These pages include a selection of design projects from a career spanning close to ten years of digital media design and six years of working with games. I have tried to select projects that demonstrate the wide scope of my practice: for an example, game projects range from casual titles to massively multiplayer, from advertising to social games. These pages are still very much under construction and are constantly updated.

Since starting my career in game industry in 2004, I have worked on over 20 titles on platfroms including consoles, PC, mobile and social networks - even traditional board games.

While I am especially passionate about storytelling and pushing the artistic boundaries of the medium, I have worked with games of all kinds, from indies to multiplatform AAA productions, educational and advertising games. Working as freelancer, my positions revolve around game design, writing and art direction.

Dollar Isle
2012, social game
Games Made Me
Social, browser-based city building simulation running on HTML5.
Responsibilities: art direction

Play Dollar Isle (beta)

Ridge Racer Unbounded
2012, PC, PS3 & XBox 360
Bugbear Entertainment
Racing game taking Ridge Racer-franchise to a new, expolosive direction.
Responsibilities: additional art, UI design

[ More info when published ]

Extreme North
2011, mobile
Nokia
Educational game about northern exploration voyages.
Responsibilities: lead game designer, additional art

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Kung-Fu Live
2010, PS3
Virtual Air Guitar Company
Tongue-in-cheek action game based on camera and movement recognition.
Responsibilities: additional art

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Hours of War
2010 (Beta), browser-based
Sauma Technologies
Massively multiplayer on-line strategy game based on the Second World War.
Responsibilities: art direction, additional design

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Climate Mission
2009, mobile
Nokia
An educational mobile game based on innovative, unique mini-games.
Responsibilities: additional art

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Pirate Ship Battles
2009, iPhone & mobile
Digital Chocolate
A game combining compelling story with elements of strategy and roleplaying.
Responsibilities: lead artist, lead game designer, writer

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Diamond Detective
2007, mobile
Mr. Goodliving
A classic puzzle-game with a cast of intriguing villains.
Responsibilities: lead artist, additional design

[ More info soon. ]

Sonera Efficient Office
2007, browser-based
Sek & Grey
Adverticement game aimed for middle-level managers.
Responsibilities: lead artist, additional design

[ More info soon. ]

Johnny Crash-series
2005-2006, mobile, PC
Sumea / Digital Chocolate
Award-winning mobile games with innovative one-button gameplay.
Responsibilities: lead artist, character design, additional design

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Moi Pal
2006, social game
Ironstar Helsinki
A social game played with browser, Facebook and mobile.
Responsibilities: lead game designer, additional art

[ More info soon. ]

Misc. game projects
2004-2010
Various clients
Miscellaneous game projects and related art and designs.

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As a part of my artistic practise, moving image is my main medium. In addition to my own short films and documentaries, I have worked on various purely commercial projects.

My commercial work in area of moving images include video projections for major events (e.g. festivals, corporate parties and fashion shows), motion design and documentation.

HSE 100 years
2011
Aalto University
Video projections for the 100th anniversary ceremony of the Aalto University's School of Economics.

[ More info soon. ]

Pernod French Club
2007
Pernod-Ricard
Promotional video used in Pernod French Club-events around the world.

[ More info soon. ]

Marja Kurki Anniversary Show
2006
Marja Kurki
Video projections for Anniversary Fashion Show of the Finnish Fashion house Marja Kurki.

[ More info soon. ]

Misc. moving image projects
2004-2010
Various clients
Miscellaneous projects based on film, video projections and animations.

[ More info soon. ]

Graphic design is central part of my profession as a game designer and art director. I have experience of graphic design in contexts of branding, advertising and corporate identities. My specialities in the field are information design and digital media.

In addition my artistic work, I have worked with photography in journalistic context. As an illustrator my specialty is character design, also closely related to my experience from game industry.

Otra Luna
2008
Personal projects
A blog charting popular culture in South America and Africa. While a non-commercial project, the earlier graphics were crafted with special care.

See an example

Misc. graphic design projects
2001-2010
Various clients
Miscellaneous game projects and related art and designs.

[ More info soon. ]

Misc. photography
2007-2010
Various clients
Misc. photography projects.

[ More info soon. ]

Misc. illustrations
2004-2010
Various clients
Miscellaneous illustrations.

[ More info soon. ]

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