Daniel Racine, condensed resume

Grades

UQUAM. Printing and Art Teaching, 1969-72

   

Professional experience

Co-host of a TV show produced by the CBC, Téléchrome, Radio-Canada, (1972-74);

Analyse and comment drawings sent by a young public, learning the Art of producing Comic Strip; I had to teach them, on TV, the necessary skills to produce a good comic strip.

Honored by 2 Grants from the Canadian Art Concil;

One to produce a black and white scomic trip album and the other, to write a user's manual on airbrush techniques (1973-74.

Creation of the first colored comic strip magasine in Quebec, l'Écran (1974-75)

   

Architectural design at «Les Maisons Drummond» (1976-77)

Produce illustrations for new houses models.

Court Illustrator for «le service de l'information de Radio-Canada», CBC, (1977-80)

Courtroom illustrations.

Background animation layouts for the film Heavy Metal, Taarna section, Potterton, Columbia Picture, (1980-81)

Produce clean layouts for the animation backgrounds.

Télévision

Creation and writing of the series Micro-Monde, (CBC) Radio Canada, (1982-84)

Research and writing, editing and studio hosting for a series about the impact of new technologies in our environment. This was the first series about computer technology in the beginning of the 80's.

Music for the series «4 voix 1 Parole», (CBC) Radio-Canada, (1984- 85)

Writing and producing music to illustrate the series; done in MIDI with electronic instruments.

A little break in furniture handpainting (Rosemalling and other techniques)... (1986-88)

   

Education

 

Director of a Boarding school at «Collège du Mont-Sacré-Coeur», in Granby (1989-90)

(Note : this, probably was the most significant experience in my life; being responsable for the education of teenagers requires a special involvement, which in return, enlarges one's mind)

Computer graphic

 

Desktop bublishing. Production of schoolbooks for the «Département du Français au collégial», layout, design and everything ready to print. (1986-...)

«P.I.F.E.N.»
«Écrire enfin avec plaisir.»
«Le Français sans douleur», etc.

Production of many Newsletters (1986-...); see list of a few of them, at right, and also, a lot of web pages and illustrations (artworks).

«Le Pause-Café»
«Le Bulletin de l'APBQ»
«Reflections»
«Rendez-Vous»
«CREW » (Comité de Revitalisation Économique de Waterloo) , etc.

Production of an editorialist comic strip for the « Plus de La Voix de l'Est», (Granby) : «Tranches de Vie» (1993-95)

The strips, written and illustrated by the author, were about teenager's preoccupations and problems. They were published once a week for almost two years.

Computer Art in film industry

Storyboarding, design and layouts and computer art, (coloring, production of posters, etc.) for many animation companies. (1996-...)

Ciné-Groupe
PRH,
Cactus

Translation

Translation of a user's guide for health care, from English towards French. Includes illustrations and artwork for «l'Association des Préposés aux Bénéficiaires du Québec» (1995)

  

For more information, you can reach me at these address, both, conventional mail or Email.

skill and versatility
don't exclude one another
when combine with experience

Daniel Racine (16 mai 1947)

C.P. 345
15 Allen O., Waterloo, (Québec)
J0E 2N0

phone and fax :
(514) 539-5020

Have a look at some samples of my work at : porte-folio
and don't hesitate to follow the suggested links!

Special museum
Web pages samples :

EMAIL: drac@total.net