Dan Lloyd was born on December 6, 1990 in London England. Dan Lloyd has been animating since the age of 11, as confirmed in Animating a MinecraftShort! In college, he took a visual arts course that covered 3D animation. Later, he co-founded Element Animation with Jason Sargeant and Christine Aktin. He has also been workimg on various Element Animation webseries like: An Eggs Guide to Minecraft, Villager News, Terraria: The Animated Series (as the director), Element Shorts and many More. They collaborated with Charlieissocoollike on a 2011 video of their channel.