Telltale Games is looking for a Senior Character Concept Artist!
Summary
Telltale Games is looking for a talented Senior Concept Artist to create detailed and accurate designs for characters including color and lighting. The ideal candidate should be able to adapt to any style (cartoony as well as stylized realism), and should have strong, independent creative skills!
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Art Director to help set the character visual style for the game
- Work with the Art Director and Designers to turn ideas into compelling and appropriate concepts for the game
- Create clear, detailed concepts to communicate the game vision to the Art Team
- Create and maintain a consistent style for characters per project
- Collaborate with and provide feedback to the 3D team via paint/sculpt-over
- Help guide and mentor other members of the Concept Team on the project
Essential Skills
- Excellent fundamental illustration skills such as drawing, painting, composition, perspective, color and light theory
- Strong understanding of anatomy
- Ability to interpret and create an original and compelling concept based on verbal or written description within a given style, from the idea phase all the way to the final concept
- Ability to produce a variety of quick sketches showing different approaches for the same design
- Ability to create concepts in digital form using primarily Photoshop
- Experience with Maya is a plus
- Strong understanding of games and game constraints (polygonal modeling, texturing) highly desired but not compulsory
- Ability to draw Storyboards (good sense of layout, camera framing, shot selection)
- Self-driven, excellent verbal and written communication, team player
- At least 5 years of professional creative experience in the field of Games and/or Television
Portfolio Requirement
With your resume, please include portfolio samples that represent the range of your skills. Please be sure that these samples have been cleared for release by their respective copyright owners. Examples of cartoony, stylized, and stylized realism work is preferred. Our preference is to provide this in an online portfolio.
Candidates must be authorized to work and accept new employment in the U.S.
Telltale Games is an Equal Opportunity Employer and ADA compliant.