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Hello, I’m Valtteri Heinonen, a 41-year old illustrator/animator from Finland with a lengthy career in the advertisement and entertainment industries. Early in my career I mostly did concept art work and storyboards with tiny bits of animation occasionally. The last few years I’ve veered toward character design and art direction tasks. I’m no stranger no different styles and approaches to illustration and design and can adapt to new ones quickly.…Hello, I’m Valtteri Heinonen, a 41-year old illustrator/animator from Finland with a lengthy career in the advertisement and entertainment industries. Early in my career I mostly did concept art work and storyboards with tiny bits of animation occasionally. The last few years I’ve veered toward character design and art direction tasks. I’m no stranger no different styles and approaches to illustration and design and can adapt to new ones quickly.

Valtteri Heinonen

Illustrator, Concept Artist, 2D Animator, +1

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Hello, I’m Valtteri Heinonen, a 41-year old illustrator/animator from Finland with a lengthy career in the advertisement and entertainment industries. Early in my career I mostly did concept art work and storyboards with tiny bits of animation occasionally. The last few years I’ve veered toward character design and art direction tasks. I’m no stranger no different styles and approaches to illustration and design and can adapt to new ones quickly.…Hello, I’m Valtteri Heinonen, a 41-year old illustrator/animator from Finland with a lengthy career in the advertisement and entertainment industries. Early in my career I mostly did concept art work and storyboards with tiny bits of animation occasionally. The last few years I’ve veered toward character design and art direction tasks. I’m no stranger no different styles and approaches to illustration and design and can adapt to new ones quickly.

Available to hire

Hello, I’m Valtteri Heinonen, a 41-year old illustrator/animator from Finland with a lengthy career in the advertisement and entertainment industries.
Early in my career I mostly did concept art work and storyboards with tiny bits of animation occasionally. The last few years I’ve veered toward character design and art direction tasks.
I’m no stranger no different styles and approaches to illustration and design and can adapt to new ones quickly.

Skills

Experience Level

Unity

Expert

Intermediate

Game Design

Intermediate

3D Design

Intermediate

Animation

Intermediate

Language

English

Advanced

Greek, Modern

Fluent

Work Experience

Game Developer at Freelance

January 1, 2016 - September 3, 2025

Independently designed and developed multiple game projects including character movement, level design, scripting AI behaviors, and integrating physics engines primarily using Unity3D and C#. Managed complete game cycles from concept to deployment supporting various platforms.

Game Tester at R.IT Solutions

January 1, 2016 - September 3, 2025

Performed detailed testing protocols for third-party software and game applications, reporting and tracking bugs, verifying fixes, and ensuring a quality user experience prior to release.