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Daniel

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

About Me

I draw and paint for a living. Yeah, I can't believe it either. Right now, I'm working at Electronic Arts on Boom Blox, a Steven Spielberg Wii puzzle game. Really fun stuff. Oh and be sure to check out MEDAL OF HONOR: AIRBORNE. I worked on that game as well as MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES. Visit my website at
  • Daniel Cheng's website
    • to see my dated work from 2 years ago. Also check out my blog here
  • Daniel Cheng's Blog
    • for some recent sketches. Aside from work, I don't get much time to do much else. It's a lot like," what do you do?" "Oh I draw and paint for this videogame company." "What do you do when you're not working?" "Oh I draw and paint for my personal stuff." Haha, actually it's not that bad.

    My Interests

    Comics, animation, toys. Drawing, painting, fooseball, and ping pong. Favorite videogames include: Qix, Donkey Kong, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil 4, God of War, Ico, Psychonauts, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Gears of War, Mass Effect, COD4, Burnout, Shadow of Rome, Mario Cart, Tetris,

    I'd like to meet:

    Artists, illustrators, geeks, women, but above all else, someone with a sense of humor. I wish I had met John Buscema, Al Hirchfeld, and Marc Davis.

    Music:

    Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Jack Johnson, Nora Jones, Meatloaf, Journey, Jonathan Coulton, Bruce Springstein, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ramones, Blues Brothers, Elton John, Paul Simon, Tenacious D, Mark Knoffler, Amie Mann, Yoko Kanno, Gorillaz

    Movies:

    The Emperor and the Assassin, Ed Wood, Captain Blood, Sky Captain, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Three Kings, Three Amigos, Shaun of the Dead, Blade Runner, Blues Brothers, Raising Arizona, LOTR, Star Wars, Raiders of the Loast Ark, Hero, School of Rock, The Thing, Tremors, Remo Williams The Adventure Begins, Galaxy Quest, City Lights, The Kid, The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horsefeathers, Duck Soup, The General, Safety Last, Metropolis, Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Evil Dead 2, any Miyazaki film and Pixar for that matter.

    Television:

    Rome, Deadwood, Heroes, My Name is Earl, Arrested Development, King of the Hill, The Office, Venture Bros, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Everybody Loves Raymond, Lost, The Twilight Zone, Futurama, Simpsons, Penn and Teller's: Bullshit!

    Books:

    Story, Understanding Comics, Brigeman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life, A Brush with Disney, Tapestry: The Paintings if Robert McGuinness, Wendling Drawers 2.0, Ashley Wood Grand Finale Artworks, Loire Valley Sketchbook, Katsuya Terada Zenbu, Bone One Volume Edition, Blueberry, Hellboy, Blade of the Immortal, Blacksad, The Keepers of the Maser, Skydoll, Belladone, The Analysis of Ghost in the Shell, Faeries, The Continuity of Akira by Otomo Katsuhiro, The Architecture of McKim, Mead & White

    Heroes:

    Wow, hard question. Nicolai Tesla. Thomas Edison was an @$$hole and a hack. AC rules yo! Besides, you know you're pretty cool when David Bowie plays you in a movie. Norman E. Borlaug who has saved the lives of a BILLION people! I can't even fathom that. But first and foremost I must put God and parents. Don, Ken, and Marshall. Oh yes, and Lando Calrissian: the first African-American to fly in space.