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Junior Character Technical Artist
3 months ago
Free Range Games grows games the old fashioned way: we don’t put our team in cages, we work distributedly, and we don’t use toxic work/life trade-offs. Some of our crafters have worked together from PS1 to PS5 and will tell you about carving games one triangle at a time from punch cards.
We are some of the folk behind Spider-man, Tony Hawk, Lord of the Rings, Twitch Sings, Oddworld, Callisto Protocol, Shrek Super Slam, and dozens of mobile and web games. We believe every member of the team has a voice in what the game should be.
We prioritize community, family, and love-of-gaming over process, crunching, and TPS reports. And maybe that’s what you want too.
Free Range Game is looking for a Technical Artist to join our team of game makers. You will work closely with our Art, Design and Engineering departments to create innovative gameplay, in-game cinematic experiences and epic moments for brand new, next generation console and PC games.
Responsibilities:
- Skinning characters to complex skeletons
- Including RBF, prop and cloth joints.
- Authoring dynamic cloth systems with FRG proprietary cloth tech
- Integrating character skins into UE, so they are ready for other teams to use in game.
- Create, test, and maintain character rigs/setups with FRG proprietary rigging systems
- Work with modelers to create a model that meets technical needs
- Collaborate with animators to design motion controls
- Work with production management to prioritize tasks
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed
Required Qualifications:
- 1+ years of skinning experience
- In-depth knowledge of Maya
- Strong understanding of both Figure and Facial Anatomy
- The ability to take initiative and work independently
- Bonus: Experience with Unreal’s character and animation pipeline
- Bonus: Programming experience with scripting languages such as Python and MEL
- Bonus: Experience with technical art and visual effects
- Bonus: Experience using Physics systems (NCloth, etc.)
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