Studio: B-Water Animation Studios
Job Opening: 3D Animators
Location: Tenerife, Spain
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Animate characters based on briefs and guidelines from the Director, Supervisor, and Lead Animator.
- Research relevant styles, genres, and references for the project.
- Create 3D animations from sketches and storyboards provided by the design team.
- Develop animation sequences that convey the personality, emotion, and consistency of the characters.
- Ensure animation style consistency throughout production.
- Review and maintain the animation standards established for the project.
- Implement revisions on sketches and animatics according to received feedback.
- Animate facial expressions, emotions, movements, and behaviors of characters with credibility.
- Produce video references of scenes and sequences, offering different performance proposals.
- Meet tight deadlines while maintaining artistic quality.
- Collaborate in improving workflows and internal team processes.
- Integrate characters into animated environments and scenes, ensuring visual coherence.
- Animate in sync with dialogue, sound effects, soundtrack, and foley.
- Participate in creative brainstorming sessions to provide innovative solutions.
- Apply and refine motion capture data to characters when necessary.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Full 3D production using Blender
- Artistic talent with a special sensitivity for character drawing and animation.
- Training in visual language fundamentals: perspective, point of view, proportion, color, composition, and framing.
- Ability to tell stories through animation (visual storytelling).
- Knowledge of acting styles and techniques applied to animated characters.
- Solid understanding of anatomy, body movement, weight, and muscle behavior
- Ability to accurately recreate human and animal movements.
- Experience working both in a team and independently.
- Ability to receive direction, apply feedback, and deliver corrections on time.
- Training in animation; knowledge of character drawing and/or fine arts is a plus.
- Familiarity with rigging, modeling, and texturing.
- Experience in task management and workflow organization.
- Practical knowledge of physics: gravity, acceleration, and energy applied to movement.
