Dan Khanna
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Dan Khanna is an American illustrator and colorist currently working freelance for Hasbro.
In the late 1990s, Dan was one of the very first fan artists to gain widespread prominence across online forums and early conventions, as well as his then-website "Dan's Robot Art". He became an integral part of 3H Enterprises until the company was dissolved following the loss of both the convention and fan club licenses.
He then became part of the creative team for the new Fun Publications-run Fan Club and conventions, illustrating and plotting Club and BotCon comics as well as designing heads for exclusive toys. He's also worked on mass-market comics for both IDW and Titan.
Artwork
[edit]Dreamwave Productions
[edit]3H Productions
[edit]- Primeval Dawn #1-2
- Transformers: Universe featuring The Wreckers #1-2
- Transformers: Universe #1-2
- The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine #1 (cover)
Fun Publications
[edit]- Balancing Act: Vector Prime: In the Beginning Pt 5
- "Descent into Evil"
- Revelations #1-6
- "Dawn of Future's Past"
- Crossing Over #1-6
- "Games of Deception"
- "Shattered Glass" (cover)
- "Cheap Shots"
- "Wings of Honor" (shuttle attack)
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #28 (cover)
- The Coming Storm #1-6
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #33 (cover)
- Battle Lines #1-6
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #41 (cover)
- "A Flash Forward" (intro)
- "Invasion"
IDW Publishing
[edit]- Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook
- "Spotlight: Doubledealer"
- The Transformers: Best of UK: Space Pirates (covers)
- The Transformers: Best of UK: Time Wars (covers)
- Transformers: Defiance #1-2, #4
- "The Autonomy Lesson" (hand-drawn sketch covers)
- "Loose Ends, Part 1" (hand-drawn sketch covers)
- Transformers: Shattered Glass #1 (Cover B), #2, #4
Other
[edit]- Genesis: The Art of Transformers
- Transformers Legends card line art
Toy concept art
[edit]- Various statues
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Timelines
[edit]- Nexus Maximus
(Skyfall, Landquake, Breakaway, Topspin, and Heatwave) - Cybertron Astrotrain<ref>Interview with Khanna in issue 9 of the TFCC magazine</ref>
- Decepticon Slice<ref>Design notes on Shattered Glass Collection Slicer by Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram</ref>
- Various head designs
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R.E.D.
[edit]Legacy
[edit]- Drag Strip
- Motormaster<ref>Design notes on Legacy Motormaster from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram</ref>
- Dead End<ref>Design notes on Legacy Dead End from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram</ref>
- Menasor
Legacy: Evolution
[edit]Toy packaging art
[edit]Universe (2003)
[edit]- Roulette
- Shadow Striker
- Sunstreaker<ref>{{#if: Here’s an old piece of toy box art I drew from the Botcon days. It’s the 2003 Universe update of Sunstreaker (in a Prowl RID body). The con comic introduces the idea of Transformers across the multiverse fighting in this storyline via space bridges, etc. on the side of Unicron and Primus. Inks by Serge Lapointe and colors by Blond . |"Here’s an old piece of toy box art I drew from the Botcon days. It’s the 2003 Universe update of Sunstreaker (in a Prowl RID body). The con comic introduces the idea of Transformers across the multiverse fighting in this storyline via space bridges, etc. on the side of Unicron and Primus. Inks by Serge Lapointe and colors by Blond ."—|}}{{#if: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmy-Jtu-Gs/ |Dan Khanna|Dan Khanna}}{{#if: Instagram |, Instagram|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2023 |, 2023{{#if: 01 |/{{#switch:{{#len:01}}|1=001|01}}{{#if: 19|/{{#switch:{{#len:19}}|1=019|19}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmy-Jtu-Gs/ ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmy-Jtu-Gs/%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmy-Jtu-Gs/%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmy-Jtu-Gs/%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmy-Jtu-Gs/%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>
Energon
[edit]- Stormcloud
- Megatron (Target exclusive variant, unreleased)
Beast Wars 10th Anniversary
[edit]- Waspinator (colors, pencils by Marcelo Matere)
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Trading card art
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Gallery
[edit]Notes
[edit]- Saber, Dual-gauge, and Nightstalker<ref>{{#if: They’re Shattered Glass versions of Dual-gauge and Nightstalker. (two fan created RPG characters I drew up a long time ago, who I slipped in as extras in this scene. ) |"They’re Shattered Glass versions of Dual-gauge and Nightstalker. (two fan created RPG characters I drew up a long time ago, who I slipped in as extras in this scene. )"—|}}{{#if: https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0o0L2L-vm/c/18154415758206149/r/17916910241119707/ |Dan Khanna|Dan Khanna}}{{#if: Instagram |, Instagram|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2021 |, 2021{{#if: 11 |/{{#switch:{{#len:11}}|1=011|11}}{{#if: 28|/{{#switch:{{#len:28}}|1=028|28}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0o0L2L-vm/c/18154415758206149/r/17916910241119707/ ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0o0L2L-vm/c/18154415758206149/r/17916910241119707/%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0o0L2L-vm/c/18154415758206149/r/17916910241119707/%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0o0L2L-vm/c/18154415758206149/r/17916910241119707/%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0o0L2L-vm/c/18154415758206149/r/17916910241119707/%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref> are fan characters created by Khanna whom he got to canonize via comic cameos.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official site
- Instagram account
- Twitter account
- Dan the artguy on DeviantArt




