Sky Artist - Bungie Studios - Bellevue, WA
The sky isnt always the limit. Bungie is looking for a tech-savvy Sky Artist who daydreams about modeling, texturing and animating 3d content to create atmospheric vistas. As a sky artist you will work directly with the Lead Sky Artist to create the amazing backgrounds that are part of the environments and scenes in Bungie games. A central position, you will be directly involved in the exciting collaboration between designers, world artists, cinematics, and effects while being exposed to amazing rendering and lighting pipelines and tools.
Responsibilities
- Create 3d skies and landscapes required to complete any 3D environment or cinematic scenes in the game while working with the cinematic and environment disciplines
- Create 3d geometry & 2d matte painted elements to be used as backgrounds for environments or cut-scenes
- Bring the sky environment to life by lighting, animating shaders and geometry.
- Troubleshoot and use talents to create visually stunning backgrounds which match and enhance the games style and 3D requirements, using direction given by the Lead Sky Artist
Required Skills
- Ability to model poly objects, texture them and compose them into the scene to create a stunning 3d matte painting.
- Three or more years experience preferred as a 2D/3D Artist on a published title
- Thorough knowledge of Photoshop, Maya, Max and other 2D/3D applications
- Strong skills in painting (photorealism), drawing, composition, color matching
- Ability to create matte paintings stylistically and / or photos realistically using 2D and 3D applications
- Ability to integrate illustration with existing 3D environments
- Ability to follow directions and complete tasks independently while working within the framework of a team
- Excellent aptitude for problem solving
- Must be able to continually adapt and adopt new technologies
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to meet tight deadlines
- Educational Requirements: Undergraduate degree or completion of a certificate program preferred that provides an education in the fundamentals of art
Please email resumes to careers@bungie.com and reference this posting in the subject line. Remember to include demo reels, portfolios and anything else that demonstrates your skills, including personal projects. A detailed description of the work performed or a comprehensive shot breakdown should accompany your submission.
For more information, please visit www.bungie.net/careers