Don Clark

Donald Christopher Clark (born May 30, 1975) is an American musician and graphic designer. He was the rhythm guitarist and bassist for the Christian metal band, Demon Hunter, which he co-founded with his brother, vocalist Ryan Clark. Before Demon Hunter, Clark was a former guitarist and co-founder of Training for Utopia with Rob Dennler. He appears on Zao's The Lesser Lights of Heaven DVD.

History Before forming TFU and Demon Hunter, Clark was in a local band called Offset. Clark formed the band with the Rob Dennler (vocals), Steve Saxby (bass) and Morley Boyer (drums). Dennler left the band in 1996 and Ryan joined the band. The band released an EP, a Split EP, and two studio albums.

He and his brother formed Demon Hunter in 2000 and released their debut album late the following year through Solid State Records. The group would continue to steadily gain exposure throughout the 2000s.

His grandfather, an artist, helped inspire his grandsons' work in graphic design, which is their true day job. Ryan and Don founded Seattle-based Asterik Studio with their friend Demetre Arges in 2000. The design studio has created CD packaging, poster art, web design, and/or merchandise design for hundreds of artists including Poison the Well, Liz Phair, P.O.D., and The White Stripes; however, Clark also notes that he is not a fine artist and that such work is typically outsourced. Based on their design experience, Don and Ryan authored a chapter in the book New Masters of Photoshop, Volume 2 . In 2007, the brothers had announced that they were leaving Asterik to start Invisible Creature.

Clark was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album packaging for The Folds' Secrets Keep You Sick. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and two children.

On August 12, 2009, in Seattle, Washington, at El Corazón, Demon Hunter announced that Don Clark had left the band to pursue his career in graphic design and to be with his family.

In an interview with Matt Johnson Clark stated that, he, Don & Ryan, and Nathan Burke formed a project called Deathbed Atheist.

Discography Training for Utopia The Falling Cycle EP (1997) Plastic Soul Impalement (1998) Training for Utopia / Zao (1998 w/ Zao) Throwing a Wrench into the American Music Machine (1999) Technical Difficulties (2004) Demon Hunter Demon Hunter (2002) Summer of Darkness (2004) The Triptych (2005) Storm the Gates of Hell (2007)

List of design works Year Artist Album Credit(s)1996 Focal Point Neglected (EP) Layout, design Focal Point Suffering of the Masses Layout, design 1997 Eighteen Visions Lifeless (EP) Layout Torn Apart Nothing Is Permanent.... Design, layout Training for Utopia The Falling Cycle (EP) Artwork (cover concept) Unconquered You Say Moderation, I Scream Prohibition! Layout 1998 Training for Utopia Plastic Soul Impalement Layout, design 1999 Stretch Arm Strong Rituals of Life Art direction, design Through the Eyes of Katelyn Your Role Model's Dead Layout, design Spitfire The Dead Next Door Art direction, design 2000 Embodyment The Narrow Scope of Things Art direction AP2 Suspension of Disbelief Art direction, layout 2001 God Forbid Determination Art direction, design The Juliana Theory Music from Another Room (EP) Layout Various Happy Christmas Vol. 3 Art direction 2002 Cherryholmes Dressed for Success Photography Soul Embraced This Is My Blood Layout, design Poison the Well Tear from the Red Artwork, design Various Stafcatorce Soundandculture Design Poison the Well Tear from the Road (DVD) Artwork, design concept 2006 Atreyu A Death-Grip on Yesterday Artwork, layout Twelve Gauge Valentine Shock Value Design Kutless Live from Portland Design 2007 Drop Dead, Gorgeous "They'll Never Get Me (Word With You)" Art direction Various Country Christmas Design, illustration Mnemic Passenger Design John Reuben Word of Mouth Design Jackson Waters Come Undone Design Machine Head The Blackening Design (special edition package) Chasing Victory Fiends Design Chris Cornell Carry On Design Pierce the Veil A Flair for the Dramatic Design Seven Places Glowing Design Drop Dead, Gorgeous Worse Than a Fairy Tale Design Foo Fighters "The Pretender" Art direction, design Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Art direction, design Falling Up Captiva Design Foo Fighters "Long Road to Ruin" Art direction, design 2008 Bullet for My Valentine Scream Aim Fire Illustration Advent Remove the Earth Design The Out Circuit Pierce The Empire With A Sound Illustration, design Our Last Night The Ghosts Among Us Design Pennywise Reason to Believe Illustration, design Hawk Nelson Hawk Nelson...Is My Friend! Illustration, design P.O.D. When Angels & Serpents Dance Design Coalesce 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening Design (reissue) Since October This Is My Heart Design Inhale Exhale I Swear... Design Kutless To Know That You're Alive Design The Living End White Noise Art direction, design Various Kurt Cobain: About a Son Design (CD Packaging) Starflyer 59 Dial M Design The Red Shore Unconsecrated Design 2009 Coalesce Ox Design Coalesce OXEP Design 2010 Sing It Loud Everything Collide Design The Red Shore The Avarice of Man Art direction, design Young the Giant Young the Giant Design 2014 Propaganda Crimson Cord Art direction, design Jackie Hill Perry The Art of Joy Art direction, design