Character Artist - NBA 2K

16 Hours ago • 3 Years + • Technical Art • 3D Art • Concept Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Visual Concepts' Budapest studio seeks an experienced 3D Character Artist for its NBA 2K team. Responsibilities include creating photorealistic clothing models and heads, texturing, refitting clothing across diverse body types, attending team meetings, integrating assets into the game engine, and collaborating with tech art and other departments. The role requires building lifelike basketball players, costumes, accessories, and hairstyles for customization options within the game, contributing to both in-game court assets and story mode elements. The ideal candidate will be passionate, initiative-taking, and adaptable to varied tasks based on team needs.
Must have:
  • 3+ years game/film modeling experience
  • Expert in Maya & Photoshop
  • Photorealistic modeling & texturing
  • Experience with scan data
  • Proficiency in Substance Painter
Good to have:
  • Experience with Substance Designer

Job Details

At Visual Concepts, we believe great games are made by diverse and empowered teams with a shared passion for play. As one of the world’s top game development studios, we have shipped over 100 multi-sku titles to critical acclaim and commercial success. Our teams are independent and entrepreneurial. Our studios in Novato, Foothill Ranch, Irvine, Budapest, Shanghai, Austin, Boise, Seoul, and Parksville, Canada are committed to artistry and technical innovation, offering top candidates the opportunity to learn and grow with some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

 

Who We Are:

The NBA character team is a small group of versatile artists taking on a variety of tasks. We create all of the players, coaches, mascots, clothes and shoes for NBA2K. In addition to the court game assets, we also create the story mode assets, and generate specialty items for the online store.

 

What We Need:

Our Budapest studio is looking for an experienced, very hardworking and motivated, 3D Character Artist to join the NBA 2K character team. As a Character Artist you will be working closely with other artists and team members on a variety of clothing related tasks, to create the most astonishingly lifelike basketball players ever seen in a video game. You will not only recreate amazing likenesses, but you will also build a variety of costumes, accessories, and hairstyles that enable players to customize and create their own one-of-a-kind celebrity NBA player.

 

What You Will Do

  • Create photo realistic real-time game clothing models and heads including UVs and textures
  • Refit existing clothing items across character body types
  • Attend team meetings
  • Art asset integration into game engine
  • Work closely with the Tech Art team, and other dependent departments, throughout the character production process

 

Who Will Be A Great Fit:

We‚ are looking for someone who is interested in taking initiative and is passionate about making great quality games. We are constantly challenging ourselves to try new things, and looking for someone who is up for that challenge! Willingness to take on a variety of character related tasks depending on the current needs is important.

  • 3+ years of experience in modeling for games or films
  • Portfolio of work demonstrating strong proficiency as a clothing artist
  • Expert knowledge of Maya and Photoshop
  • Ability to produce photorealistic models and textures
  • Experience working with scan data
  • Experience with Substance Painter (Substance Designer is a plus)
  • Ability to establish priorities and multi-task efficiently
  • Great collaborator
  • Curiosity about learning new concepts and techniques
  • Love for video games (not just ours!)

 

Along with your application, please submit a portfolio of professional or personal work samples, demonstrating successful understanding and application of industry standard practices

 

To learn more about Visual Concepts and our studio locations, check out our website at www.vcentertainment.com

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About The Company

Founded in 1988, Visual Concepts is the developer behind the 2K Sports games and the dominating success of the NBA 2K franchise. The Visual Concepts team is devoted and ambitious, never content to stop searching for new ways to improve the gaming experience and to develop advanced techniques and methods of producing cutting edge entertainment. It is through this determination and love of both sports and video games that Visual Concepts has fostered NBA 2K from its creation in 2000 to present day, ensuring each annual release is innovative and improved. The Visual Concepts attitude and work ethic shines through in the games and earns the company awards and accolades year after year.

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