Daniel Castro Maia

design & illustration

Oct 2019

Half A Million Dollars Will Always Be Missed

5-color screen-print of Tarantino's 1997 film, Jackie Brown. For Hero Complex Gallery's 2019 DesignerCon line-up.

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Hero Complex Gallery

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Adam Smasher, Tim Caballero

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3x3 No. 17

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Jan 2021

You Kids Shouldn't Play So Rough

18 x 24 giclée character poster for Reservoir Dogs, for Hero Complex Gallery's Spectacles show.

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Hero Complex Gallery

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Adam Smasher

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3x3 No. 18

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Jun 2021

Checkmate

18 x 24 giclée poster for Jeff Goldblum's portrayal of David Levinson from Independence Day. For Hero Complex Gallery's The Jeffs show.

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Hero Complex Gallery

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Adam Smasher, Tim Caballero

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Oct 2021

On The Road In The Winter of 1931

Licensed 4-color screen-print of the 1997 film, Road to Perdition. For Hero Complex Gallery's 2021 New York Comic-Con line-up. Also printed in three metallic variants.

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Hero Complex Gallery

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Adam Smasher, Tim Caballero

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On The Road In The Winter of 1931

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The Next Bourbon Unicorns

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Travel Goes Members-Only

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How Blackstone Chose Its Heir Apparent

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At the Intersection of Light and Sound

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A Bridge Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem

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How Germany Learned to Love EU Bailouts

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Kafka on the Shore

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Giant Skeletons and Puppy Shortages

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The King of SPACs

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Road Trip

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Imagination

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Why Are You So Gay All The Time?

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Why Most Resolutions Fail

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Are Striped Bass Doomed?

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You Kids Shouldn't Play So Rough

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Social Security Ponders a Post-Pandemic Future

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Selfless

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The End of Tourism?

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It's Not About You, Kevin Spacey

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The Age of Digital Music

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Half A Million Dollars Will Always Be Missed

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Forgotten World

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City and Colour

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Get in touch at daniel@dcmaia.art

I am...

Daniel Castro Maia, a Brazilian illustrator and designer based in Denver, CO.

By day, I'm lead designer for Nectar Consulting. By night, I'm a freelance illustrator. On weekends, I fight crime with the help of my cat sidekick. Here's proof. I studied Illustration at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

Thank you for stopping by!

I've worked with...

The New York Times / POLITICO Europe / The Washington Post / Quanta Magazine / Fireside Fiction / Institutional Investor / The Real Deal Magazine / Hero Complex Gallery / The Fillmore / VinePair / + more.

Recognized by...

Society of Illustrators 63 / American Illustration 38, 39 Chosen / 3x3 No. 16, No. 17, No. 18 / Creative Quarterly 55, 56, 57 / Communication Arts Interactive Annual 2019, Shortlist 2019-21 / Latin American Ilustración 7, 8 Selected / Adobe Design Achievement Award 2019 / My mom says she's very proud