About me
I’m Robbie Davis, a South-East London multimedia digital designer. I studied at University of Kent, Canterbury, achieving a Bachelors of Arts with Honours (B.A. Hons) degree. Over the years since graduating, I have had a range of experiences that have put my skills, knowledge and determination to good use. These experiences are from professional projects to self-made projects.
My path on digital design started when I was about 7 years old. My father had just shown me Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace for the first time and I was blown away, to say the least. Captivated by this wonderful piece of visual media, I naively asked my father “Is this real?”, to which is the point where a parent would shatter a child's illusion by telling them that it’s fake and just a movie made with special effects and props. This only made me want to know more.
Throughout my childhood I have always been considered a highly creative kid with a deep imagination. Over my school years I turned that creativity into a skillset. When I was 16 I started studying at North Kent College, learning Creative Media Game Production (Extended Diploma), a course that taught me the basics of the video game design pipeline. Using Autodesk Maya, Adobe Softwares, and a lot of design documents later, I moved onto University to continue my study of design and art.
At University, I expanded my knowledge and, even more, interest in other areas of media. During a filming module, I was allowed to use filming equipment that I have never had the chance to even lay my eyes on before. This sparked a love for camera work and later on, video editing. Understanding that a major portion of media I have consumed over my life has been mostly video-based, I began enhancing my editing skills to a professional level.
As a person, I am an independent, arts lover. With a big passion for films, video games and the respective industry, tabletop games, and sports such as rock climbing. I find I intertwine my appreciation for films and video games with the common aspect of story. A gripping story based-game or in depth film will grab my attention and respect.
Tabletop games, for me, are a fantastic way to remain social on rainy Sunday afternoons here in London, games with interesting mechanics and style could have me engaged for hours.
Bouldering, which is harnessless rock climbing, has been my go-to activity for a long time. It is a re-telling of my childhood where I wanted (and attempted) to climb everything and anything I could. It’s a fantastic activity that really lets me push myself physically and mentally, by never giving up or thinking of a new way to tackle a route, when it becomes too difficult or tiresome.