Portfolio Daniel McLaren • 2014 •
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Daniel McLaren
DAPPER DANIEL MCLAREN Illustration | Graphic Design | Social Media/Web
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Daniel McLaren
ABOUT • Player Select • Resume • Player Skills PERSONAL BRAND • Dapper Daniel McLaren GRAPHIC DESIGN • Arts & Craft Beers • Sullivan Entertainment • Navillus Gallery ILLUSTRATION • The Event • JLA PRINT MATERIAL • Hit List • The 52 Pick-Up • The Secret Around-the-World Adventure of Owney the Postal Dog
About
PLAYER SELECT, RESUME, CONTACT INFORMATION & SKILLS
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Player #1 - DANIEL DAWSON BATCHELOR MCLAREN •••••••••••••••••••• CONTACT: danieldmclaren@outlook.com
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113 Kingsmount Pk Rd Toronto, Ontario, Canada INVENTORY: facebook.com/dapper.d.mclaren
dapperdansays.tumblr.com DANIEL MCLAREN is a Toronto based artist born in 1983. He works in mostly digital formats, in graphic design. Also working in Pen and Ink, Water- color, Acrylic, Arts and Crafts and Digital Painting. He studied at OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design) and shown works at the Great Hall (Toronto, ON) and with the Sketch Book Project (Williams- burg, Brooklyn) as part of their permanent collection. He is co-creator of ‘Goldy and the Bear’ an online and published comic in part with 2D Illustrators. www.goldyandthebear.tumblr.com
twitter.com/dapperdansays
society6.com/Dapperdan
redbubble.com/people/ thenewmessiah GENERAL STATS: Level 30 Illustrator/Graphic Designer Human/Male/ Exp. 09/01/1983
Daniel McLaren
113 Kingsmount Park Rd, Toronto, ON M4L 3L6 | danieldmclaren@outlook.com | dapperdanielmclaren.com
Experience
Navillus Gallery and Sullivan Entertainment FRAMER | GALLERY MANAGER | WEB & GRAPHIC DESIGNER • • •
Frame all artwork for gallery. Hang all artwork for shows at Navillus Gallery exhibitions, booths and client’s residence. Create layouts, graphics, text, photographing and digital editing of all graphics, products and websites and catalogs. Large formating printing of in-house artwork.
DeSerres Art Store HEAD FRAMER/MANAGER | FRAMING DEPARTMENT • • • •
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2008/2009
Place orders with clients to create custom framing orders from scratch, selecting frame, mat and glass for client’s project needs. Frame custom orders, including: Mats, Glass and Fillet cutting. Archival hinging, shadow box creation and full framing assembly.
SHIPPING & RECEIVING •
2009/2011
Order and receive all frames and supplies for custom orders (Frames, mats, tools and hardware) Schedule and plan weekly tasks for all employees in department. Place orders with clients to create custom framing orders from scratch, selecting frame, mat and glass for client’s project needs. Frame custom orders, including: Mats, Glass and Fillet cutting. Archival hinging, shadow box creation and full framing assembly.
FRAMING DEPARTMENT • •
2011/2013
2007/2008
Pull stock for online customer orders. Pack orders and ship daily. Count all incoming stock daily and adjust into store’s digital inventory. Receive up to five skids of new product a day. Properly label, stock and face all incoming stock.
Education
Ontario College Of Art & Design INTEGRATED MEDIA | 4 YEAR PROGRAM •
2002/2006
Toronto, Ontario. June 1st, 2006. Associate of the Ontario College of Art & Design, AOCAD.
Skills
Photoshop, InDesign, Film and Video Production and Post, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, AS400, After Effects, 3D Studio Max, Word, 8mm Film and Digital Camera Operation, First Aid and CPR Training, Pump Truck Operation, HTML, Flash, Digital Painting, Tablet and Digital Pen Tools, Screen Printing, Lighting Set-Up, Mold Making, Lighting Set Up and Photography.
Freelance Work
- The Secret Around-the-World Adventure of Owney the Postal Dog, Coloring of 118 Pages - Bolinas Books, Formatting and Layout of novels and books - Life or Death, Coloring of 36 Pages (Issue #2) - ARTS & CRAFT BEERS, Complete creation of 266 Page Coffee Table Art Book - Goldy and the Bear, Creation of Weekly Web-Comic: goldyandthebear.tumblr.com
2013/2014 2013/PRESENT 2013/2014 2013/2012 2010/PRESENT
Player Skil s
SKILLS Current Skill Levels
PHOTOSHOP SKILLS:
INDESIGN SKILLS:
ILLUSTRATOR SKILLS:
DETAILED SKILL SETS: ILLUSTRATION: GRAPHIC DESIGN: WEB GRAPHICS & DESIGN:
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Personal Brand Self Made Accoutrement & Equipment
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Dapper Daniel McLaren
Players Equipment
Company Brand and Identity. ••••••••••••••••••••
LOGOS: (Top to Bottom) New Messiah Crest, New Messiah Water-Mark, 2D illustrators Logo BOOK: Cover design for ARTS & CRAFT BEERS art book
2D illustrators Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/2Dillustrators
Graphic Design Book Layouts, Print Materials, Website and Social Media
Designs
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Arts & Craft Beers. .
