Blend Shape Artist
Job Summary
Job Description
An M2 Animation Blendshape Artist will collaborate closely with the Art, Animation, and Rigging teams to create expressive facial animations for a diverse cast of characters. You will be responsible for developing blend shapes for comprehensive facial rigs, catering to both realistic human, stylized, and fantastical character designs. This role involves troubleshooting topology, executing facial motion tests, refining blend shapes based on feedback, and working within established blend shape pipelines. You will also mentor peers and junior artists in blend shape creation, fostering a collaborative team environment.
Must have:
- 3+ years of experience in facial blend shape creation
- Strong familiarity with Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
- Proficiency in Maya, specifically its blend shape functionalities
- Solid grasp of character topology
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, deadline-driven environment
- Strong communication, time management, and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Good to have:
- Experience working with Unreal Engine
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Good team player with great attitude, dependable and flexible
- Takes direction well and exercises close attention to detail
- Leadership and management skills, with an ability to multitask various tasks
- Excellent understanding of English both spoken and written
5 skills required
Job Details
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
An M2 Animation Blendshape Artist will collaborate closely with the Art, Animation, and Rigging teams, transforming artistic concepts into expressive facial animation for a diverse cast of characters, elevating the quality of our character performance across all productions and genres.
REPORTS TO: Supervisor
LOCATION:
Will be primarily located onsite, in studio, in Bangkok Thailand. Requirement to travel to other M2 locations is rare, but possible, as determined by the Facilities and Human Resources Manager via the Head of Studio.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
GENERAL:
An M2 Animation Blendshape Artist will collaborate closely with the Art, Animation, and Rigging teams, transforming artistic concepts into expressive facial animation for a diverse cast of characters, elevating the quality of our character performance across all productions and genres.
REPORTS TO: Supervisor
LOCATION:
Will be primarily located onsite, in studio, in Bangkok Thailand. Requirement to travel to other M2 locations is rare, but possible, as determined by the Facilities and Human Resources Manager via the Head of Studio.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in facial blend shape creation for high-end television productions, games or features.
- Strong familiarity with Facial Action Coding System (FACS) or equivalent facial animation techniques.
- A passionate commitment to bringing animated characters to life through expressive facial animation.
- A robust portfolio or demo reel showcasing expertise in facial blend shapes.
- Proficiency in Maya, specifically its blend shape functionalities.
- A solid grasp of character topology, including edge flow and polygon optimization.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong communication, time management, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborate with teams across Animation, Art, Rigging, and Modeling to develop blend shapes for comprehensive facial rigs, catering to both realistic human, stylized and fantastical character designs.
- Actively engage in troubleshooting topology to enhance model quality and animation feasibility, providing constructive feedback to the Modeling team.
- Execute facial motion tests, refine blend shapes based on feedback, and strive for continuous improvement in facial animation.
- Operate within established blend shape pipelines, proposing innovations and improvements to enhance workflow efficiency.
- Mentor peers and junior artists in blend shape creation, fostering a collaborative team environment.
GENERAL:
- Experience working with Unreal Engine preferred
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Good team player with great attitude, dependable and flexible
- Takes direction well and exercises close attention to detail
- Leadership and management skills, with an ability to multitask various tasks
- Excellent understanding of English both spoken and written
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Our animation studio consists of more than 230 CGI artists and the team is growing. We can take a project through a full production cycle: Creative development, directing, storyboarding, editing, modeling, rigging, layout, animation, lighting, fx, compositing and grading.
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