Games
dAb Everyday
A daily habit tracker for OS X.
dAb Task Manager
A daily task tracker and work logging app for iOS.
Drivers of the Apocalypse
Drivers of the Apocalypse is a bonkers action driving combat game set in the apocalyptic plains.
Echoes of Somewhere
Echoes of Somewhere is a free, experimental AI assisted 2.5D point and click adventure game.
3D Characters for Sanoma Pro
I modelled, textured and rigged a set of 3D versions of 2D characters created for Sanoma Pro Educational books.
Small Town Murders
I worked on some of the game background scenes as a 3D modeler.
Iron Danger
My debut PC/PS5/XBOX game as a game director. A game all about maximising your actions in combat with the help of infinite redos and intuitive trial and error. Winner of Best Creative Achievement of the year 2020 at Finnish Game Awards.
Iron Danger Teaser Trailer
A teaser trailer I created for my debut PC game as a game director.
Olavi Elää
An album cover for a Finnish rock album from Olavi Uusivirta.
Aallonmurtaja
The title sequence for a Finnish TV show Aallonmurtaja.
Virtual Traveller
A promotional video created for a mobile VR app startup.
2D Characters for Pikku Kakkonen
I designed and created modernised versions of the classic characters in the Pikku Kakkonen children’s programming logo.
Big Bang Legends Character Models
A set of 3D versions of 2D characters created for Lightneer.
Quantum Break
My work on Remedy’s Quantum Break cinematic VFX & motion graphics.
Slush 2015
Slush 2015 stage visuals.
Remedy logo animations
For Quantum Break I also got to create a set of various motion graphics. Mainly logo animations and in-game branding.
Love Rocks starring Shakira
I worked on some of the realtime VFX for the Shakira Love Rocks Game.
Ainola Alive
A live visual VJ set for celebrating Jean Sibelius and especially his wife, Aino. Together with my brother we produced visuals for 4 concerts in total.
Iron Danger Proof of Concept
A proof of concept trailer for Sami Timonen’s Iron Danger movie.
Celebrating 20 Years of Remedy
A fun marketing video for Remedy. Learn how to do the Max Payne face(tm)!
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.
Pollen – Trailer
A trailer for the VR game Pollen.
I still haven’t found…
A live performance by Petteri Sariola.
Shuffle & Spawn
An Angry Birds collage music video for Ted Striker.
Ten More miles
A music video for Turisas.
Miten Sydämet Toimii?
https://youtu.be/EK4DMw0ytDw A music video for Anssi Kela. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Back From Your Grave
https://youtu.be/9AskeUv00-A Direction:Jukka SaloDoP:Toni PasanenPost Production:Jussi KemppainenScreenplay:Jussi Kemppainen, Jukka SaloIllustration:Antti Kemppainen
Meet the Pink Bird
A short movie that introduces a new bird into the flock.
Angry Birds Toons
Technical direction for a TV show based on the Angry Birds mobile game.
Uneton 48: Härkämiehet 2
A short film about an escape. Made in 48 hours for a competition.
Angry Birds Space Intro
An intro / trailer created for the Angry Birds Space -game.
Angry Birds NASA
An Angry Birds Space announcement video. Actually filmed in space! My most viewed video to date: over 30 million views.
On se hienoo
https://youtu.be/t3VxTjeNjZE A music video for GG Caravan. Directed by Jukka Salo. The character animation for this piece is created from a fly illustration my brother Antti drew and sent to me. I then animated the fly in after effects and printed out the frames. These frames I then cut out and photographed on a green screen. The crumbling up effect was created by stop motion animating the animated fly papers to crumple up.
Angry Birds Wreck the Halls
A fun little Christmas themed Angry birds holiday greetings video.
Syyskyyn Kyy
https://youtu.be/r7MC3wZvVzM A music video for Lauri Tähkä, directed by Jukka Salo.
Kaksi Sanaa
https://youtu.be/cGLs7MPle5A A music video for Tommi Läntinen. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Angry Birds Seasons Ham’o’ween
A short movie to accompany a halloween themed update for Angry Birds Seasons.
Angry Birds Volcano
https://youtu.be/ys9fNqQr3L4?si=YQm_8mHdJpssAnHW An ad created for a Finnish candy Turkin Pippuri. Our first foray into what would evolve into the graphical style for Angry Birds toons.