GRAPHIC Design
... Is an adult’s continuation in life, following the structure and fun of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. But every boy and girl has to grow up... Or at least to some degree. This book will help you continue your journey into a creative and inebriated way of living! ARTS & CRAFT BEERS offers activities and craft ideas, along with drink and food options, drinking games, party planning, seasonal themes and everything you’ll ever need to know for a creative lifestyle.
CHAPTER 3:
FLAMES
A CARDBOARD WORLD Create anything and everything out of simple Cardboard and Brown Paper
BOTTLE LABELS
You Will Need:
Moss, Charcoal, Gravel, Soil and a Jar
CAMERA
EXPLOSIVES
TERRARIUMS Add large rocks or crystals on top of the Moss or little trinkets and Sculptures.
You Will Need:
A Kilt Pin or Large Safety Pin, Model Magic or a Light Air Drying Material, Acrylic Paint, Paint Brush and Fine Tip Marker.
Instructions:
TIPS:
Add small figurines to your jar to make a mini landscape for Animals or People.
Instructions:
Take the Model Magic and form vegetable shapes onto the solid side of the Kilt Pin. (The side that doesn’t un-pin.) Let this dry for at least 24 Hours. When dry paint your small veggies with Acrylic Paints and leave to dry for a few hours. Add details with a Fine Tip Marker. Wear on a jacket or as a hat pin.
Shish Kabob-pin
Choose a Glass Jar, it can be opened or with a lid. Fill the Jar with 1 Inch of Pebbles or Rocks to create a drainage system for the roots of the plants. Add a thin layer of Activated Charcoal. This will keep mold and bacteria from building up and also keep the water fresh. Add a layer of Soil and place your Moss and Plants into it. Seal the Jar if it has a Lid.
TIPS:
FIRE WOOD
Low Maintenance Plants - “Moon Valley” Nerve Plant, Golden Club Moss, Minimus Aureus, Palm Neanthe Bella, Swedish Ivy, Irish Moss, Scottish Moss, Parsley, Mint, Button Fern, Cacti, Succulents, Spider Plants, Artillery Fern, Polka Dot Plants and Baby’s Tears.
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Sul ivan Entertainment
Graphics for websites shopatsullivan.com and sullivanmovies.com. Tasks included banner designs and editing all images for posting. This also included photographing and digitally manipulating products for sites. Designing digital fliers and promos, as well as all catalogs and materials for print. DVD cover designs, large window decals, shop coupons, gallery invites, shop prints and products, gallery artwork and copy righting images.
Navil us Gallery
Graphics for website navillusgallery.com. Layout designs for all monthly exhibitions catalogs for print in 8 x 8� formats. Large format printing, framing and hanging all images in gallery and custom framing services.
Il ustration Portraits, Color Work, Production Concepts, Commissions and Photo manipulation
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ILLUSTRATION
SUIT DESIGN: Day wear concept designs for mini series VANCOUVER. PHOTOSHOP: (Next Page)
Digital manipulation and touch up of photo.
the Event
ILLUSTRATION
Concept Drawings for futuristic mini series. ••••••••••••••••••••
SUIT DESIGN: Various layers for armor suits to be used in an arena competition for the team MARGRAVE. From underwear to full armor ready for battle.
SUIT DESIGN: Armor suits to be used in an arena competition for the team VIDAME. SUIT DESIGN: (Right) Portrait of a MARGRAVE team member wearing his energy projection helmet.
ILLUSTRATION
ART PRINT: (Previous Page Spread) JLA | 2012 | 11x14” Print Pencil and Ink by: DAVID BELANGER
Print Material Art Prints and Products
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ART PRINT: Hit List Nº1 - Friday the 13th | 2012 | Digital Art Print on 100% Cotton Rag Paper. The Hit List is a series of organized ‘kill’ weapons from slasher film genres such as Halloween, Scream and Battle Royal.
the 52 Pick-up
Print Material
The character heavy playing card deck contains 52 Face cards and 2 Joker designs. Plus card back and package design. Each suit has its own color and each card number has an occupation, leading up to Jack, Queens and Kings. Each card has a different profession that rises in importance with each number increase. Leading up to royalty cards.
CARD DESIGN: (Left) All four suits of Queen cards. CARD DESIGN: 6 of Clubs design. All cards with a 6 have a musician as the profession.
CARD DESIGN: (Top) The 52 Pick-Up | 2012 | Final printed card deck. CARD DESIGN: (Left) The 52 Pick-Up | 2012 | Final printed card deck packaging.
the Secret Around-theWorld Adventures of OWNEY the Postal Dog
COLOR WORK: A graphic novel about Owney the Postal Dog and his trip around the world. 118 Pages, Color and Effects work. Pencil and Ink by: DAVID MONTGOMERY
Print Material
Portfolio Daniel McLaren • 2014 •
Daniel McLaren Dapper Daniel McLaren
Illustration | Graphic Design | Social Media/Web
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