2D Art Generalist (CONTRACT)

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Job Description

Elsewhere is seeking a 2D Art Generalist on a contract basis to create stunning art for projects within their game universe. This role involves contributing to concept art, including drawing and illustration, for a new surreal roguelike game. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively to produce beautiful character art and contribute to the overall game aesthetics, with work varying weekly based on team needs.
Must have:
  • Deep love for games and gaming culture
  • Strong opinions on art direction in games
  • Experience making a game (side project, indie, or AAA)
  • Portfolio demonstrating owned art from concept to completion
  • Strong personal aesthetic
  • Comprehensive art portfolio
  • Open-mindedness towards generative AI technologies for creative augmentation
  • Ambition to be part of a high-potential game project
  • Collaborative mindset to achieve unified vision
Good to have:
  • Fan of tabletop or deckbuilding games
  • Portfolio with highly colorful and stylized work
  • Experience with Figma or 3D tools like Blender

Job Details

Elsewhere is hiring a 2D Art Generalist (CONTRACT) to create stunning art to projects in our game universe. We’re a venture-backed indie studio working on a surreal roguelike set inside your own dreaming mind. We aim for the project to combine the soul of a stellar indie title with the strategic depth and replayability of roguelikes, ultimately becoming a forever-game that reaches millions of players.

This role will contribute to concept art (including drawing and illustration) for a new project. You’ll work with our team to carefully create beautiful and memorable pieces of character art as well as contribute to the game at large.

This is a contract position. Work will vary from week to week depending on our team’s needs. If things go well, more work may be available in the future.

Qualifications

  • You love games and the culture surrounding them deeply. You’ve played more games than you can count across genres. Bonus points if you’re a fan of tabletop or deckbuilding games. You have strong opinions about what great art direction looks like in games.
  • You've made a game (side project, indie, or AAA) and can point to specific art you owned from concept to completion in your portfolio.
  • You have a strong personal aesthetic and a comprehensive portfolio of art. Bonus points for work that is highly colorful and stylized.
  • You’re experienced with tools like Photoshop, Procreate, and Illustrator. Bonus points if you’ve worked with Figma or 3D tools like Blender.
  • You’ve worked within game engines like Godot, Unity, or Unreal.
  • You’re enthusiastic or at least open-minded about the ways the latest generative AI technologies can augment (but not replace) creative talent, and ideally have opinions about which tools are the most helpful.
  • You're ambitious. You want to be an early part of something big. Something with massive potential that players are going to absolutely love. You want to work with a game studio that pushes the envelope of games as a medium.
  • You're collaborative. You're excited to work closely with our whole team to create a unified vision.

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