Armature in Austin, TX is seeking 2-3 local 3D Artists
The Contract 3D Artist will work closely with the project’s lead artist and game designer to creative exciting, lively art pieces for Armature’s latest project. This is a perfect chance for an entry level artist to show their stuff! MUST be local to Austin, Texas.
This job is a one to two month long contract position, 40 hours per week, working on site. Relocation is not available for this position.
If interested in applying, send resume and a link to your portfolio to: hr@armature.com
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the game design with amazing art! Tasks range from creation of props, world building, lighting, texturing, and implementing in Unreal 4.
- Work within technical standards and limitations set forth by the game, creating highly optimized art that still looks great!
- Maintain the artistic goals for the game. Understand and work within the style set forth by art bibles, Art Lead, and concepts.
- Know and play the game so that you understand how the work you do relates to the player experience.
- Research and help to assemble source material that informs concepts and or other stylistic decisions for art in the game.
- Learn and become proficient at art pipelines created to put assets in game, as well as alter them once inside the Unreal 4 Editor.
- Manage your time and create estimates of how long your work will take with production and other teammates.
- Communicate clearly, be eager to learn always, and be a great teammate!
QUALIFICATIONS
- Industry experience preferred
- Proficient in Maya, Photoshop, and Unreal 4
- Experience creating optimized art for games
- Good communication, organizational, time management and interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to follow existing guidelines, policies, procedures or project parameters.
- Trained in Art/Design with emphasis on composition, color theory, and shape language.
EXTRA POINTS
· Experience creating Maya tools
· Technical knowledge of shaders and Unreal 4 blueprints
· VR game experience
· Any other secondary/generalist skills, creating FX for real-time, concept art etc. Tell us what you can do in game creation besides art!