Senior-Level Concept Artist: ArenaNet, Inc.
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- Job Description and Responsibilities:
- Located in Bellevue, Washington, ArenaNet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. Currently, ArenaNet is busy developing Guild Wars 2 while continuing to support Guild Wars with additional content such as the upcoming Bonus Mission Pack, holiday events, community contests, monthly championships, and soon-to-be-released merchandise.
ArenaNet is looking for concept artists with a passion for games. Candidates will work with the studio Art Director and staff concept artists to create believable and visually compelling characters, creatures and environments for Guild Wars 2.
- Requirements:
- Essential duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Produce a wide range of highly creative character, creature and environment concept art to fulfill the requirements of the game while working within the constraints of engine, game design, and schedule.
* Proactively seek feedback from the Art Director in style and mood.
* Communicate proactively with co-workers, including designers, programmers, and other game artists.
* Follow the schedules set by the Department Lead.
Qualifications:
* Highly creative, passionate, driven concept artist.
* Outstanding grasp of the human figure and animal anatomy with an exceptional ability to exaggerate as needed while maintaining realistic proportions and overall believability.
* Outstanding traditional illustration skills with a mastery of a variety of mediums.
* Excellent digital illustration skills with a mastery of Photoshop.
* Excellent fundamental illustration skills including; composition, perspective and color theory.
* Experience in illustrating a broad variety of styles and genres.
* Must be able to rapidly illustrate concepts based on verbal and written directives.
* Excellent visual storytelling skills.
* Must be able to produce large quantities of high caliber illustrations in a variety of formats, from prototype level thumbnails to finished color illustrations.
* Solid interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to cooperate on a team level.
* Self-managing — organized and uses time well. Dependably identifies and meets goals.
* Minimum 1-3 years of game industry/film experience is preferred.
