Dan Wild. Illustrator, caricaturist, and designer.

University of Illinois, Illinights, Friday November 2, 2007

2007-11-14T10:31:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I caricatured at the University of Illinois Illinights and I took a few photos.

Photo of me caricaturing that ran in the Parkland College Prospectus

2007-11-14T10:28:00.000-08:00

Dan Wild starts a caricature

Nicole Simmons/Prospectus

This photo was printed in the Parkland College Prospectus, a student produced publication, on Wednesday, September 21, 2005.

Caricatured at the Champaign Urbana Halloween at the Y event

2007-10-29T21:47:00.000-07:00

I caricatured at the Champaign Urbana Halloween event and photos of me at the event ended up on the Saltimbanco Cirque Du Soleil website.

Cool...

I've attached the photos and a link

http://www.saltimbancobus.com/champaign/ymcahalloween/

Logo for Mr. HVAC finished

2007-08-22T05:19:00.000-07:00

Check out the illustration I created for the logo for Mr. HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning.

Champaign Urbana Downtown Festival of the Arts

2007-08-22T05:16:00.000-07:00

I caricatured at the Chamapaign Urbana Downtown Festival of the Arts and photos of me appeared in the paper and on the News Gazette website.

Artists Against Aids Event - April 27/28

2007-05-01T05:07:00.000-07:00

I caricatured at the Champaign-Urbana Artist Against Aids Event on April 27/28. Gnightgirl was nice enough to send a few clients my way and post some photos of the event on her blog.

Check out her blog here to see some additional photos of and read more about the event.

"Pennies for the PlayHouse" event in Peoria

2007-03-17T11:12:00.000-07:00

I caricatured at the "Pennies for the PlayHouse" event in Peoria and got a surprising amount of publicity.

Attached is a photo of my hand drawing a caricature, that ran in the Peoria Journal Star Newspaper. Click here to read the article on line.

The local NBC affiliate news station WEEK ran a segment on the event as well which you can view here.

If you watch the whole thing you can see my sign at the end and a brief shot of me caricaturing as well. :)

Here's a fun project I'm working on for Coldwell Banker

2006-08-23T05:05:00.000-07:00

Here's a fun project I'm working on for Coldwell Banker. We're creating a "sign guy" for marketing uses.

Photography samples of an artist at work...

2006-04-02T07:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos I took of an art instructor at the U of I.

Here's some caricatures from last night's event. (Illinights Jan 28th 2006)

2006-01-28T08:03:00.000-08:00

Here's a few caricatures from an event I caricatured at last night. (Dec 11 Illinights at the U of I.)

2005-12-03T07:54:00.000-08:00

Some of the photos didn't turn out. So if I told you your picture would be up and it isn't - I'm sorry about that. :(

A billboard campaign created for Champaign Telephone Company that didn't get used...

2005-11-12T08:49:00.000-08:00

The second round of billboards created for Champaign Telephone Company
Here was a second campaign created for Champaign Telephone Company. The first campaign which was used by the client can be viewed here. Sadly the second half of the campaign, wasn't used.

The thinking behind the campaign
My goal was to created a "phone world" with a different billboard designs that could be used each month for a year. I wanted each design to tie in to the month, while showing the phones engaged in an activity that would in a sense tell a story about who you could call, or a reason you would call someone.

I came up with the taglines and did all of the photography and design work for this campaign. Using parts of stuffed animals, toys, boxes of Kleenex, and a ton of other stuff as well. I had a blast creating and designing this campaign and was disappointed when the client didn't buy into it.

By the way, my favorite one was the "Call the day after" design created for February / valentine's day. :)

Billboard Campaign created for Champaign Telephone Company in the Champaign Urbana area.

2005-11-12T08:26:00.000-08:00

Here's a fun billboard campaign that I art directed for the Champaign Telephone Company. They're a cell phone service provider in the Champaign - Urbana area in Illinois. All the design went up at the same time and where also used on bus pannels as well.

The campaign was based on a similar campaign that ran in Peoria Illinois. The Peoria campaign had four designs, work, mom, dad, and grandmother I believe... and the look of the boards and phones were different.

I photographed a new phone, personalized the phones using the cute faces, and created a few more of the "people and places" where a cell phone could be used or come in handy.

In this campaign I used quite a bit of clip art to personalize the different phones. In a second campaign created for CTC I would use all original photography.

We also finished the campaign with a final design call "Everyone" which featured all the caricatures together in a group.

