BFA Illustration, Art Center College Of Design, 1974
Dan is a designer, art director, illustrator, instructor, and author with forty-five years of experience in design for 3D and 2D animated films, music, editorial and advertising illustration, theme park attractions, toys, video games, and visual effects.
With a career that began as a freelance illustrator for Rolling Stone magazine, Dan’s clients included A&M, Warner Brothers, Motown, Elektra Asylum and CBS Records, The Fillmore Auditorium, Levi's, and Xerox, among others.
Dan’s association with design for film and animation began at Robert Abel & Associates in 1978, continued at DIC Animation, and flourished at Rhythm & Hues Studios from 1989 to 2005. As an art director and designer, Dan’s clients included Coca-Cola (The Coca-Cola Polar Bears), theme park attractions for Universal Studios and Euro Disneyland, and video game design for the Sony PlayStation.
Dan has worked as an art director and visual development artist at Sony Pictures Animation (Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs), Rainmaker Entertainment, Cartoon Network, and Marza Animation Planet / SEGA, Tokyo.
In addition, Dan has been an instructor at Otis College Of Design for twenty-two years, Laguna College of Art and Design, and Art Center College of Design.
Dan’s book, Joyride Flatout: Hot Rods and Dream Machines, is an exploration of the history and relevance of hot rod culture and design.