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About The Artist

Illustrator, Designer, Educator, Business Creative

Dana Duncan is an illustrator and designer who's work channels her love of animals, nature, and retro styles with it's whimsical flair.

Growing up in SoCal, she amused her parents by befriending all the stray cats in the neighborhood and memorizing the names of all known dinosaurs. Her art obsession became apparent when she started drawing all the time, and all of her childhood requests were for art supplies. Fast forward to the 90's when she got her fist computer and she was off and running as a digital artist.

Dana has adopted many kinds of pets over the years; birds, fish, iguanas, spiders, hamsters, dogs, cats, and even a praying mantis named Ripley that she rescued from her backyard during a storm. Owls are her spirit animal, and she rescued one of those too. She lives with her two cats and goldfish friends.


As a self taught digital artist (she learned this stuff before YouTube) she has developed a fun, unique style that mixes pop culture and art history along with animals and nature. Vector art is her medium of choice and she primarily used Adobe Illustrator to make her creations. 

She has found fulfillment by working as design educator and she shares her unique passion for digital illustration by being a professor at one of the top design schools in the US. 

 

When she is not designing surface patterns she also designs enamel pins and other products for the online store. 

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Shows and Conferences

CATCON

Pasadena

2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022

POP CATS

Austin / Houston / Portland

2017 / 2018 / 2019

DESIGNERCON

Pasadena / Anaheim

2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021

NUCLEUS GALLERY'S PIN PAL PALOOZA

Arcadia​

2017 / 2018 / 2019

PATCHES & PINS EXPO

Pasadena / Anaheim​ / Downtown LA / Santa Ana

2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019

PIN & PATCH CON

Los Angeles / San Diego​

2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019

SPOOK SHOW BIZARRE

Pasadena

2018

JACKALOPE

Pasadena

2019 / 2021 / 2022

RENEGADE

Downtown LA

2019

PASADENA COMIC CON
Pasadena

2020

LONG BEACH COMIC EXPO

Long Beach

2016 / 2017

Publications & Exhibitions

Spoonflower Magazine

Spoonflower Featured Artist

2016 / 2017 / 2018

Giant Robot Store

Fruit Salad: A Juicy Farewell to Summer

A fruit themed exhibition / 2017

Giant Robot Gallery Post-it Show

Invited to participate in annual Post-it Show

2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019

I.C.O.N. the Illustration Conference

Austin, TX, July 2016

Invited to participate in the showcase event "the I.C.O.N. Roadshow."

Cannibal Flower

Los Angeles, Jan, 2016

Exhhibited in the 15 year anniversary show.

HIVE Gallery

Los Angeles, Jan, Feb, Mar & April 2014

Predators Series.

The pieces in this series are B&W pen and ink works that explore the alterative lives of women in the adult industry, choosing animal spiritis from animistic religions to guide them through their life journey.

UPPERCASE Gallery,

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
February - March, 2008
Invited to participate in TYPE BLOCK, an exhibition where international artists were asked to explore the letterforms in their surroundings by documenting what they see within one city block of where they live or work via photographic images of type in their environment.

Awards & Honors

3 x 3 Magazine

Three ×Three International Illustration Awards

Honorable Mention in Surface Design / #18 / 2020

+Dia De Los Meowtos

Honorable Mention in Surface Design / #18 / 2020

+National Parks Stamps

Honorable Mention in Surface Design / #17 / 2018

+Tiki Oasisi

Spoonflower

Weekly Design Challenge

Placed 2nd in Umbrellas Design Challenge.

Placed in the top 25 numerous times.

The Official 64th Annual Academy Awards Poster Design

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences / 1993

Ventura County Addy Awards

First Place in Illustration and Best of Show / 1993

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