{"id":1404,"date":"2021-08-21T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T20:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/?page_id=1404"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:54:47","slug":"brad-hudson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/brad-hudson\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Hudson, Professor &amp; Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Brad Hudson<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor, Chair &amp; Coordinator\/Creator Sequential Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:bphudson@umes.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/06\/Hudson300-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1778\" style=\"width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/06\/Hudson300-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/06\/Hudson300-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/06\/Hudson300.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Brad Hudson has been an artist\/instructor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for 26 years. He developed a Sequential Arts concentration that began in the Fall of 2009. Hudson is a prolific artist. In May of 2015, Hudson attended the Wizard World Philadelphia Comic- Con. His work was seen by the Star Wars Brand Manager from Topps Trading cards. To date, he has produced over 3000 Star Wars sketchcards to be distributed internationally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to Star Wars, Hudson also does illustrations for other Topps licenses including AMC\u2019s The Walking Dead, Stranger Things and Mars Attacks. Hudson has also been contracted by Upperdeck and Fleer to work on trading card series based on Agent Carter of SHEILD, Spider-Man, Guardians of The Galaxy, Thor Ragnarok and Avengers Infinity War under the Marvel Comics license. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the Fall of 2016, Hudson submitted a 4\u2019x5\u2019 oil painting of a First Order Tie Fighter Pilot to be considered for the art show at the Star Wars Celebration 2017. It was accepted and Hudson attended as guest in April 2017 with Acme Arts. In 2018, Hudson was invited to create a base card illustration for the prestigious Star Wars Galaxy trading card series. In 2021, Hudson\u2019s work was accepted into two international art book publications, the 35th Anniversary Aliens Art Book and the John Carpenter\u2019s Halloween Art Book. Hudson continues to practice the art of printmaking specializing in lithography and relief printing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, Hudson was accepted to be in the Star Wars Celebration Art Show in Tokyo. He attended the convention in April of 2025.\u00a0His convention exclusive print was titled <em>The Daimyo of Mos Espa.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-1541\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-111-2 ml-slider-pro-2-59-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1541 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Brad Hudson\" data-height=\"450\" data-width=\"1200\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1541\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1541\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1547 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2021-09-16 21:08:58\" data-filename=\"RiseBanner-960x360.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2021\/08\/RiseBanner-960x360.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1541 slide-1547 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Rise of Skywalker\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Cards done for Rise of Skywalker from Topps<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1548 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2021-09-16 21:08:58\" data-filename=\"SpideyFFHBanner-960x360.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2021\/08\/SpideyFFHBanner-960x360.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1541 slide-1548 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Spider-Man Far From Home\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Cards done for Spider-Man Far From Home by Upper Deck<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1580 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2022-04-20 13:16:25\" data-filename=\"158312198_139452121406275_2486649957122738877_n-1200x450.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/158312198_139452121406275_2486649957122738877_n-1200x450.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"MLB Sketchcards for Topps\" class=\"slider-1541 slide-1580 msDefaultImage\" title=\"158312198_139452121406275_2486649957122738877_n\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">MLB Sketchcards for Topps<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1582 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2022-04-20 13:17:25\" data-filename=\"158429675_139451354739685_3790769951570340490_n-1200x450.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/158429675_139451354739685_3790769951570340490_n-1200x450.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"Mandalorian Season 1 Sketchcards for Topps\" class=\"slider-1541 slide-1582 msDefaultImage\" title=\"158429675_139451354739685_3790769951570340490_n\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mandalorian Season 1 Sketchcards for Topps<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1584 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2022-04-20 13:18:06\" data-filename=\"206427639_221840419834111_1013623338768448473_n-1200x450.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/206427639_221840419834111_1013623338768448473_n-1200x450.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"Mandalorian Season 2 Sketchcards for Topps\" class=\"slider-1541 slide-1584 msDefaultImage\" title=\"206427639_221840419834111_1013623338768448473_n\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mandalorian Season 2 Sketchcards for Topps<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2138 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-07-29 12:25:21\" data-filename=\"487503198_1175805077770969_8607685124594344487_n-1080x405.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/487503198_1175805077770969_8607685124594344487_n-1080x405.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1541 slide-2138 msDefaultImage\" title=\"487503198_1175805077770969_8607685124594344487_n\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Sketchcards for Topss Star Wars Chrome 2024!<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2021\/08\/TWD-1024x379.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1405\" style=\"width:894px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2021\/08\/TWD-1024x379.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2021\/08\/TWD-300x111.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2021\/08\/TWD-768x284.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2021\/08\/TWD-1536x569.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2021\/08\/TWD-2048x758.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Walking Dead sketchcards from Topps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/482903808_18484956163034692_3379396875927680789_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/482903808_18484956163034692_3379396875927680789_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/482903808_18484956163034692_3379396875927680789_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/482903808_18484956163034692_3379396875927680789_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/482903808_18484956163034692_3379396875927680789_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/482903808_18484956163034692_3379396875927680789_n-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/482903808_18484956163034692_3379396875927680789_n-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2025\/07\/482903808_18484956163034692_3379396875927680789_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social wp-block-coblocks-social-profiles is-style-icon-and-text has-colors has-button-size-med\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BradHudsonColdstreamStudios\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-coblocks-social__button wp-block-coblocks-social__button--facebook has-padding\" style=\"border-radius:40px\"><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__icon\"><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bradcoldstream\" title=\"Instagram\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-coblocks-social__button wp-block-coblocks-social__button--instagram has-padding\" style=\"border-radius:40px\"><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__icon\"><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__text\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Hudson Professor, Chair &amp; Coordinator\/Creator Sequential Arts Email Brad Hudson has been an artist\/instructor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for 26 years. He developed a Sequential Arts concentration that began in the Fall of 2009. Hudson is a prolific artist. In May of 2015, Hudson attended the Wizard World Philadelphia Comic- Con&#8230;.<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/brad-hudson\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Brad Hudson, Professor &amp; Chair<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1404","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}