance illustrator still contracting occasional assignments through the subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. Mr post has contracted and work through White Wolf, WizKids, Microsoft (Xbox), LucasFilm, Sega (Dreamcast), Nintendo, Ballantine Books, Science Fiction Book Club, Hasbro (television and animation), Marvel Entertainment, and Blizzard Entertainment (Diablo 2). rk post now has his collected works available in a hard cover art book, Postmortem: the Art of rk post through Cartouche Press (www.cartouchepress.com). New and continuing work can also be seen at www.rkpost.com and www.rkpost.net and retail sales are handled at http://www.daydream-graphics.com/artists/post/main.asp.