MAYKU ARTS

My name is Marijke Wilms but my friends call me Mayku!

Since I was little, I have loved drawing and Art is everything to me. My dream has always been to become a painter and illustrator. But given the bad reputation of the artist profession (artist = poor) I wanted to start my career first in my second passion, which is video gaming.

I have traveled the world so I can work towards this and learn as much as I can from different cultures and people. I lived and studied in Japan (3 years) and Paris (5 years), and finally came back to my native country of Luxembourg with a degree in fine arts and video game design and all the experience that came with it.

I then started working as a concept artist and character designer in the video game industry, and afterwards I started work as freelancer expanding my skillset to; Storyboarding, Board Games, User Interface/Logo design and Web design. More recently I worked in the figurine industry, creating concepts for a variety of different franchises.

After building a varied portfolio and gathering a plethora of different skills and experiences, I finally decided during the COVID pandemic to follow my original dream and become a full-time artist.

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