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Concept Artist
1 year ago
Overview
We are seeking an experienced concept artist that has concept experience with creating a diverse visual range of characters, environments, architecture, and related game assets. A solid grasp of form, structure, color, and light for 2D art assets is essential.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with some of the biggest IP in the industry using quantitative and qualitative data to drive success in F2P games and ensure a great experience for our players. By joining Alpha Dog Games, you are part of a growing studio that believes in work/life balance, equity and diversity. Located on the East Coast in Canada’s ocean playground, Halifax is host to a thriving video game industry with affordable living and cultural amenities featuring sandy beaches, scenic coastal villages, and a bustling night life. If you have a passion for mobile games, this job is for you.
This position located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Will consider remote.
Responsibilities
- Create the look of the game by working with the Art Director to establish a consistent visual direction for mood, environments, characters, weapons, etc. by creating inspiring concept art that focuses on dynamic visual elements that maintain accurate scale, established architectural standards and character/creature anatomy that will be used to create in game content.
- Collaborate with the Art Director to implement the vision for the game
- Produce work in an efficient and timely manner, on schedule
- Produce high quality 2D assets and textures in a variety of art styles from hand painted to photorealistic.
- Assist in creating art style guides with the Art Director
- Work closely with colleagues to foster a highly communicative, coordinated team effort
- Ensure quality of related assets by maintaining responsibility over your work throughout the project's development
Preferred Skills
- Excellent traditional artistic skills with a strong grasp of composition, anatomy, color theory, perspective, lighting, environment, architectural, creature/character, costume and graphic design.
- Proficiency in life drawing (drawing from life and reference) as well as a strong imagination and a willingness to push the envelope, to innovate within the parameters of the game's world.
- Adapt to a variety of art styles ranging from lighter casual art to midcore to core games.
- Strong communication, excellent visual storytelling and written skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills-able to interact with team members of different disciplines.
- Good positive attitude and outlook, self-motivated, and a great team-player.
- Passion for playing video games across multiple platforms – specifically mobile games and staying up to date on popular trends
- Assistance in leadership skills and developing Junior Artists
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