Missä Kuljimme Kerran
VFX supervision for a historical movie set in Helsinki in the period from 1905 until 1944.
Summer Pignic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjl9tg9smgc Another of the very early Angry Birds videos when we were still searching for the style.
Ella & Aleksi – Yllätysynttärit
Technical direction for a musical cartoon movie.
Nokia N9 “Swipe”
Post production supervision for Nokia N9 promotional film.
Nokia Siemens: Flexi
A corporate video created for Nokia Siemens Networks.
Uneton 48: Hyvää Syntymäpäivää
A short film about a birthday hit-job. Made in 48 hours for a competition.
Kylkeen Kyhnytä
https://youtu.be/n7Z4VUF6AV4 A music video for Lauri Tähkä. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Angry Birds Rio
https://youtu.be/-7gIpfrQdAI?si=_tcmFEF_QnwL5nOT A trailer created for Angry Birds Rio. I got to officially sully the 20th century fox logo.
Cosmic Avenger
A short animated film about two space mail-robots who encounter an abandoned package. The project is a wacky combination of live-action, stop motion, 2D animation and 3D animation!
Angry Birds & the Mighty Eagle
https://youtu.be/-eyig_V-_5o?si=rS6K3zQDB7u9UKT0 A film teasing the Mighty Eagle.
Lottovoitto
https://youtu.be/jYYb788g1hU A music video for Maija Vilkkumaa. Directed by Pete Veijalainen.
The Machine
https://youtu.be/Da8QwEzHr9M A music video for Collarbone. Directed by Jukka salo and me.
Veikkaus: Yllätys
A set of advertisements for a finnish national betting company.
Angry Birds Trailer
The original Angry Birds game trailer.
Heaven Or Hell
https://youtu.be/sg3kOSIOwfU I got this gig just when I was returning from a holiday. I spent the whole trip home playing the song on a loop and feeling the visuals that it would give me. The idea I got was to visualise the DAW software: to replace each and every bar of music with a copy of the band member playing the correct part of the song. When I presented this idea to Osmo, he had just one catch: he played most of the instruments himself. The last video we did together featured multiple copies of him! I was still so
MTV3 MAX – WW2
An ad for donations to help the finnish war veterans.
Distorted Love
https://youtu.be/WX2a_vWMz_Q Director:Jussi Kemppainen Director of Photography:Toni Pasanen Gaffer:Ville Vainio Grip:Sami Kustila Animators:Jussi Kemppainen, Ilmari Hakkola, Lauri Konttori, Tuomas Gustaffson Awards & nominations Muuvi 2009 Shortlist Extras https://youtu.be/jbR-XHlUw8Y A supplementary video filmed during the video shoot.
Suudellaan
https://youtu.be/e4q-dub5Vbs A music video for lauri Tähkä. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Flora Christmas
A miniature based advert for a vegetable spread.
All By Myself
https://youtu.be/p4t4ppk9pWw A live performance of a song by Osmo Ikonen. All video material is of the actual takes. The story behind this video is pretty freaky. I had discovered this cool Myspace artist, Osmo Ikonen, that was on heavy rotation at our animation studio office. We had listened to his stuff for maybe a week and I suddenly got a phone call from an unknown number. To my amazement, the caller was Osmo Ikonen, asking if I would like to direct a music video for him. Of course I did – free of charge! I can no longer remember where
Kauppalehti
A film celebrating an update of a Finnish financial magazine.
Biisi Liisi & Kurittomat nuotit
A teaser video for a new kind of note reading teaching method.
Pauhaava Sydän
https://youtu.be/lUxycEg_cdk A music video for lauri Tähkä. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Kauan Kauan Sitten
https://youtu.be/RzOMSJc7n0E A music video for Liekki. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Reset Generation
Level artwork for a N-Gage game.
Gruuvit Tiu Kalla
https://youtu.be/gimfq8r8VUs Direction:Jussi KemppainenCrew:Antti Kemppainen, Vältsy, Sorjola, Jyrki KemppainenTurkka Parviainen, Topi Kemppainen
Luonnonkuoret
https://youtu.be/N90FoJmATZg Direction:Jussi-Petteri KemppainenPerformers:Antti Kemppainen, Jyri Sääksjärvi, Paavo Vartiainen,James Barnes, Heidi KauppinenDrivers:Tiia Arnberg, Jyrki Kemppainen
Menneet on päivät
https://youtu.be/VnkdSDCLIjY A music video for Waurio. Directed by Lauri Konttori.
