Daniel Cariño
Media Designer
WHO IS DANIEL?
Now is not a time for an existential crisis so let's not go too deep into that... But professionally: He's an ASU Alumni focused on changing the way you think of theatre and video design! He has worked for OSF (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), PBS, and annually for the LDI Trade Show since 2013. His work on Honky at San Diego Rep can be seen on Onstage In America. His past work has includes Childsplay in Tempe Arizona bringing projections to children's theatre in the valley, and he's looking to help with your next big project! He currently is based out of Chicago!
HE'S A TRAINER
Daniel is the 2nd Certified Trainer in North America for Dataton WATCHOUT. His background and knowledge of the award winning projection mapping software has currently brought him to Chicago working for the NA Distributor. He travels across the US to teach WATCHOUT, set up installations, and provides tech support. Keep an eye out for upcoming classes on the Dataton website.
HE'S A DESIGNER
Daniel has worked throughout his professional career to bring sets to life with projection. His roots come from over a decade of Graphic Design training and half a decade in Motion Graphics! His audiences have been from all sorts of age groups and demographics.
HE'S A COLLABORATOR
Aside from theatre Daniel likes to collaborate with artists and people outside of the industry on projects. From Film, Art instillation, Clubs, Conventions, and more. Video can extend out into every field. Daniel loves collaborating with all artists, because there's an unlimited potential to what can be done!
HE'S A TOTALLY RAD DUDE (do people say that anymore, what are the kids saying these days?)
When he's not working on a project he likes to stay up to date on the latest design trends, music scenes, and supporting local businesses and artists. He has streamed on twitch for design work and video games, keeping in contact with his followers and supporters. He has also developed a brand of tees called Butch Queen that had over 90 designs on his society6, not including his regular designed tees, Society6 has since changed the maximum designs on all profiles unless you subscribe. He has a loud political stance on equity and equality, since his life is "political" as a member of the LGBTQA+ Community, Latino Community, and Artist where we have to justify our craft, even though our world would be less entertaining or colorful without us.
Daniel is an active member of ONYX MIDWEST. ONYX is an organization formed and operated by Men of Color who enjoy the leather lifestyle. ONYX sets as its goal, to provide an informational and social organization to address issues specific to people of color who chose to project the positive aspects of the leather lifestyle and support our community and economic initiatives. Support, spirituality, safety and saneness are keys to attaining our goals. Toward this end, it is the principle aim of ONYX to develop in its members the highest standards of loyalty to the laws and established code of ONYX and to treat all in society with honor, unselfishness and tolerance.
Life is too short to be caught up in sadness, forgive and forget the small things, but it's perfectly fine to protect yourself from harmful situations including negative people. Just remember to share the love, but also remember to love yourself. Never sacrifice your happiness for others, but first look into what happiness means to you. In his case, it's giving back somehow and providing a safe space to be yourself.
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