Welcome to the Art of Ed Beard Jr
Over 40 years of hand painted original art, illustration and custom automotive airbrush work
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Ed Beard Jr has created art for over 1000 published products over the past 40 plus years. His art includes dragon art for the "Dragon" calendar, Dragon, wizards Fairies, horror and other mythological creatures and subjects. You can find his works on: art prints, posters, T-shirts, mugs, puzzles, and collectibles. You will also find many of his works on custom Hot Rods and Motorcycles from his early years and current work as an airbrush muralist for the custom Automotive industry. Ed Beard Jr. is known for his works in Magic the Gathering art, Automotive airbrush art, Tolkien art, Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit art as well Dungeon and Dragon's art, T-shirts from the Mountain Corporation, Skinit lap top designs, Jigsaw puzzles and many other licensed products.
Over his career, Ed was a guest artist at various comic cons and conventions such as Pittsburgh Comicon (1994-2012) cover artist for program 1997 and 2000, Gencon (1993-2008) Origins (Art Show Director 1995-2019) and Steel City Comic Con (2014-present) as well as hundreds of other signing events worldwide.
Ed can be found at his Renaissance Festival locations across the country. His first festival was King Richard's Faire in MA (1999-2013) Michigan Ren Faire (2002-present) Ohio Renaissance Festival (2017-present) Tennessee Renaissance Festival (2003-present) Florida Renaissance Festival (2003-2011) Bay Area Renaissance Festival Tampa (2012-present.)
Ed’s work offerings include but are not limited to:
Custom commissioned vehicle airbrush
Original fantasy art for sale or commission
Limited Edition Prints and collectibles
Educational seminars and demonstrations
Instruction and mentoring classes
Signing and guest appearances.
Automotive Industry Television Guest Appearances;
Ed co produces the Vanarama Custom Van show at Carlisle PA during the Truck Nationals every year. Ed’s custom Airbrush can be found at car and bike shows across the country including SEMA the Automotive aftermarket Superbowl of all shows. Ed is often a featured guest on a variety of television network shows with interviews of his award winning airbrush mural work. Ed’s work seen on his DragonLord Van is just one example of his detail and skill that he puts into every job “literally” no matter how small.
For more info on Ed’s services contact Ed at his studio garage at 570-547-1710 or contact us with details about your commission and art needs.
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Commission Original Art also MTG Artist Proofs, Art Card Proofs & Mat Drawing Illuminations
Commissioning an original art work of your specifications is easy.
1. Simply contact us with a detailed description of the subject, adding as much detail and background as possible.
2. Please specify if you would like the work to be in color or black and white.
3. Identify if this is for publication, or if the commission is for a private party/ personal use.
4. Please indicate if you wish to only license the use of the commission and not take possession of the Original Artwork.
We will promptly review your inquiry, and present you with an estimate or exact quote.
Also available- Custom Illuminations for your purchased prints. Each illumination is a one of one original concept. Framing also available, please contact us for a quote.
Ed DOES NOT do card Alters through the mail and RARE to almost never in person. Ed does however create fully rendered B/W and color painted on HIS MTG artist Proof Cards and other AP Cards
Autograph Policy
1. Mr. Beard does not sign through the mail, although there are exceptions, such as commissioning or purchasing original art. We may allow the receiving of cards to be signed with said original art shipment.
2. Mr. Beard has always been an advocate and uses his art and signature to raise money for charities. On rare occasion, Mr. Beard conducts card signing charities to help raise funds, and agrees to sign through the mail as long as the participant has a domestic US address or forwarding service.
3. Mr. Beard signed MTG cards both domestically and internationally from 1994 through 2015. 10 years beyond the point in which he no longer worked for the company or product. He did this in support of his many collectors, and has more than paid his dues in supporting that product.
4. Mr. Beard reserves the right to sign cards through the mail for many of the current companies and products he illustrates for, and will support those products in the same fashion that he did for over 20 years for MTG.
5. Mr. Beard attends many events per year, where he signs in person, and requires that all participants follow the rules regarding obtaining signatures at those individual events. These rules vary between events.
6. Signing in person at any of our conventions or renaissance faire locations: while Mr. Beard does not charge for his autograph at these locations, we do require a show of support for Mr. Beard's work. For every $35 purchase in art prints, you will receive up to 4 free autographs.
