Environment Concept Artists

Description

The Los Angeles Visual Studio (LAVS), located in beautiful Santa Monica, just steps from the beach and on the Santa Monica Third Street Promenade, is looking for an amazing Environment Concept Artist to join our industry leading team. LAVS is a unique studio that focuses solely on concept development for many of NCsoft’s highly acclaimed products. The Environment Concept Artist will work with the visual studio Art Director along with a variety of product Art Directors around the world, creating believable and visually compelling environments.

REQUIRED SKILLS:
• Highly creative, passionate, driven concept artist
• Outstanding fundamental Illustration skills including; Composition, Perspective, Value structure, and Color Theory
• Solid knowledge of the properties of light and its interaction with a variety of forms, materials, and textures.
• Outstanding Environment Design skills with the ability to create organic/inorganic exterior and interior environments in a variety of styles.
• Outstanding traditional illustration skills with a mastery of a variety of mediums
• Excellent digital illustration skills with a mastery of Photoshop and/or Painter
• Experience in illustrating a broad variety of styles and genres
• Solid grasp of the human figure and anatomy.
• Strong Industrial Design skills with the ability to design with function and form.
• Must be able to rapidly illustrate concepts based on verbal and written directives
• Must be able to produce large quantities of high caliber illustrations in a variety of formats, from prototype level thumbnails to finished color illustrations.
• Minimum 3 years game industry/film experience and/or minimum 2 shipped titles
• Solid interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to cooperate on a team level.

PREFERRED SKILLS:
• Solid grasp and understanding of animal anatomy.
• Basic 3D modeling and animation skills.
• Solid Graphic Design and layout skills
• Strong Storyboarding and Staging skills.

PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS:
• A solid set of Environment Concept paintings and drawings that demonstrates an ability to execute on a variety of subject matter.
• A solid set of matte paintings that integrate photo plates, 3D renders, and hand painted elements effectively and seamlessly.
• Concept paintings that illustrate a location from multiple points of view and with a variety of lighting solutions and color palettes.
• Concept paintings that illustrate not only a location but, a key game play or cinematic moment incorporating multiple elements including vehicles, characters, and creature designs.
• A solid set of Industrial Designs including; vehicles, machinery, and props.
• Samples should demonstrate a variety of styles and levels of finish; from loose sketches to highly rendered realism.

A casual work environment, comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary are all part of the package. EOE

About NCsoft
Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, NCsoft Corporation is the world’s leading developer and publisher of online games. Founded in 1997, NCsoft is home to Lineage, the world’s most successful online role playing game and also to Lineage II, City of Heroes and City of Villains, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions™, Guild Wars Nightfall™ and Auto Assault®. In coming months, NCsoft is poised to launch other massively multiplayer titles including Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa and Aion in addition to various casual games via its game portal, PlayNC. NCsoft has offices in North America, the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, China and Thailand. In fiscal year 2006, NCsoft posted revenues of KRW 338.7 billion.

For more information about NCsoft visit http://www.PlayNC.com.