Tobias Offermanns

Master of Arts
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Tobias (born 1987 in Bonn, Germany) is a versatile graphic designer and 2D artist living and working in Hamburg. He is fascinated by interactivity – in his early teens he started developing games and websites, enjoying the opportunity to work independently from the first draft to the finished product.

In his spare time he is a passionate music nerd who plays various instruments in various bands, loves skateboarding and is interested in political and social topics.

Unlocked Achievements:
  • Brought an open-world RPG to live
  • Lead a team of artists & designers
  • Won Samsung Themes Award
  • 140-page scientific treatise: 'The Role of Threat in Games'
  • Given myself a headnut in mo-cap

Professional Experience

since 2018

Freelancer

Graphic Design / Illustration

Besides my game project, I offer my services as a graphic designer, illustrator and motion designer.

since 2017

Warp Turtle Games

Co-Founder, Artist / Designer

Development and publishing of Gaia Beyond, a 2D Space RPG in a realtime open world (platform: PC/Steam). My main workfields on the project are:

  • Game art
  • UI/UX design
  • Game design
  • Marketing / PR
  • QA, Testing
  • Audio management

2016-2017

Butterfly-Effected GmbH

Lead UI Designer

Production management of mobile and smartwatch themes by a team of 6 employees, support of international license partners, quality assurance, theme and watchface creation, database management.

  • Building up the themes department
  • Acquisition of new licenses (Angry Birds, World Wrestling Entertainment, Diddl)
  • Infrastructure establishment and optimization
2015-2016

YouMeVerse GmbH

Graphic Designer

Responsive app, interface and web design, corporate design, instruction of international freelancers, 360° video editing & VR animation (Cinema 4D / V-Ray), conception and design of mobile and smartwatch themes, creation of marketing material, product presentations.

  • Realization of in-house corporate design
  • Own creations in top 3 of Samsung theme charts
  • Internal workflow optimization
2011

anyMOTION Graphics GmbH

Internship (Düsseldorf) – 6 months

  • Graphic design, game art 2D / 3D, illustration, animation, game design
2009-2010

denkwerk GmbH

Internship (Cologne) – 1 year

  • Graphic design, illustration, animation, Flash
2006-2007

SCHWIND' Werbeagentur

Internship (Bonn) – 1 year

  • Graphic design digital / print

Education

2012-2015

HAW Hamburg

M.A. Games

2007-2012

HS Niederrhein

B.A. Communication Design

2006

NCG Bonn

Abitur (english bilingual)

Geography, history and politics were taught in english.

Skills

Strengths
Digital art · layout and composition · typography · UI design · logo design · responsive design · conception · organizing · QA · presentation design

Software
99%

Photoshop

75%

After Effects

55%

Unity

90%

Illustrator

60%

Cinema 4D / Blender

85%

InDesign

75%

Premiere Pro

Other software I work with:
Trello, Source Tree, CEGUI, Spine, Texture Packer, C4D V-Ray, Audition, Cubase, FL Studio, Google Workspace