Here is a sneak peak of a section of the painting I did of the French Modern Fantasy Muse “Drakaina” for her forthcoming artist collaboration book to be released by SQP sometime in early 2010. My work will be included with such famous art greats as Fastner & Larson, Aly Fell, Michael Calandra, Ariock and many more!
June 23, 2009
Drakaina Master
June 13, 2009
Work in Progress
This is a small part of a much larger painting I am currently working on. Click on the image for a larger view.
work in progress
April 22, 2009
Get Wet
Coming from SQP August 2009
Wet And Wild! – A Gallery Girls Book
Moist fun. Sudsy joy. Slippery when amused. You put any combination of H2O and females frolicking, and you’re going to have a good time! In the latest Gallery Girl collection, we assembled a swim team of artists who know their way around the hot tub, the pool, the beach, the riverbank, the bathtub – well, you get the idea! Girls galore – just add water! Illustrations by Mitch Byrd, Maraschi, Cirulli, Perez, Guida, Brian LeBlanc, and many more! This will be a VERY Adult Swim! Don’t forget your snorkel! 64 pages black and white plus color cover by Edward Reed.
Retail $9.95
ISBN – 978-0-86562-194-7
April 11, 2009
How to Airbrush Pinups book on Pre-order
The book I contributed an instructional article is on pre-order now at Amazon.com
Check out the book with cover by Edward! (dats me!)
How to Airbrush Pinups is a collection of ten sequences done by well-known and experienced airbrush artists. The human form, the human face, and skin tones, are three topics that beginning artists struggle to get right. And it is these three topics that make up much of this new book. Each of the ten photo sequences starts with the artist’s sketch and moves, step-by-step, to the finished panel. The chapters provide an opportunity for the reader to sit down and “talk” with the artist. These chat sessions include a discussion about not only the artists’ favorite airbrush, but how they learned their skills, who inspires them and how to avoid the typical beginner’s mistakes. The styles seen in How to Airbrush Nudes & Pinups run the gamut from retro pinup and Vargas-style work of Edward Reed to modern stylized pinups of Tom Nguyen. With over 500 color images spread across 144 pages, How to Airbrush Nudes & Pinups is an invaluable aid for anyone who wants to become proficient in painting pinups, nudes and portraits.
December 27, 2008
In Progress…
Hello gang!
I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend.
I have spent much of today working on a pinup for an instructional book on how to paint pinups of which I have few morsels of information on… I learned it will be available sometime in the fall of 2009. There are 10 artists in it but I am only aware of two others otherwise I have no idea who else is in it. I am familiar with the other two and they are better artists than me so I am in good company! One is a DC Comics artist that has some books and dvd’s out by major publishers. I have gotten to know him through online art groups, myspace and via his weekly live webcam show… he is so funny and a real cool guy… some of you might have heard of him (Tom Nguyen) Tom has inked and drawn everyone from Batman to Green Lantern to Justice League to the new Ghostbusters series. His book ‘Incredible Comics with Tom Nguyen: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Kick-Ass Comic Art” is widely considered the best ‘How To’ guide.
I will be pulling a late-nighter in an attempt to finish my portion of the contribution. Its an old school style pinup done in the same technique as Alberto vargas and George petty… not much different from the firefighter girl demonstration as seen in my pinup book from SQP.
For someone that hasn’t hand painted but worked digitally for the past 5 years its coming along pretty nicely so far. I will be dusting the cobwebs off my airbrush and firing it up tonight… I hope I can remember how to use it! 
Here is a sneak peak at my progress and to give you an idea of just how tiny and delicate this illustration is…
edward
November 12, 2008
Latest Issue of Art Scene
Art Scene International magazine is available now in Europe and by the end of the month in the USA
Fastner & Larson featured!
September 28, 2008
August 23, 2008
Art Scene #81
Art Scene #81
The latest issue of Art Scene International magazine is out now and I just finished proofreading and co-editing articles for issue #82 due out November/December…
Here is a sneak peak at the cover for issue 82 due in North America at the end of the year…
Click cover to embiggen!
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- Art Scene #81
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- art scene international issue 82
August 9, 2008
Bi-Weekly Bombshell!
There is a cool blog on pinup art, artists, models etc and I just discovered they feature my website on 07/20/08 under artists #34 The Bi-Weekly Bombshell: The Pinup Art of Edward Reed
You can even subscribe to the pinup blog!
July 20, 2008
Glamorous Photo Shoot with Ashley!
Patriotic pose from an American beauty!
Had a great photoshoot with Ashley Spalding today.. she is such a pro and I had a hard time keeping up with her energy and enthusiasm! Here are but a few of the 300 shots I got in our 1 hour 1940’s glam session!
A perfect "Petty Girl" pose!
Dreamy Ashley straight from the big band era!
A Varga Girl if I ever did see one!