Here's a few caricatures from an event I caricatured at last night. (Nov 11th Illinights at the U of I.)

2005-11-12T08:02:00.000-08:00

Here's some caricatures from an event I did last night. :)

2005-11-06T08:26:00.000-08:00

Here's some photos of caricatures I drew from an event last night.

2005-10-16T09:30:00.000-07:00

These are fairly large files 8 inches by 9 inches (sizes vary), though they should preview at a smaller size. If you click on the image it'll pop open as a larger image in another window. If your one of the people I drew, I wanted to load them up at a large enough size that you could down load them and print them out if you wanted to. :) If your one of the people I drew and your photo isn't here, I apologize, some of the photos didn't come out.

"Color Yourself" a cool campaign that I created for Classic Tan in Champaign Urbana

2005-10-15T10:21:00.000-07:00

This is a campaign that I'm proud of. It was created for Classic Tan, a tanning salon chain in the Champaign - Urbana region. Check out their website by clicking here. They wanted to appeal to mothers, and people who wouldn't usually tan. They wanted to focus on their non UV tanning option. So, this is what I came up with. It was definitely a different take on the whole tanning experience and we ending up doing multiple designs utilizing the crayon. We had also came up with a few alternate campaigns as well, but this one was my favorite!

Here's on of my favorite billboards that I created for Champaign's Curtis Orchard.

2005-10-14T18:46:00.000-07:00

Curtis Orchard is a local tourist attraction and one of the coolest places to visit in Champaign Urbana. It's a combination petting zoo, apple and pumpkin orchard, restaurant, park, and family fun center. Check out their website here. In the time I was with Adams Outdoor I created at least a dozen or so billboards for Curtis Orchard. All of them highlighting different features that they offer. This billboard was my favorite though. I actually used a plastic Halloween decoration for the pumpkin. But it looks pretty real! I wish I had taken a photo of the billboard when it was up!

Here's some cool billboards I designed for Bill Abbott Chrysler Service Center.

2005-10-13T09:30:00.000-07:00

Want to see my old website?

2005-10-12T11:47:00.000-07:00

Click here. This site is old, like 5 or so years old I think? But I haven't taken it down yet. It links to my current portfolio site at www.danwild.com so it's okay. :) Check it out though if your interested.

Check this out. It's a comic strip that I was working on in college.

2005-10-12T11:38:00.000-07:00

A cool black and white illustrations created for the River Cities Reader...

2005-10-12T11:16:00.000-07:00

I did editorial illustrations for this newspaper for around 3 years, here's a sample. You can see more of the illustrations on my website on this page: rcrsamplesold.htm

Jan. 29

Legislative attempts aimed at lowering Iowa's legal blood-alcohol level are on the agenda again this year and facing a federal deadline. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to lower the limit from .10 to .08 percent, but the Iowa House Public Safety Committee debated the change for more than an hour Thursday before voting 12-9 to send it to the House floor. A federal law requires states to adopt a .08-percent blood-alcohol level by October as the standard for driving while intoxicated. Iowa risks losing $47.2 million in federal road money between 2004 and 2007 if it does not lower its limit...

I designed and art directed the "Vote Yes" billboard campaign for Developmental Services Center

2005-10-11T09:18:00.000-07:00

I was really proud of this campaign, and the client was pleased as well! The Developmental Services Center ended up using my billboard design in all their print ads, magnetic stickers, buttons, posters, t-shirts, and more...

This campaign had a lot of personal meaning for me and I feel really happy about the fact that hundreds of people will be helped by the passing of this disability tax.

To read an article that ran in The Daily Illini about the success of the campaign click here.

To visit the website of the Developmental Services Center click here.

I designed and art directed this billboard campaign for the United Way of Champaign's "Carousel Of Caring."

2005-10-11T08:42:00.000-07:00

I took the photo and I designed this billboard campaign for United Way of Champaign County. I'm actually pretty proud of the way it turned out. The Carousel of Caring was an united Way auction in which local artists painted carousel horses and auctioned them off at a charity event with the proceeds going to United Way charities.

Visit the United Way if Champaign County website here.

To read up on, and see photos of the Carousel of Caring auction click here.

The Wizard of Oz billboard illustration...

2005-10-09T15:20:00.000-07:00

Here are two photos of the billboard I designed and illustrated for the Junior Woman's Club and Urbana High School. I had to put a lot of info into the design, but I loved the way it turned out! Visit the Junior Woman's Club website at www.cujwc.org.