MEET #2173 DANIEL SAVAGE

Animator • Brooklyn, NY

WNW Member #2173 Daniel Savage, a 2012 ADC Young Gun, has worked extensively in animation and interaction for clients such as Comedy Central, Kanye West, and Google. Dan has also taught design and animation at the School of Visual Arts and New York University. His work is staggering yet inviting, making you wish you could spend a day inside the worlds he creates.

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1. How long have you been freelancing?

~7 years

2. Is there a time or place that you feel most creative/have the best ideas?

Riffing with like minded people.

3. What's your ideal Working:Not Working ratio?

All of my hobbies could be considered working, so I guess it's like 90/10.

4. Do your parents understand what you do?

Yeah, Mom aint no dummy.

5. What scene from a movie makes you laugh just thinking about it?

The dinner scene in Step Brothers.

6. If you were stranded on a desert island, with your computer, what 3 websites would you take with you?

Let's be honest... it's going to be very lonely out there, use your imagination. I guess the other two would be tumblr and vimeo.

7. What do you do when Not Working?

Study the stock market.

8. Do you have a hidden talent?

I'm really good at gambling.

9. Any tips or advice for fellow freelancers?

If you live with your significant other who has a cushy corporate insurance plan, you can join their plan as a domestic partner and save heaps of cash.