[ VEERA KOSTAMO ]
Bachelor of Media Arts / Finnish, CURRENTLY RESIDING IN FINLAND
Fluent in Finnish and English, basics of Japanese
My current field of specialization lies in online marketing, content creation and photography. I love digital stroytelling, creating graphics, crunching keywords, as well as going out and exploring with a camera! I am also very interested in brand-design and web-design.
I've been photographing and drawing my whole life, but started photographing (semi-)seriously in 2011, and doing the same for graphics in 2014.
Being born and raised in the ever-so-dark forests of Finnish countryside gave me a never-ending inspiration and twisted sense of humour.
I draw a lot of inspiration from various Asian audiovisual pop-cultures. Especially Japanese pop-culture has affected my style of work.
When I am not doing anything related to my projects I like unwind with nerdy activities, horror movies, undolved mysteries and pastel-pink clothes. My personal hobby photography-page offers an inside look of my free-time activities.
[ PAST HONOURS & POSITIONS ]
• Shumicon 2021: Photoshoot competition judge
• TracOff 2020: Photoshoot competition judge
• Assembly Summer 2019: Photoshoot competition judge
• Mimicon 2018 Finland: Photoshoot competition, Audience’s choice-award & Jury’s honorary mention
• Animecon 2018 Finland: Photoshoot competition, 1st Place. Photoshoot competition arranged by Cosvision Ry.
• Good Smile Company: Summer 2013 International Photo Contest, Jury Prize. Competition arranged by Good Smile Company, Japan.
• Finnish National Board of Education: Kohtaamisia 2009 -art competition, Fourth place, classes 7-9