Texture Artist - Digital Domain Vancouver
Location: Vancouver, BC
Summary:
The Texture Artist will produce photo-realistic textures from scratch and see them through the textures pipeline from start to finish.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Create photo-realistic textures from scratch that meet all technical and aesthetic standards for the project
• Is assigned the most difficult work and complex sequences
• Complete tasks within production deadlines while being largely self-directed
• Be able to provide guidance and mentor-ship to other texture artists
• Work closely with the modeling artists to ensure all textures work smoothly throughout the pipeline
• Work closely with look development and lighting artists to ensure textures are working technically and aesthetically in the lighting pipeline
Education, Experience and Skills Required:
• 3+ years of experience creating photo-realistic textures for feature films in Mari with experience in Maya ideal
• Extensive experience working with photographic elements to create textures
• Understanding of color spaces and working in a linear-lighting pipeline
• Extensive experience editing and generating UVs
• Mari, Photoshop, Zbrush, Body Paint experience is preferred
• Photo-realistic modeling, look development or lighting experience is a plus
• Must have excellent communication and organizational skills
• Leading or mentoring experience is a plus