Pieni ja Ihmeellinen
My most awarded music video. Created using multiple mixed techniques. AI upscaled to HD.
Snow
https://vimeo.com/573448782 HD version A music video for Pooma. Shot by me, my dad and brother Antti at our summer cottage during one rainy night using self-built camera wire rig and a dolly. I actually had to shoot the cabin sections twice, because it was so dark and the image vas unusably noisy on the first go. GH5s or Alpha 7 s camera would have been a something! https://youtu.be/KCv9froWtRE YouTube version Direction:Jussi KemppainenGrip:Christoffer Forssell, Juuso Kemi, Antti Kemppainen, Jyrki KemppainenThanks:Jere Leskinen, Arttu Kotisara, Tuire Lukka Awards & nominations OMVF 2008 Honorary Mention
Warhammer 40 000 Squad Command
3D modeling and texturing for a Warhammer 40k PSP & DS game.
Non Stop Living
Video content for Nokia Non Stop Living website.
Loistaa Loistaa
https://youtu.be/yG9Vw8Z2M5s A music video for Liekki. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Day Without Air
https://youtu.be/sAvUl0LyXRA A music video for Traffic Island. Directed by Jukka Salo, Juhani Koivumäki & Jussi Kemppainen.
Läpikulkumatkalla
https://youtu.be/_81oOAXOmBk A music video for Jonna Tervomaa, co directed by me and Jukka Salo.
Ugly to the Bone
An animation that I created as an extra piece for my graduation thesis from Lahti University of Applied Sciences – The Institute of Design in 2006.
Ensimmäinen Kaiken Ottaa
https://youtu.be/UVRglYZ_xBk A music video for Valvomo. Directed by Jukka salo & Juhani Koivumäki.
Pathway to Glory: Ikusa Islands
A sequel to the award winning game: Pathway to Glory.
Pathway To Glory
This was the first game project I ever worked on full-time.
Other
dAb Everyday
A daily habit tracker for OS X.
dAb Task Manager
A daily task tracker and work logging app for iOS.
Drivers of the Apocalypse
Drivers of the Apocalypse is a bonkers action driving combat game set in the apocalyptic plains.
Echoes of Somewhere
Echoes of Somewhere is a free, experimental AI assisted 2.5D point and click adventure game.
3D Characters for Sanoma Pro
I modelled, textured and rigged a set of 3D versions of 2D characters created for Sanoma Pro Educational books.
Small Town Murders
I worked on some of the game background scenes as a 3D modeler.
Iron Danger
My debut PC/PS5/XBOX game as a game director. A game all about maximising your actions in combat with the help of infinite redos and intuitive trial and error. Winner of Best Creative Achievement of the year 2020 at Finnish Game Awards.
Iron Danger Teaser Trailer
A teaser trailer I created for my debut PC game as a game director.
Olavi Elää
An album cover for a Finnish rock album from Olavi Uusivirta.
Aallonmurtaja
The title sequence for a Finnish TV show Aallonmurtaja.
Virtual Traveller
A promotional video created for a mobile VR app startup.
2D Characters for Pikku Kakkonen
I designed and created modernised versions of the classic characters in the Pikku Kakkonen children’s programming logo.
Big Bang Legends Character Models
A set of 3D versions of 2D characters created for Lightneer.
Quantum Break
My work on Remedy’s Quantum Break cinematic VFX & motion graphics.
Slush 2015
Slush 2015 stage visuals.
Remedy logo animations
For Quantum Break I also got to create a set of various motion graphics. Mainly logo animations and in-game branding.
Love Rocks starring Shakira
I worked on some of the realtime VFX for the Shakira Love Rocks Game.
Ainola Alive
A live visual VJ set for celebrating Jean Sibelius and especially his wife, Aino. Together with my brother we produced visuals for 4 concerts in total.
Iron Danger Proof of Concept
A proof of concept trailer for Sami Timonen’s Iron Danger movie.
Celebrating 20 Years of Remedy
A fun marketing video for Remedy. Learn how to do the Max Payne face(tm)!
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.
