I worked on some of the game background scenes as a 3D modeler.
A random selection of my work for the project.
Small Town Murders
Love Rocks starring Shakira
I worked on some of the realtime VFX for the Shakira Love Rocks Game.
Also, the game is based on a prototype I worked on.
Angry Birds Toons Rigging
In this presentation I describe the creation of the 3D-like rigging in Adobe After Effects to produce 2D animation with hand-drawn qualities for Angry Birds Toons.
Check out the end result while you are at it:
A short movie that introduces a new bird into the flock.
Meet the Pink Bird
Technical direction for a TV show based on the Angry Birds mobile game.
Angry Birds Toons
Interviews
Adobe: How did Rovio Animation get started? Kemppainen: After Rovio’s amazing success in mobile gaming, the company decided to expand its offerings to include more entertainment and publishing offerings. I founded a studio in 2007 named Kombo, which Rovio purchased in 2010. I then became one of the co-founders of Rovio Animation and was responsible for creating an Adobe After Effects rigging system for the characters in the Angry Birds Toons cartoon. provideocoalition.com
Bloopers
Retry
Retry was the best thing I ever worked on at Rovio. A perfect game! It is a shame it can no longer be downloaded from Apple App Store. Thank god the soundtrack is available!
Retry is a free-to-play retro-styled side-scrolling video game developed by Rovio LVL11 and published by Rovio Entertainment.
Shuffle & Spawn
An Angry Birds collage music video for Ted Striker. Directed by me.
Meet the Pink Bird
A short movie that introduces a new bird into the flock.
For this my role again was the technical director. I was in charge of the character rigs and the development of the full studio animation pipeline from layouts to final image.
Angry Birds Toons
A teaser trailer for Angry Birds season 1. created at Rovio Animation Studio (Which was Kombo, merged in to Rovio).
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Angry Birds Space Intro
An intro / trailer created for the Angry Birds Space -game.
For this my role again was the technical director. I was in charge of the character rigs and the development of the full studio animation pipeline from layouts to final image.
Angry Birds NASA
An Angry Birds Space announcement video. Actually filmed in space! Most viewed video I directed to date: over 30 million views.
Uncut version at NASA’s channel.
Angry Birds Wreck the Halls
A fun little Christmas themed Angry birds holiday greetings video.
Another Angry Birds short I worked on. For this my role again was the technical director. I was in charge of the character rigs and the development of the full studio animation pipeline from layouts to final image.
Angry Birds Seasons Ham’o’ween
A short movie to accompany a halloween themed update for Angry Birds Seasons.
This was my first project at the new internal Rovio animation studio. I did the technical direction, character rigs and a bunch of compositing for this piece.