Eighteen years ago Ian gained a job as a junior 3D artist with the highly acclaimed Stainless Software (creators of Carmageddon), shortly after graduating from the University of Teesside where he attained a BA (Hons) degree in Graphic Design & Illustration.

In the years proceeding, Ian followed his passion and worked for some of the widely known companies in the videogames industry. Some of which include Rockstar, Ubisoft, The Chinese Room and Acclaim, but to name a few. He rose through the ranks becoming a Lead Artist/Art Director for The Chinese Room where he oversaw the development and prototype for “Everyone’s Gone to the Rapture”, which went on to win 3 Bafta awards.

Ian later become a lecturer in video game art at a Pune institute where unbeknownst to him would be the beginning of a new adventure. He and two other passionate individuals, namely Shruti Ghosh and Avichal Singh would later team up, and ultimately created Nodding Heads Games where they’re working towards their first Kickstarter campaign for Raji – An Ancient Epic. Their mandate is to put India on the Video Game Development map.