Environment Surfacing Artist
Skydance offers a dynamic inclusive and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the worlds most collaborative art form can achieve and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio thats doing something different.
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Responsibilities
Creates textures using photographic referencesdigitalhand-painted techniques existing texture assets and procedural workflows.
Paints stylized textures based on concept art whilemaintainingthe visual style of the showusing Substance 3D Paintand Photoshop.
Creates procedural textures usingSubstance3D Designer.
Possesses the ability to create adapt and iterate within a variety of artistic styles.
Showsa clearunderstanding of UVs and texturelayout.
Demonstrates a strong understanding of physically based shading principles including material properties such as albedo reflection refraction roughness and subsurface scattering.
Authors andmodifiesmaterials using standard and procedural shading workflows within the main rendering engines.
Keeps up with current artistic methodologies technological trends and tools that best support production and contribute to a stronger creative and technical environment.
Collaborates with other teammemberswhen necessary.
Follows the Supervisors and Leads guidance.
Requirements
3-5yearsof experiencein VFX or animation industries.
1 years of experience in the animation industry is desirable.
Experience inRendermanand/orArnold.
Experience with Substance 3D package and/or Mari.
Strong artistic and/or technical aptituderelated to 3D animation or VFX.
Strong knowledge of UV creation and layout.
Knowledge of lighting modeling and scene optimization.
Experience managing large scenes complex environments and demanding sequences.
Knowledge of HoudiniSolarisor Katana is desirable.
USD and/or OSL knowledge is a plus.
Knowledgeofvegetation workflows(instances and scatters) is a plus.
Understanding ofdisplacement workflows (maps and geometry output) is a plus.
High English level desirable.
Spanish desirable.
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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1