Interview with Dave Fanning

http://2fm.rte.ie/blogs/dave_fanning_news/2012/11/dave-fanning-show-24th-november-2012.html

Fearless Defenders interiors

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/fearless-defenders-marvel-now-will-sliney.html

Fearless Defenders

Get all the news here over at newsarama

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/fearless-defenders-marvel-now-cullen-bunn.html


I talk to ICN here

http://www.irishcomicnews.com/2012/11/the-big-interview-marvel-now-artist-will-sliney-talks-new-title-fearless-defenders/

Fearless

Been a bit quiet on the blog lately. Mainly because of this

Star Wars Exhibition

Finally finished. A lot of work went into this. It will split into three parts and will serve as the focal point of an exhibition of my work at the W5 in Belfast. I will have these at Invasion Belfast. Anyone who wants some for DICE or NYCC please drop me an email for details.

TEDx CIT

Last week I was very honoured to be a speaker at TEDx CIT

The whole event was run spectacularly and it was an extremely impressive lineup.

I have a few upcoming events.

Sept 18th
Guest speaker at War upon the Empire launch at Forbidden Planet Dublin

Sept 29th, 30th
Dublin International Comic Con

Oct 6th, 7th
Belfast Invasion and W5 Exhibition launch

Oct 11th, 12, 13th, 14th
New York Comic Con MacGyver launch

MacGyver

MacGyver was previewed at San Diego.

You can see the preview over at Comic Book Resources
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=12983

Here are some of the inks

Updates

Its been a while. I dissapeared to Poland for the European championships, then drew a lot of comics.
Here are some pics

Star Wars Week

Over the last few weeks I have been lucky enough to attend a few great shows as guest due to being a regular artist on Star Wars the Clone Wars.

The first was the mighty Invasion that took part in Dublin at Citywest.
I had heard rumblings about invasion coming to Cork but unfortunately I missed it as I was living in New York at the time. One thing is for certain, I had no idea just how amazing it would be. As a Star Wars fan myself I was blown away by the spectacular sets and costumes created by the Emerald Garrison. I entered the show knowing nobody and left with a bunch of new friends.

My show highlights were being sat in between Billy Dee Williams and James Arnold Taylor for all four days.
Teaching the kids how to draw Star Wars characters and seeing how excited they were when they were able to draw their favourite characters.

Being schooled in the art of drawing Boba Fett by Jeremy Bulloch himself

Being constanly entertained by Mike Edwards.

Hanging out with all the Emerald Garrison and the Following the Nerd crew after the show.

Rest assured I will be attending more of these great shows soon.

Secondly I was brought over to Germany for a signing tour thanks to the phenominal success of the latest issue of the Clone Wars magazine. Its sales top anything in the US diamond charts by a long long way. There was a constant stream of fans looking for sketches and autographs.

 I was completely knackered from the whole weekend but the hospitality from Panini was second to none.

Marvel

Lil Teaser of finished lineart! Off to see the Avengers on Thursday. Can't Wait!

Eighty Awesome Eighties Action Heroes #31 The Joker

Where does he get all those wonderful toys!

For some reason I seem to always do these after a really long day of drawing. They are a good way to wind down.

Eighty Awesome Eighties Action Heroes #30 Skeletor

The opening scene of this movie is perfect. Right up until they go to Earth.

The word is spreading about Celtic Warrior

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/03/will-sliney-brings-irish-myth-of-cu-chulainn-to-life-in-new-graphic-novel/

http://www.digitalspy.ie/comics/news/a373764/will-sliney-unveils-cu-chulainn-comic.html

Sneak Peak

Rough work for my first work ever on a Marvel character. (More info soon.)

Silver Surfer Finished

Silver Surfer B&W

Colour coming up next

April 3rd Signings

Couple of more announcements. I've been asked by both Forbidden Planet and The Big Bang to sign/sketch at their shops on April 3rd. SHould be fun, expecially with messers Shalvey and Mooney tagging along.

Conventions and Signings

Quite a few coming up of over the next few months. Here are the ones that have been announced.


May the 4th,5th,6th and 7th at a Four Day Star Wars convention
Invasion.ie

June 1st and 2nd at 2D in Derry
http://www.2dfestival.com/index.html

Ferdia

First look at Cú Chulainn's brother in training

Star Wars

Yep. You guessed it. I have another Star Wars book out this week. This time its for the Clone Wars. The story stars Anakin Skywalker, Ashoka and a multitude of alien races

The Phantom Menace

Check out some panels from the comic in Full 2-D!!

The Morrígan

Looks like Maeve and Morrígan don't exactly see eye to eye.

Chapter 3 is well underway

Studio Tour

I've been threatening doing this for quite a while now!

Phantom Menace Panel Reveal!

Im amazed at how good the 3D effect on this turned out. Even when looking at it on the screen

Star Wars, Duel of the Fates

I can finally announce that a few months back I got to work on a prequel comic for the Phantom menace. It stars Darth Maul before he is revealed to Qui-Gonn and Anakin before the Jedi find him.

It is released on Feb 2nd in Ireland and the UK.
I really enjoyed this one. Think it is some of my best work. Bit of a dream project and I loved drawing the characters in my own style. (Even though I love the clone wars books too of course)
Head on over to www.irishcomicnews.com on Feb 2nd for a reveal of some of the black and white art.

Todays drawings

Heres a headshot from todays pgs

Little Peek at last nights drawing

Last night was great for me. Why? Because I finally set up a second workspace. I now have my regular one in my dedicated studio with the Cintiq 24HD, and now I have the 12WX downstairs in the TV room. A lot of times I feel like doodling away while being sociable, and normally, come 6pm, the urge to hang out with the guys takes over. So now, I can do so while drawing away, hopefully upping my productivity to 2 1/2 maybe even 3pgs a day.

Screengrab Final

Screengrab 4

Screengrab 3

Screengrab 2

I've decided to make this a bit of a WIP.

Screengrab

From this mornings drawing

Young Cú Chulainn and His Hounds

Heres a sneak peak from todays drawings. Im well underway on Cú Chulainn and enjoying it so much. Hopefully the passion I have for it will shine through in the work.

One Month Away

Why am I posting this? Besides the fact that I'm a bit of a Star Wars nut? Stay tuned for more news on this soon

MacGyver

Quick sketch of the Richard Dean Anderson Version for an online fanpage