Creating digital artwork and CG environments for film, television, commericals, print and interactive media since 2001
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matte painting illustration and design 3d graphics and animation concept art
matte painting illustration and design 3d graphics and animation concept art
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David Edwards - About

Freelance Matte painter / Concept Artist
Current location - Vancouver BC
(British citizen)

davidedwards.me@gmail.com

Available for Freelance work
Credits | IMDB profile
Matte Painting 2011 demo reel
videos on vimeo
Linkedin

Recent work - film and TV
Microsoft - Matte Painter / 3D Artist
Piranha 3D - Matte Painter / Texture Artist
Knight and Day - Matte Painter
Priest - Matte Painter / Texture Artist
Avatar - texture artist
Clash of the Titans - Digital Matte Painter/Texture Artist
Where the Wild Things Are - Digital Matte Painter
Me and Orson Welles - Digital Matte Painter
Salt - Digital Matte Painter
David's Landing - environment artist
Ashes to Ashes - matte painter
Carling C2 TV commercial - 3d generalist
Mastercard TV commercial - matte painter
Panasonic TV commercial - matte painter
 
Skills and Software Proficiencies
Adobe Photoshop
 
3DS Max
 
Cinema 4D / Bodypaint
 
Boujou 4 (3d tracking)
 
Vue (landscape generator)
 
Afterburn / Fumefx
 
Zbrush
 
Adobe After Effects / Nuke
 
Maya
 
Mari
 
 
Publications and honors
Digital Art Masters 3
Digital painting 2
3d World Magazine
CGtalk choice award
3d Total award

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The other blog!


On the wire ...
It recently occured to me that for all the artwork on here i failed to put up any traditional work, so with that in mind I've made a quick sketchbook :)

Flickr ... 2012 - Updated!
I'm actively building and adding new photos to my flickr account. These include; personal travel snaps, arty pics and photo references for digital artists. Where possible i always try to keep the original size and in some cases photo stitch panoramics together creating very high res images!

click here to jump through:
Flickr

Desktop wallpapers ...
Due to frequent requests I've converted a lot of my work into desktop wallpapers at a size of 1600x1200. I'm uploading these to a blog which can be found here.

Stumble Upon ...
Click the icon; and get free ice cream for life!! :)


Updates Feb 2012 - Updated (look below)

2012 - New 2011 Reel!

I've added an updated reel to vimeo that contains personal and professional work from the last few years. Last updated: 21/02/2012

http://vimeo.com/36414090

Please see my blog for most recent updates.

2012 - New concept art!

I've added a few new reels to vimeo, beginning with concept art. Head over and take a look :)

http://vimeo.com/35976107

I've also created yet another blog!

Blog link

There's something fishy!

Recent work includes matte painting and texturing on Piranha 3d and Knight and Day at Spin Pro in Toronto. I've also updated my website with a few new pieces of work created in the last few months.

Clash of the Titans

Recent work includes matte painting at Framestore on Clash of the Titans, the 2009 remake of the classic 1981 film.

Avatar

I worked as a texture artist on Avatar with the team at Framestore, creating textures for a number of props, vehicles and buildings scattered in and around the various environments. Thousands of people have worked on Avatar across three continents and i'm glad to bring something small to the experience.

There's one in all of us ...

As with many people a very special story for me and one i was priviaged to work on with the VFX team at Framestore London. I was fortunate enough to be one of the few matte painters on this film and created a number of interesting backgrounds and set extensions. As i write this the show is opening in the US to some great reviews! i can't wait to see it!!

Links  
My own image reference library. Growing! Click here
Various resources for artists and designers Click here
Buy select prints via imagekind.com! Click here
A great matte painting blog with videos! Click here
Another great vfx related blog. Click here
Old blog, since lost the password! .. Go Dave! Click here
 
Idea factory  

January 2012

I've Finally managed to find time to get my reel together and online so the world can see what I've been up to for the last few years! Yay!

I've also started to update my blog more frequently with new artwork. In recent weeks I've been committed to sketching concepts on a daily basis, so head over and take a look!

And finally I've added more work throughout the matte painting section above.

Toto Toronto

Toto Toronto was a short comic strip I created some years ago. I quite liked it so decided to keep him around/

Click here

Other World

Imagine being relocated to another planet. I wanted to explore the idea of how it might feel to find yourself having to adapt to a completely alien culture; literally. I've written this in a diary form, as i would write myself, and I make NO excuse for my lack of writing skills. For me this is another creative outlet to express ideas.

Click here - coming very shortly

Whimsical Trash

Stumble Upon has to be one of the best websites i've seen in Soooo long! I use it to the point of addiction. Whimsical Trash is a blog i've created to collect and share my favorite websites, some are fun, inspiring and others are just plain weird! Everything from games and web toys to comic strips and videos. Enjoy.

Click here


 

About me ...

David has been focusing his career in the visual effects industry for the last 10 years, specifically as a matte painter/environment artist. He's worked on a number of high profile projects including James Cameron's Avatar, Where the Wild Things Are, Clash of the Titans, Me and Orson Welles, Prince Caspian, Ashes to Ashes (BBC) and a number of TV commercials for clients including; Mastercard, Panasonic and Carling.

 

davidedwards.me(at)gmail.com (please replace with @)

 
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