Background
Walter A. McDaniel was born January 7, 1971 and raised at West Harlem of New York City.
Walter A. McDaniel was born January 7, 1971 and raised at West Harlem of New York City.
School of Visual Arts.
McDaniel landed his first professional job at the age of 16 when he began working at Prometheus Productions. While attending high school at John F. Kennedy High School, he was storyboarding and doing layout and design work on advertising campaigns for companies such as Avon, Lancome, Macy"s, and Cable News Network. After graduating, he began his career in the comic industry with a stint at Continuity Comics, where he did both commercial and comic book art He majored in Illustration and Graphic Design at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.
He worked as a contract artist for from 1991 to 1992, from 1995-1997, and from 1997-1998.
As the comics industry had collapsed, he left the comics industry and joined the toy industry to design toys. Between jobs, He has taught life drawing classes at the Children"s School of Arts, and continues to tutor young aspiring artists.
After the bankcruptcy of many manjor comic houses in United States, he moved to Hong Kong and Japan for toy designs. In 2012 He signed into a contract with Dracco toys to help them design toy animations.