Senior Character / Creature Artist New IP

RESPONSIBILITIES

We’re seeking a talented Artist to join our team. The main focus of this position is creation of fully developed characters and participation in improvement of real-time tech and pipelines. You will be working closely with Character Art, Animation, Design, and Programming teams.

• Creation of highpoly models of characters, monsters – clothes, body parts, and accessories.
• Texturing under a PBR pipeline.
• Creation of clothes using Marvelous.
• Importing models to our engine and supporting other teams in the process.
• Participating in concept stages, proposing, and developing design ideas.
• Support of the entire character creation process to game release.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5 years of experience in AAA game development as a Character/Creature Artist.
• Sculpting, modeling, texturing.
• Extensive knowledge of Maya/Max/Modo, Substance Painter, Marmoset baker.
• Strong knowledge of PBR principles.
• Good skills in Zbrush and Photoshop.
• Deep understanding of animations’ requirements for low poly models creation.
• Basic knowledge of any game engine, preferably Unreal.
• In-depth knowledge of a character production pipeline.
• Able to work creatively as part of a large or small group.
• Upper-Intermediate English.
• Experience with Version Control Systems (SVN/Perforce) and bug trackers (Jira or similar).

Preferences

• Experience in animation.
• Knowledge of Marvelous Designer.
• Knowledge of real-time hair creation pipelines and skills in 3D grooming.
• Experience in creating materials in Substance Designer.
• Experience in preparing scanned models for further steps of character creation.
• Scripting skills (in Max/Maya or external scripting tools).
• Superior eye for light, shade, color, and detail in creating texture maps.
• Experience in modular systems for characters.
• Knowledge about face creation techniques.
• Experience with game engines like Unreal Engine