Daniel E Cooper

Daniel E. Cooper began his art education in junior college studying under Jim Smythe who was classically trained at the École Des Beaux Arts in Paris. Later, he acquired a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Art Center College of Design where he had the good fortune to study with Dan McCaw, Craig Nelson and John Asaro who especially nurtured Cooper's love of painting.

After graduating, he worked as an illustrator for the next ten years doing comprehensive sketches for ad agencies and with motion picture studio clients including Universal, Warner Bros. and New World Pictures.

Since 1990, he has worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation in various capacities from background painter to art director on such films as Aladdin   ...  Displaying 750 of 1303 characters.