FUR TD: Blue Sky Studios, Inc.

Animation & VFX / Television / Film - Art / Animation / Graphic Design
(INACTIVE - 9/24/2008)
FUR TD
Blue Sky Studios, Inc.
White Plains, New York - United States

Start Date: Immediately
Required Spoken Language(s): English
Required Work Auth.: United States

Job Description and Responsibilities:
A Fur TD is responsible in developing fur, feathers and foliage descriptions for characters, props and environments using procedural networks to generate raytraced voxels; deliver and support Fur assets
through the pipeline from Animation to Lighting and Rendering.
Responsibilities :
*Achieve/establish the look and qualities of fur, feathers and foliage for characters, props and environments for an animated feature film with direction from the Director, Art Director and Fur Supervisor.
*Procedurally generate fur, feather and foliage descriptions using proprietary tools with a flowgraph interface.
*Troubleshoot creative and technical issues as they arise.
*Work with other departments to communicate Fur needs and provide for other departments needs.
*Ensure that Fur files are complete and ready for downstream departments.
*Give regular updates to the Supervising Technical Director and Production Management on the progress of your work.
Requirements:
• At least 2 years of high-end CG production experience.
• Good artistic eye for detail with ability to create a fleshed out look to match various Art Department references.
• Detail oriented with ability to handle the complexity of our pipeline.
• Moderate expertise in one or more of the following programming concepts (C, C++, C-Shell, Perl, MEL and similar).
• Demonstrated expertise in script debugging practices.
• Strong experience with the UNIX or Linux operating systems.
• Production experience with one or more major animation package (Softimage, Maya etc.)
• Openness to existing workflows.
• Ability to solve problems independently.
• Takes initiative.
• Ability to work well in a team setting.
• Good multi-tasking skills.
• Background in visual arts desired.
• Other discipline skills a plus (ie: modeling, compositing, animation, etc)

IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED you MUST submit your DVD reel (NTSC Region 1, comprehensive reel breakdown and resume to:

Human Resources
Blue Sky Studios
44 South Broadway, 17th Fl
White Plains, NY 10601
USA

Thank you!