"52 by 1" - DC Universe Presents #1

DC Universe Presents #1 © DC Comics

"52 by 1"

By Corey Breen

Photohop Colors

DC Universe Presents #1 © DC Comics

"52 by 1"

By Corey Breen

Photohop Inks

DC Universe Presents #1 © DC Comics

"52 by 1"

By Corey Breen

Pencils

I know, I know, I'm already a little late and it's only week 2. It's gonna happen from time to time, so just cut me some slack on that. I will do the best I can to keep on schedule, and if I'm off I will let you know what week the latest cover is for. I WILL do all of them by December 31st, no matter what, lol! That is my goal!

So here is the second cover, this one is for DC Universe Presents #1!

The magic effect didn't come out as well as I had hoped. I like everything else, but I was trying to go for an ectoplasm look to the rest of his body, like he was exploding out of the chains as well as looking all magic-like. Oh well. Still happy with about 80% of the piece.

On to the NEXT one...

GREEN ARROW #1

CjB

PS- I will do a copic wash on this one too, just because I like doing it and it makes my art look cool. Be on the look out for that!

PPS- NEW Sketch Attack drawing is due next week too, so be on the lookout for that. This week's assignment is GODZILLA!

Batman & Robin Wash Version

Batman & Robin © DC Comics

By Corey Breen

Photoshop

Here is the color file of the Copic Marker wash for this cover. What do you think, do you like it more then the straight up Photoshoped cover? Should I do all the rest of the "52 by 1" covers like this one above, or the one posted yesterday!

Let me know...

CjB

"52 by 1" - Batman & Robin

"52 by 1" #1

Batman & Robin © DC Comics

By Corey Breen

Final Color in Photoshop

"52 by 1" #1

Batman & Robin © DC Comics

By Corey Breen

B/W Wash in Copic Markers

Here is the FIRST cover in the FIRST week of January, Batman & Robin #1! Every week this year I will be posting my version of EACH 52 comic cover! I hope you follow me on this adventure and I hope you like them all. Really, I just hope I am able to do see this whole project through to the end! Honestly, this is gonna be HARD!

LOL

So don't KILL me if I'm a day or two late some weeks, but I'll do my BEST!

So one down, 51 to GO!

Next up is DC Universe Presents #1!

CjB

The Full List

(if you missed it previously now with Due Dates)

JANUARY

1. Batman & Robin - COMPLETE

2. DCU Presents - Due 1/14

3. Green Arrow - Due 1/21

4. Batwing - Due 1/28

FEBUARY

5. Suicide Squad - Due 2/4

6. Hawk & Dove - Due 2/11

7. Animal Man - Due 2/18

8. Grifter - Due 2/25

MARCH

9. Red Lanterns - Due 3/3

10. Wonder Woman - Due 3/10

11. Red Hood & Outlaws - Due 3/17

12. Superman - Due 3/24

13. Aquaman - Due 3/31

APRIL

14. Captain Atom - Due 4/7

15. Batman - Due 4/14

16. Supergirl - Due 4/21

17. The Flash - Due 4/28

MAY

18. Justice League Dark - Due 5/5

19. Superboy - Due 5/12

20. Batgirl - Due 5/19

21. Deathstroke - Due 5/26

JUNE

22. Demon Knights - Due 6/2

23. Static Shock - Due 6/9

24. All-Star Western - Due 6/16

25. Batman The Dark Knight - Due 6/23

26. Stormwatch - Due 6/30

JULY

27. Blackhawks - Due 7/7

28. OMAC - Due 7/14

29. Legion of Superheroes - Due 7/21

30. Green Lantern - Due 7/28

AUGUST

31. Legion Lost - Due 8/4

32. Voodoo - Due 8/11

33. Detective Comics - Due 8/18

34. Teen Titans - Due 8/25

SEPTEMBER

35. Resurrection Man - Due 9/1

36. I, Vampire - Due 9/8

37. Mister Terrific - Due 9/15

38. Savage Hawkman - Due 9/22

39. Green Lantern Corps - Due 9/29

OCTOBER

40. Nightwing - Due 10/6

41. Swamp Thing - Due 10/13

42. Birds of Prey = Due 10/20

43. Justice League International - Due 10/27

NOVEMBER

44. Catwoman - Due 11/3

45. Men of War - Due 11/10

46. Frankenstein Agent of Shade - Due 11/17

47. Green Lantern New Guardians - Due 11/24

DECEMBER

48. Blue Beetle - Due 12/1

49. Batwoman - Due 12/8

50. Fury of Firestorm - Due 12/15

51. Action Comics - Due 12/22

52. Justice League - Due 12/29

Sketch Attack - Sherlock Holmes - FOR SALE!

