About Me

Hello! 

Let me introduce myself, my name is Danyal Fairburn, I’m an 18 year old first year student studying Games Art Design at De Montfort University. So, the immediate question might be “why Games Art?” well, I’ll share a bit more information with you about my background.

We’ll start at the beginning. My interest in Video Games started brewing about the age of 5, where I received my first handheld console (the GameBoy Colour). Since then my interest has only grown. Throughout Secondary School and Sixth Form however, I, like many others, had to wean myself off of games and channel my enthusiasm into something more productive – The Arts. So, for my A levels I elected to study Art, by far my favourite subject, along with English and Biology (the anatomy of the human body was probably my most profound interest in the subject). Therefore, we end up with the final product; Games Art Design.

So there is the concentrated story of how I ended up studying Games Art, now, let me tell you a bit more about myself as a person. To tell the truth, I’m interested in quite a wide variety of things so it’s difficult where to start, but I’d say I’m most passionate about my Music, Art and Sport. Music is too much to go in to for now, but sporting wise I love playing Hockey and Cricket, but to be honest I’d play or watch anything that involves winning or losing. As for Art, it’d be too difficult to pin down what movement or which artist inspires me the most, but as for sheer appreciation, the works of J M W Turner and John Constable I find incredible. Their landscape paintings are awe-inspiring, and something that I aspire to achieve.

That about sums up this brief overview of myself, I hope you enjoy the rest of my blog and my personal journey!