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About Me

This is the Official Myspace of Ed Beard Jr., Fantasy Artist.Ed Beard says: "I have been Married 17 years and have 2 children, I am a lucky man.For the past 27 years I have illustrated and painted on just about every surface imaginable whether it was a custom hot rod or Harley , books T-Shirts or wall murals.From age 11 I knew I wanted to create art in the fantasy based genre and that is all I have done since then.My fantasy gaming career took off when I began illustrating for Magic the Gathering in 1993 as well as Dungeons and Dragons. Since then I have created a few thousand painting in this field.In recent years you might see my art licensed for T-Shirts, mugs,puzzles and just about any other product you can think of that works with fantasy themes.Last year my full color artbook came out "The Enchanted Realm Art of Ed Beard Jr.".I am the artist for the "Dragon" calendar that you find in your B&N or Borders book store every year.I have recently started ERS Publishing and Licensing to represent top industry talent break into the licensing field.At conventions, I am always available for autographs, personalizing purchases, commissions for sketches or paintings, meeting with new and upcoming artists for portfolio reviews and all around great conversations!Check out my instructional videos that I have been uploading lately as well.Perhaps I will see you at one of my shows or Faires? In the meantime you can view my work at my website:www.edbeardjr.com Thanks for visiting."Ed

My Interests

Sculpting, used to be a US Powerlifter, collecting McFarlane Dragon Toys, Batman Comic, Cutom cars

I'd like to meet:

Andrea Boccelli, Frank Frazetta

Music:

Andrea Boccelli, Enigma, Celtic Women, Loreena McKennitt, soundtrack and motion picture scores such as BraveHeart, Gladiator and other high fantasy horror movies, Pink Floyd, ELO, Journey, ACDC, Tull, ZZ Top. Anything great to Paint to!

Movies:

Batman, BraveHeart, Gladiator and other high fantasy and horror movies

Television:

Beauty and the Beast from the 80's X-Files, world's strongest man competition, most of the Sci-Fi and FX Channel.

Books:

Mostly reference books on science medicine, anatomy, art, history and animals

Heroes:

My family especially my Grandmother, Keith Oberman ..because he calls it like it is! Senior Fantasy Artist Legend Larry Elmore, Every child at St Jude and all arround this world who struggles just to get through another day yet fight on with a smile.

My Blog

New Web Poll on our site

Hi Everyone, We have a new page on our website dedicated to our friends, fans, collectors and past customers and their opinion. It only takes a few minutes but it will really impact our newest p...
Posted by Ed Beard Jr. on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:10:00 PST

2009 Calendar is here!

Ed Beard Jr.'s Dragon 2009 calendar is now available. Go to our website to order! www.edbeardjr.com
Posted by Ed Beard Jr. on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:43:00 PST

We have updated our website with new renaissance photos

Check out our Enchanted Realm website. We have updated new pictures from our various renaissance festivals. To see them, check out www.enchantedrealmstudio.com ...
Posted by Ed Beard Jr. on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:00 PST

Welcome to all our Friends and Collectors

We would like to introduce ourselves; the picture of our profile image is of my wife, Kelly, and myself at one of our renaissance faire booth locations. My wife and I have two children and have ...
Posted by Ed Beard Jr. on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:49:00 PST