Edgar E.J.

Edgar E.J.'s Portfolio Website

Hi, welcome to my portfolio website. I am an artist who specializes in narrative illustration and character creation. I have a background in illustrating environments for interior design projects. I started out my career in the education industry working in various teaching positions. Currently I work as a freelance artist as well as a generalist for Cookies by Design. To see my full CV, check out my LinkedIn link in my socials menu. Also check out a portion of my art portfolio below and on my art profile links. Read my thoughts and fiction in my journal link in the navigation menu, and watch my art tutorial videos on my YouTube. Thank you for visiting, and have a great day.

My Portfolio

Recent Journal Entries

I messed up my website. I was trying to figure out how to get rid of certain margins that had been driving me crazy, and I just couldn’t, for the life of me, figure out which bit of code was responsible for them. Eventually, I gave up trying to decipher the template. I was ready to just live with the funky margins until I saw how badly they …

It’s been a while since I’ve had an online journal. It feels really nice to have a blog again. There are plenty of social platforms where I could write or blog, but there’s always been a certain allure to having a website of my own. And so, here I am… starting yet another personal website.

I really do need to reflect on what my true aim is …

I have not had an art tantrum in forever. Yes, art tantrums are a real thing… and yes, adult professional artists suffer art tantrums. There’s a Donald Duck cartoon that shows Donald frustrated with his artwork that he would crumple up what he’s doing and throw it behind him… just like the way real artists do. Seriously… I’m not joking. This …

I just ran in the rain yesterday. Depending on the kind of rain it is, it’s really fun to do so. Yesterday wasn’t too bad. It was a nice breezy 58 degrees Fahrenheit, so it wasn’t freezing weather to be running in. I had fun jogging along getting wet until halfway through a flash of lightning cut across the clouds. That was when I realized that it …

So to basically start this article on the right foot, I have to lay down some terms so we are all on the same page. The words “speed painting” gets misconstrued a lot. According to Wikipedia, “speed painting is an artistic technique where the artist has a limited time to finish the work.” The key words out of that sentence are “a limited time to …