Daniel R. Briney came into the world one morning in 1978, took a quick look around, and immediately demanded to be sent back. When told that was impossible, he grudgingly settled in and tried to make the best of it.Dan's formative years were marked by a love of cartoons. His parents bought a VCR soon after those devices came on the market. This proved a mistake; young Dan quickly appropriated the machine.
Before long, Dan was well-versed in the works of Ub Iwerks, Chuck Jones, and Bill Tytla, to name only a few of the greatest animators of the 20th Century. His fascination with the art and history of American animation has not abated since. Fantasia, The Iron Giant, and the films of Pixar Studios are particular favorites.
Such was his love for the genre that Dan later decided to pursue animation as a career. Since his graduation from the Art Institute of Houston in 1998, Dan has worked as a freelance 3D artist, which has provided him with a convenient excuse for his various stretches of unemployment.
Dan has an interest in comic strip art. He loves many of the "Golden Age" strips of the 1920s and '30s, including Barney Google and Captain Easy. As far as he's concerned, the greatest strip of all time was Walt Kelly's Pogo (don't talk to him about Krazy Kat; he enjoys it but believes it to be vastly overrated).
Silent film is also a particular interest-indeed, Dan believes some of the best films were made during the era in which it was a purely visual medium. Among his favorite silents are Greed, The Wind, and anything featuring the great Lon Chaney.
Dan would like to tell you more about himself, but upon realizing there wasn't much to tell, he got really depressed and left to get a stiff drink (scotch, straight up). He currently operates out of an undisclosed location in the heart of Darkest Louisiana. Terrorists, beware.
