Visual Development Artist | LâArtiste du développement visuel
Visual Development Artist | LâArtiste du développement visuel
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Job description
The Visual Development Artist helps to reduce the number of iterations in more expensive departments in the Film division by producing effective images or sequences that will help to answer creative questions on asset designs and builds (characters props vehicles environments fx) or help to define shot moods. The rendering should be generated from the available elements for that shot/asset (renders models etc...) when possible in the aim of accelerating the incorporation of the creative notes into the actual asset/shot builds.
Key Responsibilities:
Working closely with the HOD supervisors and clients to provide efficient and photorealistic imagery while building assets and scenes using both 2D and 3D packages and helping to answer creative and technical questions during asset/shot/sequence development
Helping supervisors sell their vision for an asset/shot/sequence to clients by coming up with original designs ideas and good visual references
Keen to help others either for technical or artistic questions
Working on tight deadlines with frequent outputs when necessary
Working to get approvals on looks quickly to give time for the downstream departments to achieve these looks through proper builds
Working closely with other departments and HODs to make sure they can incorporate in the full builds everything they can from the visual development process
Job requirements
Experience and essential skills:
Extensive visual background highest creative traits
Good experience in film VFX and or Game using 3D softwares like (Maya/Houdini/Blender/Unreal/Nuke/3DCoat/Zbrush/Substance/Photoshop)
Note that in VisDev we are mainly using Blender as our main 3D softwareSeveral years of experience in Film/Game as a Senior artist using a production pipeline is a big plus
Excellent knowledge of shortcuts available to create powerful visuals under pressure and short turn around times
Ability to translate supervisors and client needs/briefs into visuals in an efficient manner
Great attention to detail and a proactive approach to identify and resolve visual issues in order to maintain quality and logic within the outputs
Knowledge of a wide variety of software (to update frequently to keep up) and keen to try new tools/addons/softwares to see its potential to use in production.
Strong demonstrable experience in frame/shot composition/mood/realism
Good working knowledge of cinematography in a virtual environment
Ability to take direction and feedback from a supervisor
Able to create organised scenes/scripts/2D documents for easy handovers
Desirable skills:
Really confident in Modeling/Texturing/Lighting/Comp
Good understanding of geometry nodes(Blender) is a plus
Good understanding of practical and digital cameras
Interest for simulation/FX (a plus)
At ease with creating various kinds of work: environments creatures weapons fx architecture
Working knowledge in the following fields (a plus): geology anatomy industrial design physics architecture
Good knowledge of at least a secondary 3D software and a compositing software(Nuke) and real time render engine (Octane Unreal Houdini) is a plus
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Employment Type
Full-Time
