3D Character Artist

3D Character Artist

As a 3D Character Artist, you will need to solve a wide range of problems with well-rounded experience across multiple disciplines, with specialization in Character production workflow.

You thrive on collaboration and report to the Lead Artist to work as a team towards the monthly content pushes and milestones. You have a natural curiosity for all parts of the creative pipeline, and invest time improving your skills.

Responsibilities

• Delivering excellence
  • Works efficiently and effectively within the technical constraints of production
  • Generates high-quality art work that matches or exceeds studio standards
• Communication
  • Keep the Lead Artist up to date regarding status of tasks at all times
  • Obtain the Lead Artists guidance and approval as needed on tasks, project initiatives and milestones
  • Proactively schedule own time as necessary, notify Managers and Lead Artists in advance of upcoming roadblocks and challenges
• Team and personal development
  • Consistently refine one's own artistic abilities and learn new software packages and in-house tools
  • Contribute and help build a positive team environment

Requirements

• Full proficiency in software packages and tools of the games industry listed below
  • 3ds Max/Maya
  • Substance Painter
  • Zbrush
  • Photoshop
  • PBR workflow
• Surface knowledge on the following softwares and tools
  • Blender
• Intermediate proficiency in the following tools:
  • Unreal Engine Character Setup
  • Unreal Engine Rendering (Lighting, Rendering)
  • Highly proficient in one of the following disciplines and/or intermediate in all of them
    • Human Anatomy
    • Creature Anatomy
    • Hard Surface Modeling
    • Cloth Sculpting or Simulation
• Passion for game development.
• Proficiency in Game Engine technologies such as Unreal with asset integration
• Experience with the game art asset pipeline, i.e. highpoly and efficient game ready lowpoly modelling, texturing and baking.

Pluses:

• Familiarity with other game engines (Unreal Engine, Unity, etc.)
• Capable of working in other art disciplines (Concept Art, Rig, Animation, VFX, etc).