Summary
Sini Haapanen is a VFX artist with a decade of hands-on experience crafting visual effects and game assets that bring gameplay and environments to life. Currently at Frozenbyte Oy, she combines 2D and 3D techniques—images, flipbooks and models—to produce polished assets that enhance player feedback and immersion. Her background spans UI/UX design and prototyping for mobile games, freelance 3D and concept work, and early training in graphic design and animation, giving her a strong cross-disciplinary sense of visual communication. Comfortable implementing designs in Unity and collaborating closely with programmers, she focuses on non-verbal feedback that improves game clarity and feel. Based in Vantaa, Finland, Sini pairs formal education in multimedia and 3D animation with practical studio experience, often shaping art styles and pipelines beyond just isolated effects.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at Kymenlaakson Opisto
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia at Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor’s Degree, 3D- Animation And Visualization, Bachelor’s Degree, 3D- Animation And Visualization at Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu - Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Finnish, English, Swedish