Studio: Brace Yourself Games
Job Opening: 3D Character/Generalist Artist
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Type: Full-time
Responsibilities:
- An ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable and inclusive workspace and promoting our continual growth in these areas
- Working closely with the Art Director and Animator to produce high quality characters, creatures and props, e.g. bodies, armour, weapons, clothing, faces
- Creating full 3D models based on 2D concept art
- Creating clean game topology, UVs, bakes and textures
- Implementing game assets, including engine-material setup.
- Collaborating with other colleagues to find the best solutions to all major technical and/or creative challenges facing the art team.
- Understanding the video game production requirements related to 3D character modelling
- If bandwidth allows it, helping on environment 3D assets.
Qualifications & Skills:
- 3+ years of production experience in game development
- Shipped at least 1 game title as a Character Artist in your career
- Understanding and skillful production of proportions and anatomy
- Understanding of a broad mix of character-related (human and non-human) disciplines such as modeling, texturing, shading, rigging, skinning, and animation
- High poly sculpting
- 3D texturing software
- Photoshop expertise
- Portfolio demonstrating relevant skills–only online work submissions, please (e.g. website, blog or online album)
- Excitement for building inclusive games for diverse audiences
- Humble with a growth mindset and excellent collaboration skills
- Team player who shows initiative, organized, efficient, and independent
- Lives in British Columbia, Canada (or willing to relocate, we will sponsor a visa for the right candidate)
Nice to have:
- Unreal Engine (4/5) knowledge
- 2D skills
- Specialization in character design
- An understanding of the importance topology has on mesh deformation
- A love for visual arts in all their forms (movies, animation, paintings, sculpting, etc.)
- Experience working with mixed remote and in-person teams
