Dwayne Vance

Current

Owner at FutureElements

Past

Director of Protective Equipment at Troy Lee Designs
Senior Designer at Mattel

Education

Art Center College of Design

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Industry

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Dwayne Vance’s Summary

Dwayne began his design career with Troy Lee Designs in Corona, California, as a designer of high-end motocross protective gear. Dwayne then became a senior designer for Mattel,Hot Wheels division. At Hot Wheels, he became a prolific designer, developing everything from Hot Wheels cars to entire lines of new toys. Following his success at Hot Wheels, Dwayne has returned to his roots at Troy Lee Designs. There, he continued to design cutting-edge motocross gear including the recent SE2 helmet line and other protective equipment. He now has his own company "Future Elements" - High energy art and design- and works for companies such as Mattel’s Hot Wheels and Batman properties, Hasbro’s Transformers, Texaco, Oakley, Warner Bros, Mazda, Chumba racing, Upper Deck, RC2 Full Throttle, Blackstar Paintball, Troy Lee Designs, Azteq motorsports, Flying Lizard race team, White Box robotics.

Dwayne’s skill as a designer is deeply rooted in his love for automotive art. His Hot Wheels design drawings have been widely published in die cast car magazines and books "How to draw Hot Wheels the Hot Wheels Way" and "35 years of Hot Wheels". His art work is also featured at the Peterson Automobile Museum in Los Angeles, California, in the Museum’s Hot Wheels collection. In a new venture, Dwayne launched a new website called Octane456.com and features an inside look at the design and fabrication side of Hot Rods and Muscle cars. He will also launched a series of his own prints and artwork based on Hot Rod and Muscle car art that are created in mixed media.

Dwayne Vance has a Bachelor’s Degree in Automotive Design from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Dwayne Vance’s Specialties:

Programs used

Photshop
Illustrator
Painter
Art Rage

Dwayne Vance’s Experience

Owner

FutureElements

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Design industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)

Future Elements High energy art and design is a full-service industrial and graphic design firm specializing in the automotive, motorsports, and entertainment industries. Focused on its vision of “High Energy Art and Design”, Future Elements Design offers a diverse range of design services including conceptual design,
3-D visualizing, Industrial design, and custom graphic artwork.
Director of Protective Equipment

Troy Lee Designs

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

September 2004 — October 2007 (3 years 2 months)

Over saw all the design of the all the protective equipment done at Troy Lee Designs.

Designed and developed the SE2

Graphics for SE ans SE2

Designed and developed the 07 line of protective pads

Graphics for Le Mans car for the Flying Lizard team
Senior Designer

Mattel

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Design industry)

September 2002 — October 2004 (2 years 2 months)

Senior Designer in Hot Wheels Division

Lead designer on Acceleracers

Ran the trend group and help launch G-machines and HIN car lines

Designed several basic cars
Bully Goat
49 Merc
64 Impala
Phastasm
Brick Cutter
Mercy Breaker
68 Mustang (Boss Hoss)
Sir Ominous
RD-09 (Bad guy leader in Acceleracers)
Lexus IS race car