Dan Stiles

Dan Stiles is an American graphic artist and graphic designer, known for his rock posters. He is based in Portland, Oregon.

Early life Stiles is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended the University of Oregon (UO) in Eugene, later noting that he had "used college as an excuse to move to the Northwest" to pursue music and snowboarding. After several years working in the Pacific Northwest he moved to San Francisco in 1996 to study design at the California College of the Arts (CCA).

He lived and worked in San Francisco for 7 years, before returning to Portland, Oregon in 2001. Soon, Stiles learned how to silkscreen posters and moved into digital illustration. He has also worked on projects for bands like Band of Horses, Feist, Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend, Hot Chip, and Arcade Fire.

Style Stiles utilizes colorful geometric shapes in a style that has been described as "punk rock modern" and "pop folk." He is usually allowed a fair amount of creative control in his work; Stiles told WeMake that bands often tell him to "just do something cool." According to Stiles, each of his posters has its own significance, as he views them as "his children."