Creature Technical Director

Description

At ILM, Creature TDs are responsible for setting up and running flesh-surface, hair, cloth, rigid body simulations as well as able to wrangle rigging and creature pipeline issues proficiently under the direction and guidance of their supervisors.

Basic Skills:

• Set up and run proprietary cloth, hair, flesh surfaces and rigid body simulations
  
• Hero-creature enveloping using a combination of commercial software packages and proprietary tools
  
• Run flesh-volume simulations
  
• Wrangle creature rigging issues for artists in other disciplines
  
• Mentor entry level artists
  
• Script utilities/tools/plug-ins in various software packages
  
• Create dynamic simulations in packages such as Maya/XSI
  
• Wrangle creature pipeline issues for artists in other disciplines, such as:
  
• MOCAP data re-targeting in XSI/Maya;
  
• Act as wrangler for a creature and/or a specific technique used across multiple creatures

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, computer visualization, or 
  computer animation required.
  
• At least 3 years work experience required in 3D CGI for digital animation, visual effects or 
  producing cg characters and creatures for visual media.
  
• Proficiency with Linux is required.
  
• Expertise with Maya and/or other high-end animation software is required.
  
• Experience with C++, mel, python, or other scripting languages is desirable.
  
• Feature Film experience required. 
  
• Experience in corrective sculpting. Knowledge of anatomy and enveloping
  
• A demo reel demonstrating artistic and technical ability is required for this role.