Pollen – Trailer
A trailer for the VR game Pollen.
I still haven’t found…
A live performance by Petteri Sariola.
Shuffle & Spawn
An Angry Birds collage music video for Ted Striker.
Ten More miles
A music video for Turisas.
Miten Sydämet Toimii?
https://youtu.be/EK4DMw0ytDw A music video for Anssi Kela. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Back From Your Grave
https://youtu.be/9AskeUv00-A Direction:Jukka SaloDoP:Toni PasanenPost Production:Jussi KemppainenScreenplay:Jussi Kemppainen, Jukka SaloIllustration:Antti Kemppainen
Meet the Pink Bird
A short movie that introduces a new bird into the flock.
Angry Birds Toons
Technical direction for a TV show based on the Angry Birds mobile game.
Uneton 48: Härkämiehet 2
A short film about an escape. Made in 48 hours for a competition.
Angry Birds Space Intro
An intro / trailer created for the Angry Birds Space -game.
Angry Birds NASA
An Angry Birds Space announcement video. Actually filmed in space! My most viewed video to date: over 30 million views.
On se hienoo
https://youtu.be/t3VxTjeNjZE A music video for GG Caravan. Directed by Jukka Salo. The character animation for this piece is created from a fly illustration my brother Antti drew and sent to me. I then animated the fly in after effects and printed out the frames. These frames I then cut out and photographed on a green screen. The crumbling up effect was created by stop motion animating the animated fly papers to crumple up.
Angry Birds Wreck the Halls
A fun little Christmas themed Angry birds holiday greetings video.
Syyskyyn Kyy
https://youtu.be/r7MC3wZvVzM A music video for Lauri Tähkä, directed by Jukka Salo.
Kaksi Sanaa
https://youtu.be/cGLs7MPle5A A music video for Tommi Läntinen. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Angry Birds Seasons Ham’o’ween
A short movie to accompany a halloween themed update for Angry Birds Seasons.
Angry Birds Volcano
https://youtu.be/ys9fNqQr3L4?si=YQm_8mHdJpssAnHW An ad created for a Finnish candy Turkin Pippuri. Our first foray into what would evolve into the graphical style for Angry Birds toons.
Missä Kuljimme Kerran
VFX supervision for a historical movie set in Helsinki in the period from 1905 until 1944.
Summer Pignic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjl9tg9smgc Another of the very early Angry Birds videos when we were still searching for the style.
Ella & Aleksi – Yllätysynttärit
Technical direction for a musical cartoon movie.
Nokia N9 “Swipe”
Post production supervision for Nokia N9 promotional film.
Nokia Siemens: Flexi
A corporate video created for Nokia Siemens Networks.
Uneton 48: Hyvää Syntymäpäivää
A short film about a birthday hit-job. Made in 48 hours for a competition.
Kylkeen Kyhnytä
https://youtu.be/n7Z4VUF6AV4 A music video for Lauri Tähkä. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Angry Birds Rio
https://youtu.be/-7gIpfrQdAI?si=_tcmFEF_QnwL5nOT A trailer created for Angry Birds Rio. I got to officially sully the 20th century fox logo.
Cosmic Avenger
A short animated film about two space mail-robots who encounter an abandoned package. The project is a wacky combination of live-action, stop motion, 2D animation and 3D animation!
Angry Birds & the Mighty Eagle
https://youtu.be/-eyig_V-_5o?si=rS6K3zQDB7u9UKT0 A film teasing the Mighty Eagle.
Lottovoitto
https://youtu.be/jYYb788g1hU A music video for Maija Vilkkumaa. Directed by Pete Veijalainen.
The Machine
https://youtu.be/Da8QwEzHr9M A music video for Collarbone. Directed by Jukka salo and me.
Veikkaus: Yllätys
A set of advertisements for a finnish national betting company.
Angry Birds Trailer
The original Angry Birds game trailer.
Heaven Or Hell
https://youtu.be/sg3kOSIOwfU I got this gig just when I was returning from a holiday. I spent the whole trip home playing the song on a loop and feeling the visuals that it would give me. The idea I got was to visualise the DAW software: to replace each and every bar of music with a copy of the band member playing the correct part of the song. When I presented this idea to Osmo, he had just one catch: he played most of the instruments himself. The last video we did together featured multiple copies of him! I was still so
MTV3 MAX – WW2
An ad for donations to help the finnish war veterans.
