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Matte Painter
3 years ago
Tangent Animation is the vision of Animation and Film Production industry professionals, with combined experience that encompasses CG Animation, Live Action Film Production, Visual Effects, and Software Development. Tangent Animation employs open source solutions to create high quality animated feature films. What sets us apart from other studios is our use of Blender, an open source software to make our animated films. This approach has helped us in curbing the cost of licensed software and build an opportunity to invest in additional artistic and programming talent.
Tangent Animation strives to find solid team players that thrive on collaboration and community commitment to build open source capabilities. Tangent Animation is currently recruiting for a Matte Painter to work collaboratively with our studio team.
- Build photorealistic environments and backgrounds and to complement the overall appearance and feeling of the film
- Provides foreground, mid-ground, and background paintings for use in 2D, 2.5D and 3D environments
- Helps with problem-solving and troubleshooting the background elements produced
- Contribute to the technical and visual aspects of the production
- Merge skills in painting and 3D with expertise of photography, design, composition and digital modeling to produce two-dimensional and three-dimensional images for film with or without the use of conceptual models
- Establish or aid in creating and producing design concepts, incorporating environments and characters
- Produce elements in a multitude of styles such as colour harmonization / colour scripts, illustrations, graphics, drawings etc
- Performing duties such as colour correction, assembly of live action and 3D elements layout, matte extraction, roto and paint fixes, etc.
- Contribute to the visual and technical qualities of the production
- Specific tasks to be established on a project-by-project basis
Requirements
- At least two (2) years of experience working as a matte painter in film production/animated series or in visual effects;
- Verifiable skills in concept design is preferred but not essential
- Experience in compositing would be considered an asset;
- Knowledge of traditional painting and drawing techniques is a plus;
- A strong technical background is essential;
- Strong knowledge of photoshop;
- Blender knowledge considered an asset;
- Familiarity of 3D and animation movies production pipeline;
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Benefits
- Great company culture, with a team that is very technically proficient, highly motivated & excited to work on projects that will change the industry
- Competitive health and dental benefits
- Casual dress-code
- Interested candidates to share the link to their demo reels, along with their resume.
- Tangent Animation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation upon request for candidates taking part in the recruitment process.
- We thank you for your interest, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted
We constantly strive to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. We would like to hear your comments, questions and suggestions about the experience you are having. If you would like view our policy or share your comments, contact our Human Resources Department at accessibility@tangent-animation.com
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