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Naughty Dog

Santa Monica, California - United States
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Character Artist (Temporary Assignment)

Description

Character Artist (Temporary Assignment)

This position is for a temporary engagement through our staffing partner Yoh Services.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this position.

Summary:
This artist will be primarily responsible for creating realistic animal game assets from scratch. Secondarily, they will also be working on human assets, including clothing and faces.

Responsibilities:
  • Sculpting/modelling different animals and people as needed for a realistic world setting
  • Texturing
  • Retopology and efficient UV layout
  • Creating hair cards/fur and setting up shaders
  • Working with other departments such as Concept art, shading, and rigging to develop a high quality animal production pipeline

Requirements & Skills:
  • Very detailed knowledge of animal and human anatomy
  • Understanding of game production pipeline
  • Good eye for color and texture painting
  • Relevant software proficiencies: Zbrush, Maya, Substance Painter, Photoshop
  • Ability to both work independently, take feedback, and work on a team

Bonus Skills:
  • Experience working on AAA titles as a character artist
  • Experience creating animals for AAA pipelines

As a part of the Naughty Dog application process, candidates will be expected to provide a portfolio or demo reel of their work and may be asked to complete an art test.

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