Creature Sculpure 4, originally uploaded by Jamie Durrant.

Just finished priming and painting my latest little Hobbe sculpture from Fable 2. Made from super sculpey. Quite pleased with the outcome of this one, love the face, less keen on the body. I was thinking about molding this one so I can make some copies for friends at work, but I actually might make a larger one so that I can add more detail. This one is about 3 inches tall.

On the 16^th Feburary 1998, aged 26,  I started my job at Lionhead Studios.
10 years later and albeit not as fresh looking,  I’m still here. 

When I started at 5 Frederick Sanger Road, there were just 8 people, we were making Black & White. We were a tight group of people, everyone knowing everyone else and what they were working on. Their strengths and weaknesses. It was a great team. When it came to hire a new starter, we were all involved in meeting them and asked our views of them.

Times have changed now, with the amount of people at Lionhead closer to 200. We still get to work within small teams, there’s just more of them. As the projects have become more complex and challenging,  with more at stake, we now don’t know everything that is going on in the company, but we still work as a team and create our bonds.

I can’t pretend to know every person at Lionhead, but those I have worked with I hope I remain a good friend. I’m hoping to create more friends as the years progress and as is with a lot of companies, colleagues leave and new faces begin.  Each change becomes a new challenge.

I guess I have an enviable position in that I periodically change my workload to fill whatever role is needed. I’ve never been bored for too long here. Working to my strengths and acknowledging my failings.

Memorable times:  Watching the solar eclipse, watching with horror as the twin towers fell, demonstrating B&W to an ever growing crowd at E3, the team meetings at Bargate that digressed into drinking games,  having the occasional half crazed fan turn up at the offices, watching C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate, the Baftas, the xmas parties, the tradeshows, the deals that fell through, the deals that succeeded, the long nights and the occasional heated tantrum (you know who you are)

I am sure there will be plenty more memorable times to come.

If you’ve read this far, then I hope I haven’t disappointed you into thinking that this was my resignation letter. Far from it. I’m very much looking forward to the next 10 years at Lionhead and the challenges that have yet presented themselves. So long as we constantly strive for innovation and quality, but making sure we have fun and laughs along the way, I’m sure the next 10 years will fly past as quickly as the previous 10.

Much love,
Jamie.

Optical Illusion (see large image version to compare), originally uploaded by jeremiah_owyang.

Love this optical illusion. I want to know how to make one. Anyone ?

I got my Philips Aurea today ! Got it from tec7 within House of Fraser.

Great stuff.. but so far I have yet been able to try it with a 1080P signal. I guess I need to hold out for a dual format (Bluray/HDDVD) player.

Here are the flyers I did for the LH party, starring Adelphi Road, The Cleaving Heevages and Soul Jam.

DSC01559, originally uploaded by Jamie Durrant.

We had Lionhead’s 10th anniversary last Friday. 10 years since Lionhead was initially created, and a big party was organised for the celebrations. Fancy dress with the theme of ‘games’. Have a look through the photos to see how many game characters you can name.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamie-uk/sets/72157601232788339/

I’ll be at Lionhead for 10 years in February 2008.

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Angel to Some, originally uploaded by Jamie Durrant.

Out in the garden late at night, raining, waving sparklers in the pitch black. You know… just your average day.