United Kingdom
Biography
Daryl is a specialist in art direction and creative thinking, unlocking businesses' abilities to grow, develop and deliver within their creative crafts across game development and publishing, ensuring creativity is a core business strength. Daryl holds over 26 years' experience working in entertainment, spanning both the game and film industries. His expertise and skills have been instrumental in putting some of the top UK games studios on the international stage for visual quality, across multiple platforms and genres, winning numerous awards. He has held in house senior studio leadership positions most notably at NaturalMotion, Nordeus and Jagex. Recently he founded his own consultancy aimed at levelling up game studios capabilities within the creative crafts and is an advisory board member for multiple studios
Work Experience
2022 -Present day
Founder/ Owner
Clewlow Creative (UK)
2018 -2022
Senior Director of Art, Design and Audio
Jagex (UK)
2016 -2018
Head of Art
Nordeus (Serbia)
2013 -2016
Head of Art
NaturalMotion (UK)
2010 -2013
Art Director
Blitz Games Studios (UK)
2006 -2010
Art Director
Rebellion (UK)
2002 -2005
Lead Concept Artist
Core Design (UK)
2002 -2002
Environment Artist
Free Radical Design (UK)
1996 -2002
Special FX Artist
Freelance (UK)
Education
2000 -2001
HND
WGC College
Animation and Multimedia
1993 -1996
Bachelor of Arts
University of the Arts London (Chelsea)
Fine/ Studio Arts
Skills
Traditional Art
24 years of experience
Digital Art
18 years of experience
Management
10 years of experience
Art Direction
10 years of experience
Leadership
10 years of experience
Creative Direction
10 years of experience
Team Leading
7 years of experience
VFX
6 years of experience