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Specific Functions/Activities Summary
- Brainstorm, R&D, and help implement pipeline workflow
- You will work with others to establish best practices and documentation around level look, layout and lighting
- Work with our art director, and character artists to create engaging characters and creatures in multiple styles
- Create a diverse range of characters on specific elements such as outfits, hairstyles, and facial stylization
- Design creatures, props, and visual effects concepts
- Design original concepts that fit within the project style guide
- Translate high-level ideas into production-ready art packets
- Enhance existing concepts with detail views, paintovers, turnarounds, and material references
- Maintain art, while providing a variety of ideas
- Provide in-depth research, reference material, and develop conceptual ideas
- Create lighting schemes and color palettes that capture the tone of the world
- Develop stylistic consistency for all experiences
Responsibilities:
- Model, texture, and light game-ready 3D environments using provided concept art or inspirational reference material.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to solve creative and design problems in VR.
- Participate in and contribute to R&D, problem solving artistic solutions to technical problems.
- Proactively keep Leads and Directors informed of progress and developments.
Your mission:
- Create! Conceptualize, design, and create a range of concept art assets mostly focusing on buildings, but also including characters, landscapes, and environments to be used as a guide for developing 3D game assets.
- Contribute! Deliver creative ideas to a living game.
- Collaborate! Work closely with Game Designers, other Concept Artists, and the Team Lead Art to help devise the game's visual style and direction through concept. Collaborate with a positive attitude within the Art Team in the creation of new concepts and designs.
- Take action! As one of the main artists, you will be defining the look and feel and strongly contribute to our game's art direction and vision.
- Explore! Do the research and integrate visual reference into concepts.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Design Lead to create high-quality concepts to inspire and raise the visual bar of the project.
- Working with AAA partners to bring a range of IP (and their unique setting/art direction) into the Virtex Stadium universe
- Ensure work is delivered timely and according to the specifications of a brief following an established Art Direction.
- Develop a range of exciting character, prop & environment assets
- Create stunning environmental art that captures the overall film quality of the games universe
What you’ll do:
- Work with the virtual production supervisor, art director, and creative director to create and assemble Unreal Engine based environments for both architectural and organic scenes.
- Visualize, build, and refine 3D landscape content while ensuring cohesion with the Production Design and Look of Show
- Research references and resources for creation of environment elements while incorporating existing storyboards, concept art, drawings, VFX assets, etc.
- Troubleshoot levels for optimization in real-time virtual production applications such as LED Volume & Hybrid Virtual Production.
Specific Functions/Activities Summary
- Work closely with the Art Director and others to maintain stunning visual style and quality
- Manage the delivery of 3D assets for your level or feature, including creating assets from scratch
- Create documentation when working with external development teams and feedback on work received
- Promote and enforce structure, such as naming conventions and documentation
- Work with leads to design fluid workflows for teammates across multiple disciplines
Your mission:
- Concept. Conceptualize, design and create a range of concept art assets, mostly focusing on buildings & characters to be used as a guide for developing 3D game assets.
- Collaborate. Work closely with the Art Director and play an active role in developing and polishing the look & feel of the game.
- Support. Support our Marketing with visual designs and finished illustrations.
- Shine. Deliver your results with respect to our production pipeline, art direction & team-internal deadlines.
Responsibilities:
- Create high and low poly models for realistic natural environments, magic-tech, man-made environments, props, and details.
- Scan, process, and enhance photogrammetry assets.
- Work closely with designers to bring levels and environments from concept to delivery.
- Create high-quality PBR textures and materials.
- Collaborate with the art director to maintain consistency between environment art and all other game art.
- Contribute to planning and design of gameplay spaces.
- Implement 3D art in Unreal Engine by decorating/lighting scenes and integrating art with game systems.
Your mission:
- 3D focus. Convert & interpret 2D concepts into textured real-time 3D models, like buildings, vegetation, and props.
- Support. Help the art team in building new Stages in Unity, working on Terrain, dressing and lighting.
- Impress. Create impressive game-ready assets, and apply / improve the art style of our new mobile game.
- Collaborate. Work cooperatively within an agile, multi-disciplinary team environment, and report to our Team Lead Art.
- Shine. Deliver your results with respect to our production pipeline, art direction & team-internal deadlines.
- Organize. Plan and estimate times for your own tasks, and coordinate / communicate with our external partners.
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