What I do:
Book Art and Illustration
Character Design
Custom Art for Business and Product
Band and Album Art
Live Caricature
Gift Portrait and Caricature
Painting
Education:
BFA - Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
AA - Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA
Who am i?
Hey! My name is Eddie Platt.
Art has been a part of my life since the early days of elementary school where I was scolded in class for doodling during lessons. I’m not ashamed of that past. I embraced the artist in me walking into my college career. I have a history of drawing still life from art classes in middle school and taking ceramics and painting classes in high school. Upon graduation, I continued my art education at Georgia Perimeter College and received an Associate’s degree in Fine Art. The investment of art as a career came upon my graduation of the Art Institute of Atlanta, where I received a bachelor’s degree in Game Art and Design.
My passion in art centers around character design. In fact, my inspirations in my youth often came from video games, comic books, and anime. I would often be found drawing characters such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Spiderman, and Goku. I even spent much of my time in high school designing characters inspired from a combination of comics and the Dragon Ball Z universe. I feel that my drive for art comes from satisfying the urges in me to create dynamic and powerful characters that inspire the inner boy in me. Illustration has become a strong focus of study in my art journey from this drive.
In 2017, I began traveling across the United States studying and drawing caricatures. My caricature career begins here, working with a small company known as We Art Stuff practicing and selling caricatures in the fair and festival environment. The practice and study of caricatures has added a dynamic and more expressive understanding of character design and development for me, and I am grateful for the journey. Now, I bring my studies and love for art to my audience in a more personal and direct way, creating memories and custom art to the local community of Atlanta, Georgia.