Daanish Syed is an Art Director, Designer and Animator for film, television, and video games. After starting out in motion graphics, he has spent the last 16 years in the game industry starting out as a User Interface artist at Netherrealm Studios, the makers of Mortal Kombat and Injustice, then moving onto a role as Principal Visual Designer at Respawn Entertainment working on STAR WARS Jedi Survivor and is currently Art Director on STAR WARS Zero Company at Bit Reactor. He Because he can’t stop making things, Daanish also hosts a game design podcast “Someone Should Make This” and dabbles in board game design as a hobby, creating game prototypes that have been optioned by major Publishers.
He is based out of Chicago.
Someone should make this
They do the hard part of coming up with great video game ideas, so someone can make it. Daanish, Matt, and Jeff are veteran game developers with dozens of shipped games and decades of industry experience between them. Each week, they will conceive of, develop, and scrutinize the very best game ideas. New Episodes Every Tuesday.
ONE SECOND EVERY DAY
For nearly 4 years, Daanish had recorded one second of video every day chronicling his life. Get a quick glimpse into his alternately mundane and mildly interesting existence.
One Second Every Day 2015
One Second Every Day 2014
Once Second Every Day 2013
Once Second Every Day 2012