Snarky Wedding Commission

Pen & ink - 9" x 12"

Happy New Year!

Have a safe and Happy New Year! I can't wait to share with you all the new artwork coming out in 2012! Let's make it rock!

2012 Preview

Hey folks, I know you're all busy with the holidays, but we wanted to post a little preview of what's to come in 2012 for Valentine. Happy Holidays!

Meet Dana Valentine: young, beautiful, and deadly. But can violence be a force for good? Find out, as novelist Noel Hynd and artist Daniel Cooney team up to take you on a breathless trip across the world’s hot spots and bring you something new: the illustrated action-adventure novel. The zip and pizazz of a comic meets the literary style of a novel. Hang on, and stay out of Dana’s line of fire.

WIP Preview

WIP piece for instructional book, due out next year from Barron's Educational Series.

Preview Friday!

It's been a while since I posted, I guess that's a good thing being so busy these days as a family man, art teacher, authoring a new instructional book on figure drawing for comics and this cool project Bad Ass Girls graphic novel created by Christopher Ameruoso & written by Tom Malloy. I can only share a small bit of the project, but can say production of the film begins in 2012 with the graphic novel completed by June 2012.

Head Studies

Posting some preview work in progress for my follow up book to Writing and Illustrating The Graphic Novel. This book will focus on a step-by-step approach to figure drawing for drawing comics and graphic novels. The work I'm sharing with you here is a preview for the facial expressions portion of the book. I'm having fun with these for all the various expressions I can draw, though some of them need a bit of polishing up before they see print. The book is due out from Barron's Publishing the latter part of 2012.

Exciting Announcement!

I'm thrilled to announce I'll be illustrating the graphic novel Bad Ass Girls based on the screenplay by Tom Malloy. Trick Candle Productions is producing the film along with Chris

Ameruoso, which starts pre-production at the end of 2011 with filming slated in 2012.

I'll keep you posted with updates as the graphic novel develops. The story rocks and I can't wait for you to see both!

http://www.trickcandle.com/

Daniel Cooney is represented by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

The Atomic Yeti - In Full Color!

I couldn't more pleased of how this promo piece for The Atomic Yeti pitch turned out by artist Bill Reinhold and colorist Paul Mounts. Bill's ink work made my pencil work that much better -- such a talent! Paul's color work just leaves me in awe. I'm lucky to have friends like them to work with in comics.

The Rocketeer -- Once more, with color!

The incredible Paul Mounts did a kick ass job on The Rocketeer, one of my favorite characters. Thank you Dave Stevens, for creating an inspiring hero.

The Rocketeer!

The Atomic Yeti Cover

Bill Reinhold did a phenomenal job inking the cover for the The Atomic Yeti. More of this comic series will be revealed soon! I'll be exhibiting at Comic-Con International July 20 - 24 -- stop by the Dan Cooney Art BOOTH 5530 right by the front entrance of LOBBY B2.

Batgirl!

Batgirl Pen & Ink - color prints will be available at Comic-Con - Dan Cooney Art BOOTH 5530 / Aisle 1900

Valentine Promo Piece

This pen & ink piece was produced for a prose book Valentine series written by author Noel Hynd (Ghosts, The Russian Trilogy) based on an unpublished Valentine story I wrote. It's gonna rock folks.

Preview of Atomic Yeti Cover for pitch in progress.

UPDATE: The AMAZINGLY TALENTED BILL REINHOLD will be inking this cover work. So excited to be working with Bill again! I'll post when it's completed.

The Rocketeer - Heroes Con Art Auction

I worked on this pen & ink of The Rocketeer for the Heroes Con Art Auction on Saturday at my table. I was happy that it sold for $350 and went for a good cause. Heroes Con is becoming a favorite show to do because it's comic book centric and the down-to-earth vibe is a welcome contrast to the crazier shows like Comic Con. I'm looking forward to returning again next year -- it's been a blast!

Heroes Con

Hey folks,
Big prep day before leaving for Charlotte tomorrow for Heroes Con. Signing books, art prints & Commissions - Small Press AA57 June 3 - 5th
www.heroesonline.com/heroescon

Excuse me, Miss...

Preview page from The Tommy Gun Dolls -- Detective Sullivan interviewing Rouletta Lockhart.

My New Book Is Now Available To Buy

The book I spent over a year authoring Writing and Illustrating The Graphic Novel is now available to buy. I worked with a fantastic group of editors and staff in the UK for Quarto Publishing who oversaw the production of the book published by Barron's Publishing and couldn't be happier with the results. Several writers, educators, and artists contributed to the book, Chad Hardin, Joko Budino, Brian Schirmer, Eric Trautman, Matt Silady, Dan Wickline, Mark Simmons, John Heebink, Walden Wong, Jason McNamara, Rahsan Ekedal, Jeremy Saliba, Adam Wallenta, Mark Schultz, Dave Stevens, Nate Piekos, and more!

