Studio: Industrial Light & Magic
Job Opening: Groom Artist
Location: Sydney, Australia
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Creation of fur/feather/hair/environment grooms for characters, creatures, and environments using a mix of off-the-shelf and ILM proprietary tools
- Collaborate with Creature TDs to determine requirements and solutions for dynamics and layouts
- Paint colour and specular maps for hair, fur, and feathers
- Work closely with additional departments in the Creature workflow, including Modeling, Animation, and Lighting
- Maintains or exceeds a consistent level of productivity while meeting deadlines and producing high-quality work
Qualifications & Skills:
- Proven experience within a high-end VFX facility
- Demo reel and portfolio illustrating knowledge and experience in painting, illustration, or design
- Familiarity with film production, computer graphics
- Attention to detail
- Proven Groom skills within a high-end VFX production environment
- Ability to learn quickly and assimilate new information
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good organizational skills
- Grooming portfolio with creatures, digidoubles, and feathers
- Ability to liaise with various parts of the Computer Graphics pipeline
- Proficient in Maya, Houdini, Mari (preferred), Zbrush, Photoshop, or Bodypaint
- Ability to navigate complex Computer Graphics pipelines
- Texture/ Surfacing painting skills are a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts or equivalent with a strong traditional art foundation: including but not limited to figure drawing, concept art, and illustration.
- 5+ years of relevant experience
