Contact Information
Name: Peter Wocken
E-mail: peter.wocken@gmail.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwocken
About Me
I am a full time Game Graphic Designer. I have two decades of experience working in the art and design field with such notable companies as Maestro Media, Pandasaurus Games, Plaid Hat Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Floodgate Games, a bunch of other companies with the word Game(s) in the title, Best Buy, and Polaris. I was professionally trained at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) with a BFA in Illustration.
I continue honing my craft of game marketing and graphic design, working on licenses such as Clash of Clans, Disney Afternoons, Smurfs, BioShock Infinite, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Battlestar Gallactica, Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40K, StarCraft and many others.
I keep a strong pulse on the gaming and technology industry via the latest blogs and podcasts from some of the best in the field. I love learning new things whether it be about a new game release, the fifth way to do something in photoshop, or new trends that are shaping the digital and board gaming industries.
I love game graphic design and enjoy creating graphics, which not only look good, but are intuitive to the player. I stopped counting the number of games I’ve played, it’s a lot. What can I say, I’m a geek, with no apologies. I love what I do and am always excited to hear about new projects.
Around The Web
Here are some links to interviews, articles, podcasts, and other various times that I’ve shown up around the net.
BoardGameGeek.com – Professional Profile
Generally the most up to date version of what projects I’m currently working on.
Interviews
More Games Please – Interview [19 Jun 2017]
Today we have Peter Wocken a Board Game Graphic Designer who has worked with on a variety of games such as Sagrada, Dead of Winter, Xia: Legends of a Drift System, and…
Greenhook Games – Interview [05 Oct 2016]
Many of the artists that I have interviewed are more illustrators than graphic designers (even if that distinction is a fluid line) I would say that the man from Minneapolis, MN…
Epic Game Night – Podcast 32 Graphic Design with Peter Wocken [09 Dec 2015]
Talk with Peter Wocken about graphic design…
iSlaytheDragon – Artist’s Valley: Peter Wocken [01 Apr 2015]
Graphic Designer Peter Wocken agreed to “sit down” with iSlaytheDragon to discuss his work and career and the board gaming hobby. While he has a traditional art background, he is now purely a graphic artist/designer – as he explains the difference in our interview – and provides another interesting take on tabletop gaming, illustrations and graphics…
The Esoteric Order of Gamers – An Interview With Plaid Hat Games [14 Sep 2013]
Armed only with a Barnstormer RPG, a Paddywacker hand cannon and some inspiring rhetoric, The Esoteric Order of Gamers managed to round up the creative trio behind Bioshock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia: Colby Dauch, head of Plaid Hat Games, Isaac Vega, designer of BI:SoC and City of Remnants, and Peter Wocken, Plaid Hat’s graphic designer…