Texture Painter Opportunity @ Kabam in SF
Kabam is revolutionizing the video games industry by improving how gamers access and pay for their entertainment. Based in San Francisco with offices in Austin, Beijing, Berlin, Luxembourg and Vancouver, Kabam is the #1 company developing core games for mobile devices, the Web and social networks. Kabam delivers deep crafted experiences for gamers who love competition, strategy, role-playing-games and social gameplay.
Are you a creative self-starter who is passionate about games? We want to meet you!
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
* Hand-paint textures for 3D models for use in real-time games, especially environments but also including props, characters and creatures.
* Create textures for colorful, fun, stylized indoor and outdoor environments.
* Deliver high quality work on-time and within budget.
* Work within constraints set by the technology (texture sizes, transparency limitations, etc.).
* Take direction from the Art Director and Lead Artist and make changes as needed.
* work with engineers to ensure that your work is properly implemented into the game as well as incorporate work yourself in Unity game engine.
* Collaborate and iterate with a small, passionate in-house team crafting a fantastic new game for mobile and tablet devices.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
* 3+ years experience working on shipped game titles.
* Strong painting skills, especially working with stylized hand-painted textures (think Worlds of Warcraft, League of Legends, and Torchlight and youve got the right idea).
* An excellent understanding of color theory and lighting, and an affinity for architectural as well as natural environments.
* Basic knowledge of common 3D applications like 3DSMax (preferred) and Maya.
* At the very minimum, solid experience painting over unwrapped UV sheets. * Preferably, good skills doing the UV unwrapping yourself.
* Strong portfolio demonstrating an ability to work with a broad range of subjects and styles from realistically detailed to stylized.
* Strong passion for gaming.
* Strong cross-functional communications skills; verbal, written, and visual.
* Ability to take direction well and to play well with others. No prima donnas!
* A desire to grow your skills and experience.
* A terrific sense of humor.
* Must be available to work full-time at our offices in San Francisco, CA.
* Candidates without work samples WILL NOT be considered. Please include samples (or links to samples) of your work.
If you are interested in applying, please click the link below:
http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=ofrAXfwX&s=Polycount
Are you a creative self-starter who is passionate about games? We want to meet you!
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
* Hand-paint textures for 3D models for use in real-time games, especially environments but also including props, characters and creatures.
* Create textures for colorful, fun, stylized indoor and outdoor environments.
* Deliver high quality work on-time and within budget.
* Work within constraints set by the technology (texture sizes, transparency limitations, etc.).
* Take direction from the Art Director and Lead Artist and make changes as needed.
* work with engineers to ensure that your work is properly implemented into the game as well as incorporate work yourself in Unity game engine.
* Collaborate and iterate with a small, passionate in-house team crafting a fantastic new game for mobile and tablet devices.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
* 3+ years experience working on shipped game titles.
* Strong painting skills, especially working with stylized hand-painted textures (think Worlds of Warcraft, League of Legends, and Torchlight and youve got the right idea).
* An excellent understanding of color theory and lighting, and an affinity for architectural as well as natural environments.
* Basic knowledge of common 3D applications like 3DSMax (preferred) and Maya.
* At the very minimum, solid experience painting over unwrapped UV sheets. * Preferably, good skills doing the UV unwrapping yourself.
* Strong portfolio demonstrating an ability to work with a broad range of subjects and styles from realistically detailed to stylized.
* Strong passion for gaming.
* Strong cross-functional communications skills; verbal, written, and visual.
* Ability to take direction well and to play well with others. No prima donnas!
* A desire to grow your skills and experience.
* A terrific sense of humor.
* Must be available to work full-time at our offices in San Francisco, CA.
* Candidates without work samples WILL NOT be considered. Please include samples (or links to samples) of your work.
If you are interested in applying, please click the link below:
http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=ofrAXfwX&s=Polycount