Character Artist, BigBoxVR

Character Artist, BigBoxVR Responsibilities:

• Create high quality, detailed 3D character models and assets.
• Understand how to work with asset limitations to high high quality deliverables on time while managing risks.
• Mentor and motivate other character artists.
• Ensure art assets are performant and within budgets for draw calls, poly counts, and texture memory without compromising visual quality.
• Develop new character ideas that fit within conceptual designs, technical parameters, and production goals, for a live-service online game.
• Help define and maintain art production pipelines, tools, and systems to hit high fidelity within the constraints.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years work experience in game development as a character artist using Maya (or 3DSMax), Photoshop, Zbrush or Mudbox.
• Experience communicating with a team and providing and receiving feedback.
• Expert in realistic characters with a solid understanding of character form.
• Knowledge in hi-poly modeling and digital sculpting.
• Proven knowledge of low poly modeling techniques.
• Experience taking a character to completion from either a detailed or simple concept image.
• Experience collaborating with producers, game designers, and programmers.
• Hands-on experience with asset optimization challenges/techniques in a shipped product.
• Experience problem-solving and prototyping.
• Hands-on experience with game engines such as Unity, Unreal, or equivalent experience.
• Portfolio of highly detailed 3D art with a focus on realistic characters.
• Experience with UV layout and editing as needed for highest visual payoff.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building assets for VR or AR.
• Knowledge of hard surface modeling for armor and weapons.
• Experience with Perforce and/or Git.
• Strong knowledge of Marvelous Designer and Substance Painter.
• Experience in animation and rigging.

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