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Senior Visual Development Artist, Environments
4 years ago
The Visual Development Artist should have a playful imagination coupled with a high degree of artistic skill. They’ll be expected to take a seed of an idea and flush out all aspects of the design. This may include new architecture, individual assets, a full culture kit all the way to a mood painting that defines the emotional intent of an environment. The role requires a strong sense of environments, design, color theory, architecture knowledge and the ability to push the WoW style.
COVID-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model and we’re continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position. We understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.
DAY TO DAY TASKS
- Create concept art for environments, architecture, and other WoW in-game assets
- Create mood pieces and other visual development assets
- Create illustration quality key art production paintings
- Work closely with the Art Lead for each task to help achieve a consistent vision
- Ability to explore a wide variety of ideas that push the WoW style
- Enthusiasm for working closely with other Artists
- Communicate with Production, Design, and other departments
YOUR BACKGROUND
- 5+ years of experience creating environment concept artwork for animation, film or video games
- Paintings that demonstrate a wide range of techniques from classical to stylized that shows a deep understanding of composition, color theory and story telling
- A thorough understanding of 2D art software
- Extensively played and understand the visual style of World of Warcraft
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