Tuomas Erikoinen is a graphic artist from Finland. He is most well known for designing the characters in the original Angry Birds game.[3]
Trivia[]
- In April of 2012, he left Rovio to pursuit his own mobile game studio called "Boomlagoon" due to the over-commercialization of the game.[1]
- He would later leave Boomlagoon in 2015 for a new experimental studio called "Part Time Monkey".[4]
- The last game he worked on while at Rovio was Angry Birds Space.
Gallery[]
Some of the sketches Tuomas drew for Angry Birds.
![An art piece Tuomas made for a milk company[5]](/wiki/File:GGizaCaWsAAAs8w.jpg "GGizaCaWsAAAs8w.jpg (175 KB)")
An art piece Tuomas made for a milk company[5]
Note the cut-off bird beak at the left side of the page
A tutorial for drawing an Angry Birds bird created by Tuomas
![[6]](/wiki/File:Tuomas_About_Me.png "Tuomas About Me.png (1.02 MB)")
![Tuomas's verification photo for a Reddit AMA.[7]](/wiki/File:Tuomas_Erikoinen_Reddit_AMA.png "Tuomas Erikoinen Reddit AMA.png (2.2 MB)")
Tuomas's verification photo for a Reddit AMA.[7]
![Tuomas talking about his work on Angry Birds[8]](/wiki/File:Tuomas_Talking_About_Bird_Game.png "Tuomas Talking About Bird Game.png (379 KB)")
Tuomas talking about his work on Angry Birds[8]
Videos[]
Valio Design-maidot- Tuomas Erikoinen
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/03/tech/innovation/boomlagoon-next-angry-birds/index.html
- ↑ https://yourstory.com/2014/01/finland-boomlagoon
- ↑ File:20230720 101610.jpg
- ↑ https://venturebeat.com/games/boomlagoon-founder-leaves-forms-experimental-mobile-studio-part-time-monkey/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/hQNUZGf9rfk?t=45
- ↑ https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/tuomas-erikoinen-designing-characterdriven-games-boomlagoon/37473010
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8qrsmv/im_tuomas_erikoinen_original_artist_of_angry/
- ↑ https://www.parttimemonkey.com/2018/04/25/you-dont-need-to-be-good-at-drawing-to-make-a-good-looking-game/