Sherlock Holmes © Conan Doyle Estates, LTD

By Corey Breen

Pencil & Copic Markers & Photohop

Over at http://sketchattack.tumblr.com/ our second assignment was to do any incarnation of SHerlock Holmes. I chose this weeks topic and I did the Robert Downey Jr./ Jude Law versions, despite still not having seen Game of Shadows yet, unfortunately!

This piece was done in a lot of different ways. I started with a pencil sketch like I always do, then I did some research on London streets and buildings. Then I drew the background on a separate paper. I was going to use the same process I used on my Game of Thrones pieces, and ink it and color it all in Photoshop. After not having liked where that was going, I went back to the now transfered pencils, and tried the Copics. It worked out the best as you can see.

Much like the Star Wars piece, this piece is FOR SALE below. Just hit it up on Pay Pal on the right!

8.5 x 11 (two pieces of) ART FOR SALE - $75

(SEE PAYPAL SIDEBAR TO BUY)

Receive a FREE PRINT of the finished piece with purchase of the original art!

CjB

Sketch Attack - Aayla Secura - FOR SALE!

Aayla Secura Color Print © Lucasfilm

By Corey Breen

Photoshop Colors

Above is the finished piece done for the new Sketch Blog on Tumblr called "Sketch Attack" that I belong to along with current and past employee's at DC Comics! The original piece below was done in Copic Markers on Comic Board and is available for purchase right here on my Blog to the right through PayPal!

11 x 17 ART FOR SALE - $150

(SEE PAYPAL SIDEBAR TO BUY)

Receive a free COLOR Print of the piece with purchase of the original art!

CjB

A Tumblr Collective!

http://sketchattack.tumblr.com/

So all these comic book artists seem to be forming these groups online and starting their own Blogs and Tumblr accounts. Friends and professionals are banding together and joining forces online to do weekly sketches and drawings for their fans, and they have all been fantastic!

For a long time, a lot of my coworkers and I having been doing what these blogs are doing in our office. For years in the bullpen and in lettering we would pick random characters and we each draw our version of that character. Now that al

l these Blogs are popping up doing just that, we decided it was time to jump in the on the fun online too, and post what we have been doing for such a long time.

So my friend and coworker, Pat put together a team of DC artists and letterers, past and present, and started our own Tumblr account. You all know how it works. We will pick a topic every other week, be it a comic book character, book, movie... anything really, and all the artists will draw their interpretation of it and then they will all be posted on the Sketch Attack Tumblr account!

Our "collective" of artists that make up our Sketch Attack Tumblr account are the following artists:

Patrick Brosseau - Senior Letterer

Dezi Sienty - Letterer

Corey Breen - Senior Pre-Press Artist

Steve Wands - Letterer

Carlos Mangual - Letterer

Harvey Richards - Editor

Fredrick Haynes - Designer

Jessica Ellison - Executive Assistant

Sal Cipriano - Managing Letterer

Travis Lanham - Letterer

Michael Sellers - Senior Pre-Press Artist

Marco DiLeonardo - Digital Pre-Press Artist

So come along for the ride, and I hope you Follow us on Tumblr.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT - STAR WARS CHARACTERS

I will be reposting the art from that site after it is published right here on MY Blog, and when I do it will be FOR SALE! I will post it to Paypal with the price, and you can purchase the ORIGINAL art!

Once again, follow the site and then check back here to see it and/or BUY it, as we tackle some of the COOLEST characters and themes you can think of!

Suggestions taken for topics too, so feel free to shout out!

The site again is:

http://sketchattack.tumblr.com/

Thanks everyone!