Distorted Love
https://youtu.be/WX2a_vWMz_Q Director:Jussi Kemppainen Director of Photography:Toni Pasanen Gaffer:Ville Vainio Grip:Sami Kustila Animators:Jussi Kemppainen, Ilmari Hakkola, Lauri Konttori, Tuomas Gustaffson Awards & nominations Muuvi 2009 Shortlist Extras https://youtu.be/jbR-XHlUw8Y A supplementary video filmed during the video shoot.
Suudellaan
https://youtu.be/e4q-dub5Vbs A music video for lauri Tähkä. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Flora Christmas
A miniature based advert for a vegetable spread.
All By Myself
https://youtu.be/p4t4ppk9pWw A live performance of a song by Osmo Ikonen. All video material is of the actual takes. The story behind this video is pretty freaky. I had discovered this cool Myspace artist, Osmo Ikonen, that was on heavy rotation at our animation studio office. We had listened to his stuff for maybe a week and I suddenly got a phone call from an unknown number. To my amazement, the caller was Osmo Ikonen, asking if I would like to direct a music video for him. Of course I did – free of charge! I can no longer remember where
Kauppalehti
A film celebrating an update of a Finnish financial magazine.
Biisi Liisi & Kurittomat nuotit
A teaser video for a new kind of note reading teaching method.
Pauhaava Sydän
https://youtu.be/lUxycEg_cdk A music video for lauri Tähkä. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Kauan Kauan Sitten
https://youtu.be/RzOMSJc7n0E A music video for Liekki. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Reset Generation
Level artwork for a N-Gage game.
Gruuvit Tiu Kalla
https://youtu.be/gimfq8r8VUs Direction:Jussi KemppainenCrew:Antti Kemppainen, Vältsy, Sorjola, Jyrki KemppainenTurkka Parviainen, Topi Kemppainen
Luonnonkuoret
https://youtu.be/N90FoJmATZg Direction:Jussi-Petteri KemppainenPerformers:Antti Kemppainen, Jyri Sääksjärvi, Paavo Vartiainen,James Barnes, Heidi KauppinenDrivers:Tiia Arnberg, Jyrki Kemppainen
Menneet on päivät
https://youtu.be/VnkdSDCLIjY A music video for Waurio. Directed by Lauri Konttori.
Pieni ja Ihmeellinen
My most awarded music video. Created using multiple mixed techniques. AI upscaled to HD.
Snow
https://vimeo.com/573448782 HD version A music video for Pooma. Shot by me, my dad and brother Antti at our summer cottage during one rainy night using self-built camera wire rig and a dolly. I actually had to shoot the cabin sections twice, because it was so dark and the image vas unusably noisy on the first go. GH5s or Alpha 7 s camera would have been a something! https://youtu.be/KCv9froWtRE YouTube version Direction:Jussi KemppainenGrip:Christoffer Forssell, Juuso Kemi, Antti Kemppainen, Jyrki KemppainenThanks:Jere Leskinen, Arttu Kotisara, Tuire Lukka Awards & nominations OMVF 2008 Honorary Mention
Warhammer 40 000 Squad Command
3D modeling and texturing for a Warhammer 40k PSP & DS game.
Non Stop Living
Video content for Nokia Non Stop Living website.
Loistaa Loistaa
https://youtu.be/yG9Vw8Z2M5s A music video for Liekki. Directed by Jukka Salo.
Day Without Air
https://youtu.be/sAvUl0LyXRA A music video for Traffic Island. Directed by Jukka Salo, Juhani Koivumäki & Jussi Kemppainen.
Läpikulkumatkalla
https://youtu.be/_81oOAXOmBk A music video for Jonna Tervomaa, co directed by me and Jukka Salo.
Ugly to the Bone
An animation that I created as an extra piece for my graduation thesis from Lahti University of Applied Sciences – The Institute of Design in 2006.
Ensimmäinen Kaiken Ottaa
https://youtu.be/UVRglYZ_xBk A music video for Valvomo. Directed by Jukka salo & Juhani Koivumäki.
Pathway to Glory: Ikusa Islands
A sequel to the award winning game: Pathway to Glory.
Pathway To Glory
This was the first game project I ever worked on full-time.