7. Mr. Beard reserves the right to abstain from signing particular items, in his sole discretion.
8. Charity signings: Occasionally, Mr. Beard will participate in signings through the mail for charity. Our policy is, you must have a domestic address or forwarding service in the United States. Mr. Beard does not ship internationally for charity events, unless otherwise specified.
9. In person charity event signing: Mr. Beard reserves the right to implement fees for card signing or other suitable conditions for the purpose of raising money for the charity at in person events. These conditions may vary from 100 percent free signing in the event the promoter is handling the fundraising, or Mr. Beard will collect a fee or other financial support through the sales of his merchandise, to provide to the charity. Please observe the rules and conditions for each in person charity event. Mr. Beard will generally post this information on his various social media platforms, or you are welcome to contact us through the website.
10. Release of liability: in the event you participate in any card signing activity that requires shipping, you agree to hold harmless and release of all liability Art of Ed Beard Jr, any of its subsidiaries and persons in the event your cards suffer loss or damage. Art of Ed Beard Jr will provide the appropriate for tracking, if available, and inform the client of when the item has been shipped.
Please do not contact us requesting exceptions or comparing the policies of other individuals in an attempt to justify why we should change our policy.
We provide many services that other artists may or may not offer (we are all different), such as signing cards for free as a courtesy and expression of appreciation when purchasing products from our store, or personalized "doodles" for young children and other exceptions that Mr. Beard will occasionally do. It is entirely rude and inappropriate to contact another artist, requesting them to provide the same services Mr. Beard provides in an attempt to get another individual to comply with the same offerings. This is unethical behavior, and will result in your inability to further communicate with our company.
DO NOT SEND ANY MAIL/CARDS TO ED'S PERSONAL ADDRESS- That is a serious breach of privacy which will not be tolerated, your letter and its contents will be disposed of immediately.
Fantasy Artist Ed Beard Jr Fantasy Art Workshop
As a self taught artist, I discovered and perfected methods to achieve my work more efficiently and with less limitations than traditional tangible medium techniques. Thrown out of public school art class in 9th grade, because I dared to draw images of the fantastic, Medieval, comic and mythology rather than the abstract and unidentifiable splatter of paint in the middle of the white canvas, I learned all of my skill sets through years of trial and error, working around the traditional methods to develop my own unique and highly achievable techniques and methods. Once you experience these techniques, you will see how empowering and EASY it actually is. These techniques have allowed me to produce highly detailed works much more efficiently and less dependent on reference thus freer to create as the imagination allows. These methods are not found in traditional educational institution.
For the past 25, years I have been a guest teacher and speaker at many Art colleges and Institutes to present these techniques to graduate classes and conducted private group classes demonstrating these methods. This self taught method allowed me to develop the unique approach and methods that both streamlined the use of the mediums, and allowed for a more expansive use and end result that otherwise would have been limiting with use of conventional methods. With an emphasis on both memorization skills and photographic memory techniques I also developed a unique approached to conceptual character development through finished rendering that allowed for a far more unlimited range of diversity without being dependent exclusively on reference materials, multitude of sketches or unnecessary or mechanical transfer methods. AGAIN: Once you experience these techniques you will see how empowering and EASY it actually as nearly ALL of my woks are created from my mind with little or no reference unless specifically required for portrait likenesses or specific client content. This method allowed me to have the advantage in my field as I could work from a blank sheet of paper and envision anything in my minds eye from a few simple steps. Much like building a puzzle, each stroke of the brush or pencil would lead to the other without dependency on reference as the previous would dictate the next. I have taught these and other medium based processes for nearly 38 years at various conventions.
After a nearly 4 decade long freelance art career as an illustrator for Magazines, Games like D&D, Magic the Gathering, novelties, collectibles, auto Airbrush industry and just about every surface medium and subject one can think of for over 38 years, I have returned to teaching private classes. Classes are small, one on one with an extremely limited number of slots per class. Potential candidates are selected on a per person basis. Selections are based on passion, drive, and desire to embrace the best one can be in producing fantastic works of "Original Art" Like to know more details, costs, amenities etc. and attend one of Ed’s upcoming Classes? Contact us or call our studio at 570-547-1710