You can purchase it here through Amazon for a good deal.

I'll have a limited number of copies for sale at my table in Artist Alley #53 during Wonder Con April 1 - 3 Moscone Convention Center in SF. See you there!

Sketch of the Day

Kill Bill inspired sketch drawn first with pencil, scanned and changed to blue line printed out on Strathmore 500 series 2ply vellum. Inked with Winsor & Newton Series 7 Sable #2, microns for details, white gouache for effects.

Figure Drawing Workshop

I attended my first drawing workshop here on the island at Featherstone Center for the Arts. I hadn't drawn with a live model in quite sometime and was a bit rusty at first and by the second hour I was getting into a bit of a groove. I'm pleasantly surprised how these drawings came out, but definitely need to improve in some areas of my life drawing skills.

Marvel Dames - Sketch Card Style

These are some of the sketch cards I recently completed for Rittenhouse Archives who like many other companies, holds the license for Marvel characters for publication. This set is titled "Dangerous Divas." I suggested dangerous dames but there was no reply about it, joking, but a good title yes?
I've included some of my favorites from the job.

Sketch of the Day - Tommy Gun Dolls / Blood Never Lies ;)

Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel

I'm excited to announce my book I worked on for over a year will finally be coming out in April, titled Writing and Illustrating The Graphic Novel from Barron's Publishing.
This was a dream come to have authored and illustrated a book geared toward the academic mindset for creating comic books. Several artists and writers contributed their wonderful work for the book. You can preorder the book now and I've provided a couple of links.
For retailers, libraries or academic institutions, I'm available for workshops and book signings. For schedule information - dancooneyart@gmail.com

Preorder:
Diamond Distributors
http://diamondcomics.com/public/
Item Code - JAN11 1453

Comic Shop Locator - 888-comic-book
http://www.comicshoplocator.com/

Sketch of the Day - Detective's Desk

Sketch of the Day - Tommy Gun Dolls

Tom Baker Doctor Who

This one was inked entirely with a Pentel Pocket Pen Brush and highlighted with Pro White with a synthetic brush with Delter pens for details.

Zatanna

The hand drawn logo is from the old comic series and hand colored.

Dashiell's 1st Birthday Art

I had a lot of fun drawing up the artwork for my son Dashiell's one year birthday coming up. Quite the change up from my usual work. I'm so intimidated by color and I think I'll more of this type of work to see what happens. I used Dr. Ph. Martins colored ink, india ink, Copic Marker and white gouache for highlights.

Boba Fett

To draw this trading card, I used a mechanical pencil .03mm 2h lead, an F lead pointer pencil, Pelican Ink, Dr. Ph Martin's colored ink Crimson, Copic markers, Deleter gray markers and Pro White for the highlights.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi - I used a mechanical pencil .03mm 2h lead, an F lead pointer pencil, Pelican Ink, Dr. Ph Martin's colored ink Crimson, Copic markers, Deleter gray markers and Pro White for the highlights.

C3PO - I used a mechanical pencil .03mm 2h lead, an F lead pointer pencil, Pelican Ink, Dr. Ph Martin's colored ink Crimson, Copic markers, Deleter gray markers and Pro White for the highlights.

Darth Vader

I used a mechanical pencil .03mm 2h lead, an F lead pointer pencil, Pelican Ink, Dr. Ph Martin's colored ink Crimson, Copic markers, Deleter gray markers and Pro White for the highlights.

Portfolio Update

New commission posted for X-Men artist proof sketch card for Rittenhouse Archives. Storm vs. Sentinel -- who you got?

APE This Weekend in San Francisco

After going to Los Angeles and New York City the past couple of weeks, I'll be wrapping up my convention season this weekend at the Alternative Press Expo this weekend. Stop by table 254 and say hi. http://www.comic-con.org/

Valentine: Reloaded

Hey folks,
Valentine: Reloaded Chapter 3 is now available for your iPhone or iPad using the Comixology app.

You can read Valentine one of two ways:
ONLINE - https://comics.comixology.com/#/issue/2591/Valentine-Reloaded-1
iPhone / iPad - itunes.com/apps/Comics

- Download the Free Comics app
- Open Comic app and choose browse to search by creator or series
- Download the free preview and Enjoy!

Please give VALENTINE: RELOADED a rating when you're finished reading, and thank you for your support!

Valentine: Reloaded the book is now available for purchase through my store -- signed with a sketch! http://valentinecomic.com/store/ Act now for special web special price!

Valentine: Reloaded Pedicabs

Hey folks, here's a preview of the pedicabs that will be hitting the streets during Comic-Con 2010 with some great looking ads for Valentine. The new book debuts at Booth 5530 during Preview night at Comic-Con. Stop by and pick up a signed copy.

Commissions

Here's a three card Star Wars Galaxy 4 set of The Bounty Hunters I completed for a commission. I had a lot of fun on this one.