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Senior VFX Artist

County Dublin, Ireland (On-site)

Senior VFX Artist

3 Months ago • All levels • Technical Art

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Job Description

Senior VFX Artist for game development, creating magical VFX, experience with DCC packages and shader scripting.

Must have:

VFX Portfolio
Shipped Game
DCC Package
Shader Scripting

Good to have:

Cinematic VFX
Node-based Tools
HLSL Experience
Color & Timing

Perks:

Award Winning Studio
Work on New Projects

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With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Senior VFX Artist to join the team and help us in crafting the high caliber games our fans have come to expect.

The VFX team's mission is to craft impressive spells that feel magical, believable, and understandable: spells that tell a story and suspend disbelief. They also create memorable environment effects that make the world feel alive and fantastical, effects that support the mood and emotion of places and events, enhancing the overall player experience.

Responsibilities

Create Visual Effects for gameplay abilities (spells), creatures, custom scripted events and for environmental decoration using Particle Effects, models and custom shaders.
Develop the look and feel of VFX classes.
Collaborate with other departments on the development of game features.
Experience creating custom shaders using node-based tools or scripting (e.g. HLSL)
Occasional contributions to cinematic VFX depending on project demands..

Requirements

Strong portfolio showing complex real-time VFX with a preference for "Magical VFX", demonstrating a solid understanding of color, composition and timing. Portfolio should include a variety of styles and types of VFX.
At least one shipped game on PC/Console, preferably more than just one.
Advanced knowledge of any DCC package (e.g. Maya, Blender, Houdini)
Must be willing to work onsite in the Studio

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About The Company

Larian Studios

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In 1996, in a small office in Ghent, Belgium, Larian Studios was born. Since then, our passion to create a world class video games has driven the Divinity series - six games that straddle multiple genres and defy expectations. Our first crowdfunded success, Divinity: Original Sin, won over 150 awards and nominations, and the recently-released sequel Divinity: Original Sin 2 launched with a 93 Metacritic rating, as well as over 160 awards (Including the Bafta for Best Multiplayer Game) and counting! Thanks to the success of these two games, our family has grown to over 400 people around the world, working in our Ghent, Quebec, Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Guildford and Barcelona studios. Our latest title Baldur's Gate 3 released in 2023 to critical acclaim and is now listed among Metacritic's Must-Play games.