about me

I am Dan.

I am a Digiital Illustrator and Flash Animator/Designer.

I have been working in the Digital Media Industry for over twelve years.

Despite my job, I do not really understand technology and I don’t think it likes me very much.

I have written/am writing a Science Fiction Adventure for Young Adults/ Readers of all ages entitled The Etherwheel Trilogy, and I have finally plucked up the courage to share it with the world. I am also working on a fantasy novel for Young Adults called the Hag Tree.

I love (in no particular order): Black Holes, Casey (my wife) , The Knife, Tigers, The Dark Crystal, David Attenborough, Taramasalata, Dinosaurs, Star Wars, Snorkeling, Olives, Whitey, Snowboarding, The four seasons…but most of all Spring, Goldcrests, Steambot Studios, Spaghetti al tartufo, The Umbrella Academy, Moleskine notebooks, Fever Ray, Imagine FX magazine, Wrens, Lord of the Rings, The Owl Service, Hot Rod, Sun dried Tomatoes, Massive Black, Philip Reeve, Wolfmother, Blue Whales, James Lovelock’s Gaia Theory, Greg Broadmore, China Mieville (espechially The Scar), Werewolves, Sleepy Hollow, Ray Harryhausen, Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart, Battle Chasers, Tron, Peter Jackson, Led Zep, The Hubble Telescope, my dog Pie, the film Pi, did I mention Black Holes?, Queens of the Stone Age,kingfishers, John Carpenter’s The Thing, walking in the woods, smoked salmon, Lord of the Flies, Predator, The Stones, Slow Worms, Stephen Hunt, Basil ( the herb), Gormenghast, Rotring Pens, thunder storms, stars…okay, so you’re probably getting a little bored now so I’ll stop, but hopefully that gives you an idea of my influences and interests…

favourite books

The Scar - China Mieville (in fact anything by China)
Lord of the Flies -William Golding
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Hobbit - JRR Tolkein
Anything by Philip Reeve
Excession - Iain M Banks
The Owl Service - Alan Garner
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
Beyond the Deepwoods - Chris Riddell/Paul Stewart
Uncle Lubin - WH Robinson
Neuromancer - William Gibson
The Drowned World - J.G Ballard
Watchmen- Alan Moore/DaveGibbons
The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller

my websites

http://www.etherwheel.co.uk     http://etherwheel.wordpress.com/