Corey Breen

PS- In OTHER news, 52-by-1 will START the WEEK of January 1st and will be ONCE a week for the ENTIRE year, following that. The reason it was pushed back:

Tyler Matthew Breen

Completely Random!

Strawberry Shortcake © American Greetings

By Corey Breen

Photoshop

I decided to color this, lol.

Enjoy...

I guess.

CjB

Recent Commissions

Supergirl © DC Comics

Commission

Pencil 11 x 17

By Corey Breen

Robin © DC Comics

Commission

Pencil 11 x 17

By Corey Breen

I think I posted the original sketches for these a while back, but here are the final commissions that were done for two clients!

I would LOVE to do more of these, so hit me up with some requests and I'll let you know about pricing and things of that nature.

Also don't forget to check out my gallery on Flickr to see what pieces are also available for sale.

Thanks, and enjoy!

Corey Breen

This One Goes Out To... A fan!

Batman © DC Comics

By Corey Breen

Pencil

This was done for a fan of mine who has been hugely supportive of my work and recently purchased some really cool pieces of mine. So I drew him this Batman sketch in the back of my Art of Corey Breen 2010 book.

You too could own your very own sketch by purchasing the book (a link is on the front page of my Blog to the right), or by purchasing some original artwork from here here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjb-productions/sets/

Thanks so much, Elliot, I hope you like the art you purchased and your original Batman sketch!

Now to continue drawing my "52 by 1" cover projects!

Corey

CjB Productions Art For Sale!

© Corey Breen

I am currently having a sale on a lot of my original art!

If you would like to purchase any artwork you see in my galleries, please shoot me an email at -

cjbreener@yahoo.com

GREAT PRICES!

FREE "ART OF COREY BREEN" with your purchase of $50 or more!

PRINTS available too!

Check out my gallery here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjb-productions/sets/

Thank you!

Corey Breen

VisionSOIAF ~ The Art of "A Song of Ice and Fire"

http://visionsoiaf.wordpress.com/the-list/

http://visionsoiaf.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/corey-breen/

Just wanted to pass along a link to a WONDERFUL site that features some fantastic, amazing art based on the world of A Song of Ice & Fire. On the site you will find some of the most astonding artwork based on the books and TV series by professionals and fans alike.

My art is now featured there, and I feel very honored to be a part of this site.

Enjoy,

CjB

Love My Robin

Robin © DC Comics

By Corey Breen

Pencil

Took awhile for this character to grow on me, especially since I grew up with Tim Drake as MY Robin, and Stephaine Brown becoming my FAVORITE Robin of all time (for two months before we freakin' KILLED her off, lol), but Damian Wayne has turned out to be pretty, damn, COOL!

I drew this trying to nail down a cover for the first in my "52 by 1" project. Not gonna use it; I came up with another idea, so I thought I'd share this one separately. I think that may happen here and there as I work through all 52 titles!

Hope you dig,

Have a good weekend everybody!

CjB

52 by 1 Fantasy Draft!

DC Comics Logo © DC Comics

The order of which I am drawing all 52 covers has been drawn. I picked each title randomly out of a hat, and the order is as follows.

1. Batman & Robin

2. DCU Presents

3. Green Arrow

4. Batwing

5. Suicide Squad

6. Hawk & Dove

7. Animal Man

8. Grifter

9. Red Lanterns

10. Wonder Woman

11. Teen Titans

12. Superman

13. Aquaman

14. Legion of Superheroes

15. Batman

16. Stormwatch

17. The Flash

18. Justice League Dark

19. Superboy

20. Batgirl

21. Deathstroke

22. Demon Knights

23. Static Shock

24. All-Star Western

25. Batman The Dark Knight

26. Supergirl

27. Blackhawks

28. OMAC

29. Captain Atom

30. Green Lantern

31. Legion Lost

32. Voodoo

33. Detective Comics

34. Red Hood & Outlaws

35. Resurrection Man

36. I, Vampire

37. Mister Terrific

38. Savage Hawkman

39. Green Lantern Corps

40. Nightwing

41. Swamp Thing

42. Birds of Prey

43. Justice League International

44. Catwoman

45. Men of War

46. Frankenstein Agent of Shade

47. Green Lantern New Guardians

48. Blue Beetle

49. Batwoman

50. Fury of Firestorm

51. Action Comics

52. Justice League

I will stick to this order as much as humanly possible. And I SWEAR that Justice League came out LAST in the random draw. I did NOT do that on purpose. BUT what a way to end it once I get there, with the MAIN DCU book, JUSTICE LEAGUE! I think that just proves that this was fate and I was meant to do it this way, in this order.

