dear dido,

 
      Since 2015, we have helped defined looks, told stories, set moods, or simply given our sense of aesthetic to the world and it has returned to us the ability to illustrate, and do that for other people.

We’ve eschewed the boredom of maintaining a consistent process, so that our work is ever-evolving and in constant flux with attempting to push the envelope; capturing the soul of spontaneity within a sense of surrealism and nostalgia.

We get to work with some amazing people, amazing clients. Some clients, with no idea with what they want, some with big dreams, but all with awesome projects — 
and better yet we get to travel for said work. But best of all, we get to draw for a living; that is a weird thing to say — but it’s true. 

Hope you’re drawing your heart out, and realise that even when you’re begrudgingly drawing for an assignment that is due the day after, you sit down and realise that you’re loving every second of it.

Lots of love, 
Future me

p.s. If you’d like to get in touch,
hello@daniel-ido.com

clientele

Publication:
Old Dungate Press
Pop-Up Projects
Maris O’Rourke
Neil Clarke
Steadman Gbajumo
Button Shy Games
Rule & Make

Editorial:
The Spinoff
Havas & Lynx
Grazia
Metro / Bauer Media

Advertising:
Nimbl
CNN / Turner
Gorgeous 
PappaRich
Prairie Artisan Ales
Three Sister’s Brewery
Garage Project

Collaborations:
Penguin Random House
Marcus Sedgwick
JP Pomare

Features

2021 Grazia, Grazia’s Home City Guide to Auckland
2019 Fresh 19, Cafe Girl
2018 Idealog + Blunt + Generator Umbrella Experiment, Sandy Kiwi Doggos
2018 ImagineFX, November 2018 Issue 166: Artist of the Month
2018 Brut Magazine: Issue #2, Total Neonkyo
2016 SEMI PERMANENT: The 2016 SP Book, Tiger Magician
2014 The Absolute Mag, Phobias & Fetishes
2014 Design Taxi, Phobias & Fetishes

Exhibitions

2023 Skullduggery, Wellington
2022 Hail Mary: Venturing into the Unknown, Christchurch 2022 Skullduggery, Wellington
2017 White Cloud Worlds, Wellington
2017 Chromacon Indie Festival, Auckland
2015 Paper Assassins, Auckland
2014 Forrests Creative Pop Up Show, Auckland
2013 AD Illuminate, Auckland

Awards

2019 Fabrik: Carbon award Fresh 19, Cafe Girl
2018 Idealog + Blunt + Generator Umbrella Experiment / Highly Commended Award, Sandy Kiwi Doggos
2017 Finalist in the Illustration Category, Chromacon - New Zealand Indie Arts Festival, Tiger Magician
2014 Designers Institute of New Zealand:  Finalist in The Best Design Awards, Phobias & Fetishes
2013 Gordon Harris: Best Use of Traditional Media for Contemporary Illustration Award, Phobias & Fetishes