Basic information

Name: Timo Vintturi
Email: timo.vintturi@gmail.com
Born: 1982, Saarijärvi
Residence: Kuopio, Finland

Education

1998-2001	High School of Saarijärvi, Finland · Average grade: M (5 out of 7)
2003-2010	University of Jyväskylä, Finland · Master of Arts (Education, M.A.Ed.) · Read my Master's Thesis (grade: M)

Experience

Professional Graphic designer	2014-
Professional Photographer	2014-
Freelancer Web designer	1998-

Computer skills

Graphic design	Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Gimp
3d modeling (basics)	Blender Google SketchUp
Web design	HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript
Office suites	Microsoft Office OpenOffice.org
Operating systems	Microsoft Windows Mac OSX (basics)
Video and audio editing	Audacity Anvil Studio Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe After Effects Pegasys TMPGEnc MuseScore ProjectX MPEG-VCR
Devices	Canon and Epson scanners Wacom tablets Typing (the ten-finger system)

Language skills

Finnish	Native
English	Fluent
Swedish	Satisfactory
German	Basics

Competition

Photography

· Otsoni - Jäljillä (2008) - 3rd Place | Photo
· Kuvanjuoksu II (2008) - 1st Place | Photo
· Digifotomaraton (2012) - 2nd Place | Photo
· Rokkaava kuva (2012) - 3rd Place | Photo

Graphic design & Illustration

· Cover of JYY Calender 2007-08
· Cover and Logo of JYY Calender 2008-09
(The JYY 75th Anniversary Logo was used in every cover of Jylkkäri Magazine in 2009.)
· Swearing Prevention Poster
(You can buy the poster from the Jaguar Education website.)
· Pop Punk Gig Poster - 2nd Place
· Hindi Movie Poster - 2nd Place

Examples of some of my special skills

Even though there are no traditional drawings or paintings on this website at the moment, there will be in the future. Carrying out all my fine art ideas, and there are LOTS of them, is something I'm about to embark on very soon.

I'm all about playing around with Adobe Photoshop. If you ever need any help cleaning up damaged photographs or negatives, I can help you.

I've played in bands since high school. At the moment me and my wife have a small project, The Corpsevainaat. Our first song and music video gave me an opportunity to learn multitrack video editing. I learned, among other things, that it's a lot like Photoshopping - only with movement. Playing instruments, music recording and mixing were also parts of the project. If the embedded video doesn't work, you can watch the video on Youtube.

Here are some examples of "handmade" DVD menus I've created for personal use. The DVD authoring workflow I'm used to is pretty laborious, but sometimes that's actually more rewarding.