Tatu Petersen-Jessen

Art Director at Rovio Entertainment. A proud father of three kids and a co-father of more than 50 games.

[Kshiraj Telang @kshiraj]

How often have you sent your portfolio for a game art job and never heard back? Was your portfolio seen by the hiring manager? Was it something in your portfolio that led to rejection? Or was there something else, for example, the hiring was already completed, or the company cannot provide you with relocation assistance?

This episode is all about how hiring works in the game art function. We have two very experienced guests, the first one is Tatu Petersen-Jessen, who has been in art leadership roles for over 20 years, and the other is Alexei Ryan, who has been in talent acquisition roles, helping several art directors build their dream teams. In this episode, we decoded the recruitment process when it comes to game art, and what an art applicant should do to increase their chances of getting hired.

Some of the topics covered include:
- What happens behind the scenes when you apply for a game art job?
- Does an artist’s online presence impact their hireability?
- Key features in an art portfolio that encourage decision-makers to proceed further
- Do confidentiality/password-protected portfolios raise a red flag?
- Mistakes game artists make when submitting their job application

YouTube: https://t.co/Pd51EuBDJ8

Apple Podcast: https://t.co/pgWrIIDoIZ

Spotify: https://t.co/GX9RcwcFNY

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

Thinglings© - かわいいもの - Day N:o 59 / 365 - Cheezugiri https://t.co/LeOPDZGjtE #characterdesign #創作イラスト #もち #イラスト #illustration #3dsMax #coronarenderer #gameart #3dmodel #3dmodeling #3dart #3dartist #art #conceptart #digitalart #gamedev

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

Thinglings© - かわいいもの - Day N:o 58 / 365 - Monkē & A bit of Monkey Business at https://t.co/LeOPDZGjtE #characterdesign #創作イラスト #もち #イラスト #illustration #3dsMax #coronarenderer #gameart #3dmodel #3dmodeling #3dart #3dartist #art #conceptart #digitalart #gamedev

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

Thinglings© - かわいいもの - Day N:o 57 / 365 - Melty (https://t.co/LeOPDZGjtE) #characterdesign #創作イラスト #もち #イラスト #illustration #3dsMax #coronarenderer #gameart #3dmodel #3dmodeling #3dart #3dartist #art #conceptart #digitalart #gamedev

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

I had the pleasure to do an episode with Kshiraj Telang on Art Directing to his Doodles to Downloads podcast.

Available in video and audio formats:

Video: https://t.co/z9i3cRpgwK

Spotify: https://t.co/Eh1ogEqMFH

[SEGA @SEGA]

Welcome to the SEGA family, @Rovio!

We’re so thrilled to celebrate Rovio becoming a member of the SEGA Group. Get ready for exciting adventures ahead! 💙

[Northern Game Summit @NGS_Kajaani]

The next speaker for the #NGS23 art-track is: Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje , Senior Art Director from the one and only @Rovio !
Topic of speech:
"Everything you should know about Art Direction - A Comprehensive Guide"
#gamedev #GameCityKajaani #Kajaani

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

📝 “We don’t do it because we have been told to do so but because we feel the pressure of doing our best, living up to our own standards, and being worthy.”

#gamedev #gameart #games #art #creative #work #remotework https://t.co/rK6SfpZzZC

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

@emmanuel_2m I also mentioned you, and cited one of your recent quotes there around the 35minute mark, hope I did it justice😅. With the speed of development on AI side, one trully has to look at it and be terrified and excited at the same time.

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

Yesterday, Andy Bargh from Evolution Nordic picked my brain on Art Direction and Leadership topics.
https://t.co/Q9P7biVnxK

[Jorgebompart @Jorgebompart3]

Quick SpeedUp process of one of the animations I am working on #madewithspine #animation #rovio #angrybirds #2danimation

[Jon Radoff 👾/acc 🎮 Metavert @jradoff]

If you make graphics or games, you need to watch my conversation with @JussiKemppainen -- we discussed how generative AI will change the future. There's tons of practical, hands-on guidance for #gamedev artists and VFX.

Full video: https://t.co/5VNOCuUh7d

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

@emmanuel_2m @Trojan_Unicorn Thanks @emmanuel_2m 😂 I think my version was more accurate. Tired, Old, and Morbidly Obese 😁

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

Done with THU Career Camp for this year🦄 It has been a pleasure! From one tired old angry bird to all of you: Thank you! The future is bright with talent like you in the world. 🙏 #THUCareerCamp @Trojan_Unicorn

[Ben Tossell @bentossell]

AI tools that didn't exist one year ago:

ChatGPT
Whisper
GPT-3
Codex
GitHub Copilot
InstructGPT
Text-to-product
AI slides
DALLE + API
Midjourney
Stable Diffusion
Runway videos
Email AI
AI chrome extensions
Replit Ghostwriter
No-code AI app builders
Ben's bites 😉

what else?

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

@supermuumi Pretty Much everything except text, logo and composition is SD or SD through Midjourney. Light ”photo”-bashing to make some ”inbetweens”.

[Tatu Petersen-Jessen @tapeje]

The Dwarf King

[Ben Tossell @bentossell]

The AI hype train won't stop.

Why?

There’s already important use cases solving real problems:

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

Matt Mochary has been CEO coach to @naval, the founders of OpenAI, Notion, Rippling, Robinhood, Coinbase, Reddit, Plaid, Flexport, Opendoor, partners at Sequoia, YC, Benchmark, and many others.

He also open-sourced his entire curriculum, templates and all. Here's a link 👇

[Emm | scenario.com @emmanuel_2m]

Now it's also possible to use the same finetune, and generate pictures that could be used elsewhere than in the game (ads, splash screens, etc).

Just add "Greg Rutkowski" in the prompt and start seing some cinematic composition, dramatic lighting, etc.