[1] Parker then moved to his father’s home state of Hawaii where he attended Brigham Young University-Hawaii majoring in Illustration with a minor in Theatrical Arts.

After finishing school, Parker returned to California where he did graduate work at the Art Center College of Design.

His illustrations have been commissioned for film projects, DVDs, book and magazine covers, corporate identities, and custom certificates.

That same year Parker would earn his 1st degree black belt in American kenpo karate under Ron Chapel, one of his father’s students.

He lives in Sumpter, Oregon, with his wife Baer and is the father of four children (one son, Edmund K. Parker III, and three daughters).