Welcome to my portfolio
I’m an artworker, illustrator, and animator with over 20 years of experience crafting visual content for publishing, digital media, and television.
Creative problem-solving is at the heart of what I do. I thrive on collaboration, working closely with clients to bring their ideas to life through engaging and effective visual storytelling. Whether you’re a global brand, a start-up, or an individual with a vision, I’m here to support you from concept to completion.
If you’re looking for bold, eye-catching artwork to elevate your project and make it stand out, let’s connect. I’d love to hear about your ideas.
Showreel
Click to view my animation and motion graphics showreel for an overview of the projects I’ve worked on.
Projects
Insa’s Story
Client: MoonrakerVFX
Lead Illustrator & Animator
As a child, Insa was told a profound and mind-expanding story about the universe by her father. In this short film, she recounts these seminal moments that shaped her dreams and set her on a path toward space exploration, meteorology, and science. Now, as an adult facing the realities of the climate crisis, Insa finds herself at a crossroads: what story will she pass on to her own children?
The film forms part of a permanent exhibition at Klimahaus Bremerhaven and screens before an immersive 4D dynamic ride. Guided by our Narrator, Insa Thiele-Eich, we explore how we, as humans, connect with the world around us.
Additional Credits:
Writer: Megan Stewart
Creative Direction: Alex Dilworth
Animation: Alex Dilworth, Sam Bevington, Matt Wilson
Sound Design: Peter Key
Nick Cope’s Popcast
Client: Complete Control
Animation Director | Senior Animator | Compositor
I progressed from Senior Animator to Animation Director over three seasons of this hit mixed media TV show.
I directed in-house and remote teams to maintain quality and consistency across episodes, managed tight production schedules, oversaw complex live-action shoots with 50+ children, and contributed to compositing, animation, and scene design.
Creative Direction: Glynn Haywood
“Dan is a great director and animator, with a real eye for detail. He can turn projects around incredibly quickly and with real charm and personality.”
Sarah Darling, Senior Animation Producer
Epcot Becoming: Inside the transformation
Disney+ / Nat Geo
Lead Illustrator & Animator
Designed and illustrated an animated map, along with graphics, titles, and lower thirds for a 44-minute TV special and supporting digital content.
Studio: Moonraker VFX
Creative Direction: Alex Dilworth
“Simply put, Dan scores a 10 out of 10 every time. His work is superb but what sets him apart is his commitment to getting it right and that he’s exceptionally easy to work with.”
Pete Fullard, CEO and Founder Upskill People
Coca Cola: Taking care of your product
Client: Coca Cola
Art Direction | Illustration | Animation
A training video for Coca-Cola warehouse teams about how to take care of coca cola product.
I oversaw this project from concept to delivery. Working directly with the client to create the storyboards, illustrations, animation, and direct the voiceover artist and sound design.
Sound Design: Andrew Dennis
Voice Over: Lucy Moon
Halo Aniversary & Xbox Core: Graphics
Client: Red Central
Design & Illustration
Working with established brand guides I created a number of original designs, patterns, and graphics for use on Xbox Core and Halo Anniversary products and merchandise.
Nerds Candy x Dungeons & Dragons: Social media videos
Studio: Red Central
Story boards | Animation | Art Direction
7 x social media ads for the Nerds Candy x Dungeons & Dragons crossover. Responsible for storyboarding, directing character and prop illustrations, creating background artwork, rigging and animating characters with joysticks and sliders, and animating each video.
“Always brings a fresh perspective and clever thinking to a project. As well as being a great illustrator, designer, animator AND motion graphics designer! He’s just an all round fun chap with a good sense of humour which comes out in his work.”
Alan Guest, Creative Director at Red Central
Lego: Graphics
Studio: Red Central
Design & Illustration
Working with established brand guides I designed and Illustrated original graphics for use on Lego fashion products and merchandise, created product mockups and the brand book.
Transformers: Graphics
Client: Red Central
Design & Illustration
Using supplied clean renders of character models I created multiple designs, adding texture, typography and backgrounds for use on Transformers products and merchandise.
B2B Marketing videos
Studio: Red Central
Motion Graphics
Working with a small team I helped to create a number of B2B videos featuring dynamic text and graphics to showcase products at trade shows and events. I edited video content into impactful 5-second clips with dynamic, seamless transitions that were then assembled into long-form presentations for high-impact visual displays.
Wizarding World Graphics
Studio: Red Central
Illustration | Motion Graphics
Working with established brand guides I created a number of original designs for use on Harry Potter and Wizarding World merchandise and fashion products along with sizzle reels for B2B advertising
Concept Product Videos
Studio: Red Central
Motion Graphics | Design | Illustration
Developed animated look books for clients including Hasbro, Marvel, Warner Bros, and DC, visualizing fashion and merchandise concepts. Collaborated closely with the creative team to design graphics, integrate them with photography, and animate dynamic presentation layouts.
Upskill People: eLearning content
Art direction | Animation | Illustration
I led storyboarding, art direction, illustration, and animation for 15 humorous and musical management and health & safety training videos (7 x 2min + 8 x 2min), along with the design of supporting e-learning materials including graphics, icons, and logos.
Directed a small team to deliver all content on time within a tight schedule.
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