Tobias Offermanns
Master of Arts
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 musician 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
2022-2026
AHAB-Akademie
Motion Designer
Planning and implementation of animation concepts, including graphic packaging and branding for online training courses in the healthcare sector.
- Provision of e-learning content
- Essential Graphics & dynamic templates
- Script development, automation of motion design processes
- AIKI-supported workflows
- Advertising and explainer videos
since 2018
Freelancer
Graphic / Motion / Web Design
In addition to my main projects, I offer my services as a graphic designer, illustrator and motion designer as well as in web development.
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
Design
Photoshop
After Effects
Illustrator
InDesign
Premiere Pro
Cinema 4D / Blender
Development
HTML / CSS / JS
JavaScript
OpenCode / Codex
Python
Unity / Godot