Studio: Industrial Light & Magic
Job Opening: Environment Artist
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for creating 3D environments, both photorealistic and stylized.
- Performing layout and set dressing of environments using 3D assets.
- Ensuring published environments function correctly in the pipeline.
- Work with the lighting department to ensure environments render efficiently and without errors.
- Creation of individual assets including modelling, texturing, look dev, and publishing.
- Sourcing suitable reference materials for required assets.
- Responsible for presenting lit and shaded environments for feedback.
- Working with lead environment artists to address any creative or technical feedback.
- Participating in team reviews of work under development.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Proven track record contributing to photorealistic CG landscapes.
- Proficiency with procedural set dressing and scattering systems, including Layout,
- Familiarity with 3D asset creation.
- Strong understanding of visual language – texture, colour, dimension, scale, perspective, lighting, shade, composition depth of field, proportion, etc.
- Technically proficient, self-motivated, proactive, and enjoys problem-solving.
- Collaborative, team-player attitude: open and receptive to new ideas, constructive criticism, direction and changes.
- Excellent time keeping skills, attention to targets and deadlines
- Experience with Houdini
- Experience working with photogrammetry.
- Experience with Katana.
- Experience with 2.5D projection techniques in Nuke or similar packages.
- Experience with scripting/automation.
- Basic lighting skills.
