Li Dan
Illustration, Singapore
 
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Contact details
Tel: +65 83326360 Fax: +65 67421229
Brief Summary
I am an illustrator and designer, and have set up LiDan Illustration & Design Studio in 2009 in
Singapore. I obtained my Masters Degree in illustration from Edinburgh College of Art in the UK in
2005. I can adept at different illustration styles, and had used many different media depending on the
subject and purpose. My artwork and design had appeared in major publications, books, e-book,
magazines and advertising companies in Singapore, Japan, China, UK, New Zealand, Australia and
USA.
My art research has entered many art competitions in China, UK, USA, Singapore, Korea and Ukraine.
Notably, being final fifteen short-listed for Victoria and Albert (V&A) illustration awards 2005 in the UK. - See more at: http://thecreativefinder.com/lidanstudio#sthash.X2zfsxBS.dpuf
Clients

Client List
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Ministry of Education Ministry of Communications and Information
Institute of Technical Education (HQ) LEGO Singapore Pte Ltd
The Institute of Technical Education National University of Singapore
National Library Board National Archives of Singapore
Learning Media (New Zealand) Health Promotion Board
Marshall Cavendish International Pte Ltd Chromatic Media Pte Ltd
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National Environment Agency
The Esplanade Co Ltd SHYALALA (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Child Educational CO.PTE LTD Pagesetters services Pte Itd
Cambridge University Press (Japan, USA, Singapore) SPH Magazines Pte Ltd
Singapore Children's Society Lowe and Partners (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Lights & Shadows Crawford School of Public Policy
LEGO Singapore Pte Ltd Vopak Terminals Singapore Pte Ltd
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A-star. Learners Publishing Private Limited
Golf Digest Singapore Harbour Future Leaders
Cuckoo Pte Ltd Caffeine Creative
Marshall Cavendish Publishing Group JDM Kids Pte Ltd
Tusitala Pte Ltd MTV Asia LDC
JWT (J. Walter Thompson), Singapore Ink On Paper Communications Pte Ltd
Irisnation Singapore Pte Ltd Emoxis LLP
JMatrix Consulting Pte Ltd Squake Inspired Interactions
One Dash 22 Pte Ltd Edventure Books Pte Ltd
Creative Performance Mastery International Pte Ltd Topix Studio
Harbour Future Leaders TSI Graphics
Pupilpeople Pte Ltd BLACKBOWTIE
ModernAge Design & Communications Scrawl Studios Pte Ltd
Time Out Magazine Select Books Pte Ltd
Select Publishing Pte Ltd M&C SAATCHI
Panpac Education Private Limited Union Book CO Pte Ltd
APSARA Antiques and Arts


 

 

 


Professional Experience

 

Education:

Sep. 2004 - Dec. 2005 Edinburgh College of Art, Master of Degree in Illustration

Sep.1999-July.2003 China Academy of Art majored in Graphic Design Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Working Experience:

05.2009 – present Registered LiDan Illustration & Design Studio

12. 2008 – 04.2009 As a freelancer for some publishing ,magazine and advertising companies in Singapore

04.2008 – 11.2008 As an Illustrator and designer at Panpac Education Private Limited in Singapore( full time)

02.2008- 04.2008 As an art teacher in St Nichola's Girls School in Singapore(6 weeks, Part time,China traditional painting)

09.2007 – 02.2008 As a freelancer for some publishing and advertising companies in Singapore

19.03.2007-9.05.2007 As an Art director at Fuzhou Newidea Planning CO.,LTD in China (Full time)

01.2005 - 07.2006 As a drawing Teacher at the Alba Cathay Chinese School in Edinburgh (part time)

08.2002–09.2002 Graphic designer, Hangzhou Westlake Advertisement Company (part time)

2002.10–2002.12 A member of designers and painters of a large fresco named Silk Road for Zhejiang Yiwu Futian Ltd. The fresco area is 75㎡ (22m×3.3m), it displayed on the wall of front door at merchandise market in Yi Wu city


 

Computer Skills

Software experience with Photoshop CS, Coreldraw, Painter X, Dreamweaver MX , Illustrator CS, Indesign, Microsoft Office, etc.

 

Study Research

Dissertation topic: Using of character in poster design (Bachelor of Arts)2003

Dissertation topic: Discussing the different representation of technique in illustration (Master of Degree) 2005

Referees

Jonathan Gibbs, Illustration Department Chair, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, UK Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 (0)131 2216134 Fax: +44 (0)131 221 6028

Hou Youmin Department professor, Visual Communication Design, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou City, China 310002

Email: [email protected] Tel: (86)571 85591178


 

 
Awards and Recognition

Achievements & Awards

2006 Selected for Image Nation of Exhibition in the Collins Gallery in Glasgow

2005 Book illustration, One Day was chosen as one of fifteen on the short list

the V&A illustration Awards 2005 in the UK

Aug.2005 Book illustration, One Day has been exhibited in Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

12.2005 My degree show in ECA had obtained acclaim by Scotland on Sunday newspaper

2003 Selected Award, in the international competition Trnava Poster Triennial 2003

2003 Selected Award, in The 4th PLATINUM ORIGINALITY Graphic Design Competition for design students in China Academy of Art

2002 Selected Prize, of Kan Tai-Keung Prize in The 4th National College Students’ Visual Design Competition

2002 Selected Award, in The 3th PLATINUM ORIGINALITY Graphic Design Competition for design students in China Academy of Art

2002 Two Selected Prizes, in the 2nd Chinese Graphic Design Competition

2002 Three Selected Prizes, one of commonweal and two of arts, in Korea

International Poster Biennale Designing Competition held every two year

2002 Two Excellent Awards, in The 2002 Suzhou Impression City Brand Advertisement Exhibition

2002 Selected Prize, in The Zhejiang Art Design Exhibition celebrating the 80th anniversary of Chinese Communist Party

2001 Selected Prize, in The 2nd PLATINUM ORIGINALITY Graphic Design Competition for design students in China Academy of Art Privilege

 

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