So first up is Batman & Robin #1 cover.

Again, I need I HUGE jump start on this project so I can make sure that everyone following will get ONE cover a week for 52 weeks. So you wont see the first cover until I'm like 5-10 covers deep into the project. I will update you all on Twitter & Facebook on my progress.

WISH ME LUCK!

52... here I GO!

CjB

52 by 1 Announced!

DC Comics Logo is © DC Comics

ALL 52 COVERS BY ONE ARTIST - ME!

I've been thinking long and hard about what I want to REALLY focus on with my art these days. Do I focus on Concept Art? Do I focus on trying to be a Cover Artist? Do I focus on finally trying to do some Interior Sequential pages? "What do [I] want to DO with my life?" LOL

Well, I came up with lots of ideas, and finally it really hit me. I really WANT to be a Concept Artist, and I really want to be a Comic Book Cover Artist. I do not really want to do interiors. I know thats not the best thing to say to editors or people in the industry trying to take you seriously as a comic book artist, but it's just the truth. I excel at the big Pin-Up and the Big Money Shot, such as a cover would be. So I decided to continue with my concept art portfolio, that is a MUST. BUT, I also came up with an amazing project to do that I REALLY excited about, that will hopefully prove that I can be a comic book cover artist.

I'm calling it 52 by 1! As you all know, DC Comics, my main employer for the past 11 years, is doing an epic relaunch of their ENTIRE comic book line in September! All DCU comic books are "rebooting" and starting over at #1! There will be 52 #1 issues! Suffice to say, I am REALLY excited about it! All new titles, new costumes, new stories! Thinking about all of it the other day, I pondered how COOL it would be if all the new #1 issue's covers were done by ONE artist. I was like, "man, wouldn't it be cool if one artist tackled all 52 covers for the relaunch?!". Then I was thinking, "wow, that really would have been cool. I wonder who they could have got to pull that off?!" Then, like a light bulb above my head, I thought, "hey, I should just do it myself!"

So here's what I'm going to do! I am going to draw/ink/color ALL 52 NEW DC COMICS' "The New 52". That's right! I am going to pretend I am the cover artist on ALL the 52 newly launching comics. Hence, "52 by 1". 52 covers by ONE artist - ME! I am going to put all 52 titles in a hat, pick them out one by one, and for 52 weeks, post the cover to each book! It's gonna be a HUGE project, but one that I can't STOP thinking about, and one I think I definitely pull off!

I am mainly going to do this to have a cover art portfolio. I am going to prove to myself and to anyone who notices (fans of mine and possible employers), that I can be an amazing cover artist. It's that simple. So I hope you agree that this is a really cool project to do, and to give me all the encouragement to do all 52 titles' covers!

I can't wait to get started, but first I have to write down all the 52 books, and then pick them out of a hat the order I will be doing them in. I will do that tonight, and post the results tomorrow!

Wish me luck!

CjB

PS- I am going to need a head start on this though, to make sure I produce one cover a week for 52 weeks. So I'm gonna have to work out the specifics on the deadlines and whatnot at some point before I start. Will most likely thumbnail all 52 covers before I start, then try and get about 5-10 covers in the can before I start posting them, so I have at least a month head start.

Let me know what you all think and some suggestions on how I should best tackle this project I made for myself!

Logo Design

Logo Design - GreenHome Technologies

© GreenHome Technologies

Designed by Corey Breen

Illustrator

This was a logo I designed for an incredible company called GreenHome Technologies. Making your home more green using incredible technology to save you tons of money and conserve energy, making your home more green!

I wanted to thank all my clients at GreenHome Tech for the opportunity to help usher in this VERY important company that everyone should learn more about. GreenHome and I are very happy with how the logo came out, and I wish the company the BEST of luck, and can't wait to see the technology in homes across the globe!

CjB