3D ARTIST JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a skilled 3D Artist to join our team, contributing to the advancement of past projects and collaborating with dedicated individuals who uphold high standards in their work. The ideal candidate will demonstrate proficiency in C# programming, Unity3D, and the development of AR, VR, and MR experiences, leveraging libraries like XRIT and VRTK.

An Overview of 3D Artist Job Description Responsibilities and Qualifications

1. As a 3D Artist, you'll contribute to enhancing the achievements of past projects and collaborate with a team of individuals committed to maintaining exemplary standards in their craft.

3D Artist Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Take concept art and turn it into a fully fleshed out 3D world
  • Work in a range of art styles and create high quality 3D art that will be used for all aspects of the games
  • Work with both the creative vision and technical specifications to create high quality assets
  • Work closely with the rest of the art team and be proactive in problem solving design, technical and artistic queries
  • Strong portfolio showing artistic and technical capabilities
  • Commercial experience with 3D modelling and UV layout for mobile platforms
  • Understanding of limited polys and textures

 

3D Artist Requirements and Qualifications:

  • Highly experienced with your chosen 3D software (either 3Ds Max, Blender or Maya) and preferably Unity as your real-time game engine (but will consider candidates with other engine exp)
  • Examples of general asset creation in a combination of: environment, shaders, hard surface, lighting, animation, rigging.
  • Ability to create 3D textures from scratch
  • Work previously carried out with version control software preferably Perforce
  • Team player excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • Organised able to work to deadlines and good general time management
  • Flexible adaptable and able to multi-task across projects and styles
  • Excellent attention to detail

2. Working as a 3D Artist you’ll apply imagination and artistic skill to create various areas of art from character design, props, environment, and textures.

3D Artist Roles and Duties:

  • Create high-quality artwork for a game, such as the texture, characters, environment
  • Ensure artwork follows the agreed project style.
  • Work collaboratively with other game artists, as well as members of the wider team, such as designers, developers, animators, quality assurance testers, and those involved in management and marketing.
  • Take on board and implement feedback from the art lead by making appropriate changes to the artwork you’ve produced.
  • Work to deadlines to help the team to produce the game efficiently and in line with the required schedule.
  • Keep your skillset up to date and learn about new software as and when required.


3D Artist Experience and Requirements:

  • Good communication and teamwork skills, to be able to liaise effectively with other game artists and members of the wider team
  • Self-motivation and the ability to work independently for extended periods
  • Strong organizational and time management skills to enable you to work to deadlines and complete tasks efficiently
  • Excellent attention to detail to ensure work is completed to a high standard and in line with the desired style
  • the knowledge and technical ability to effectively use computer software packages and tools such as Maya, Substance Painter, 3ds Max, and Photoshop
  • A good understanding of games engines, such as Unity
  • A desire to keep building your skillset and to learn how to use new software packages as they come onto the market
  • A knowledge of, and passion for, games and the games industry.

3. As a candidate for the 3D Artist role you are expected to have had at least 1 published games experience within a similar role in the industry, working on the creation of 3D game assets within that role.

3D Artist Roles and Functions:

  • Responsible for the creation of fantastic 3D and occasional 2D art assets for use in our mobile/VR games in line with the agreed art style guides.
  • Ensuring created art assets are optimised for use in our game engines, being particularly mindful of performance and memory constraints.
  • Self testing of assets and validating that they meet the technical budgets laid out by the game engine.
  • Being an active member of the art team, contributing ideas, concepts and technical solutions that will help build great games.
  • Occasional concept artwork generation during pre-production phases.


3D Artist Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

  • A strong portfolio that demonstrates excellent 3D and 2D skills, with particular focus on environment and character work.
  • Proven drawing and layout skills that illustrate your ability to convey ideas and concepts to stakeholders.
  • Up to date and comprehensive knowledge of Autodesk Maya (or other relevant 3D content creation packages) and Photoshop.
  • Familiarity with the opportunities and challenges of the Free-to-play market, mobile gaming sector and the emerging VR market.
  • Experience of game development in Unity.
  • Ability with sculpting packages such as ZBrush or Mudbox.
  • Knowledge of texture/material creation pipelines such as Substance or NDo/DDo.
  • Active player of Mobile/VR games.

4. We are seeking a 3D Artist on a contract basis to help support our customer’s business needs. This role will create backgrounds, scene transitions, and/or characters. A typical Artist needs to have a high level of creativity and the ability to communicate their ideas to both internal and external clients.

3D Artist Accountabilities:

  • Build and operate body motion capture lab.
  • Motion to character rigging.
  • Plan, analyze, and create 3D visual solutions to animation projects.
  • Utilize a combination of hand drawing and computer design to produce special effects and action graphics.
  • Prepare sketches or layouts to present to the team.
  • Create three-dimensional models, animations, and visual effects.


3D Artist Ability, Experience, and Requirements:

  • 3+ years of related experience.
  • Ability to collect body motion with different technologies
  • Must be experienced in character rigging.
  • Must have experience in motion data cleaning.
  • Creativity, verbal and written communication skills, and problem-solving ability.
  • Expert ability to utilize various forms of media, including print, electronic, and film.
  • Expert ability to visualize in 3D and understand aesthetic aspects of design.
  • Previous experience using the computer to create layouts and generate new images.
  • Experience with Adobe publishing and graphics software.
  • Experience leading a team of artists.
  • Must have QA background
  • A strong motion-capture background.
  • Must have a retargeting background.
  • Must be an independent worker.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred.

5. The Digital 3D Artist role requires a motivated individual with a keen sense for aesthetics pertaining to interior design. The Digital 3D Artist will be responsible for modeling, texturing, styling, and lighting scenes/environments to create photorealistic content.

Digital 3D Artist Functions:

  • Model, texture, style, and light interior and exterior environments to be used as backgrounds for product photography composites
  • Take creative direction and translate that into work that is high quality and meets the brief
  • Create a standardized workflow for producing environments on a regular and ongoing basis with efficiency
  • Work with our Creative Director to interpret customer needs and develop customized environments to suit their brand


Digital 3D Artist Education, Knowledge and Experience:

  • You have a bachelor’s degree in Game Art Design, Visual Effects, Animation or related field (an equivalent combination of related education, training, and experience may be considered)
  • You are a creative individual with an excellent eye for quality and detail, knowledge of lighting techniques and experience in creating photorealistic content
  • You are well organized and able to keep projects moving, able to work individually and as a part of a team
  • You have excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with little to no supervision
  • Experience in at least one 3D modeling software (e.g. 3dsMax, Maya, Blender)
  • Thorough understanding of ray-traced lighting software & techniques. (V-ray, Arnold, Cycles, Octane, Redshift etc.)
  • Familiar with Adobe Photoshop