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Senior Character Artist

Overview

Arkane Studios is seeking a talented Senior Character Artist to join our Austin team! The ideal candidate will have a passion for creating memorable faces, a solid grasp of anatomy, and a strong understanding of composition as applied to characters. As a senior, the ideal candidate should have a discerning eye for style without sacrificing quality or composition. The Senior Character artist will also have a hand in researching tools to implement and maintain in the character art pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Create and texture highly detailed 3D character models for AAA games
• Work directly with the Art Director, Lead Character Artist and Concept team in the creation of character assets.
• Interface with freelance artists and art outsourcers to help convey character art direction as needed
• Collaborate with other disciplines such as tech art, animation and design to understand gameplay requirements, technological issues and how they relate to the character art and implementation
• Serve as mentor for more junior level character artists.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in video games and shipped at least 1 AAA title as a Senior Character Artist
• Advanced Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, and Photoshop skills
• A solid foundation of creating Physically based materials and texture balancing as applied to in-game lighting
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and comfortable filling details where concepts may be vague
• Strong understanding of human anatomy, animal anatomy, facial anatomy and how it applies to facial animation, etc.
• Experienced with PBR engines like Unreal, idTech, or CryEngine
• Excellent follow through and takes initiative to solve problems
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• Passion for video games and game development
• All applicants must submit work samples in order to be considered

Preferred Skills

• Ideal portfolio will consist of highly detailed character models (humans & creatures) realistic textures (skin, hair, worn clothing & accessories), accurate anatomy, etc.
• Familiarity with asset tracking and issue tracking tools such as Perforce and JIRA.
• Extensive fine art background and a strong understanding of color, the human form/anatomy and structure/silhouette in respect of modeling

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