My Biography Hi there, my name's Jon Burrage (commonly known on the Web as 'Demajen', I'm
25 years old, and I'm one of those
weird guys who dabbles in lots of different things: art, writing, web design, and more.
I was born in a little village in the
West Midlands, England, went to school there, went to college in the nearby town, and then decided to get away from it all and study
English Literature and Creative Writing at
Lancaster University, approx 120 miles from home.
I graduated from Lancs Uni with a
2-1 in English Literature, and embarked on a PGCE at St. Martin's College (also in Lancaster) specialising in
Secondary Education: English, Drama and Media Studies. Yes, I'm a fully qualified teacher.
I've been drawing for as long as I can remember, but I do 99% of my work now on computer, and I've only really started dabbling in that in the last eight years or so. I like to think that I'm getting better at it, but the amount of time I get for practise is sorely lacking - one of the creative obstacles being a teacher raises.
There are thousands of things that influence my art, eastern and western styles, what I see on TV and film, what I hear in the music that I work to, the storylines that unfold in the computer games I play. Here are just a few of my inspirations:-
Artists:
- Todd Lockwood ~ brilliant digital/traditional fantasy artist.
- Sam Wood ~ (anyone find a website for him? D&D artist)
- Jason Chan ~ painter of gorgeous and haunting women
- Samwise ~ THE Warcraft artist!
- Falcoon ~ not updated much anymore.
- Larry Elmore ~ the grandad of D&D art
- Mark Gibbons ~ GamesWorkshop artist, now working for Sony as concept artist (no website?)
Music: Mostly classical music or film scores - stuff without words so I can concentrate. Favourites include:
- Music by Nubuo Uematsu (composer for the Final Fantasy games)
- Hans Zimmer
- Dream Theater
- More to come...
