Studio: Animal Logic
Job Opening: Matte Painter – Netflix Feature Animation
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create environments using combinations of modelled/textured assets, projections, illustrations
- Create paintings and elements that match concept and style using 3D and 2D tools and techniques including camera setup, modelling for projection, camera animation, projection setup, image re-projection, and atmospherics and light passes
- Collaborate with other members of the production such as modelling, surfacing, lighting and compositing in order to get the best result in the most efficient way
- Learn the department pipeline including all assets and tools, and their purpose
Qualifications & Skills:
- 3+ years experience in digital matte painting (feature animation is strongly preferred)
- Proficiency demonstrated through past project work and/or reel/portfolio
- Proven production experience using Photoshop & Nuke
- Ability to combine 2D and 3D elements into believable environments with attention to design and artistic detail
- Strong knowledge of camera focal lengths, a good sense of composition, and colour theory
- Thorough understanding of perspective, lighting, and colour
- Ability to creatively solve problems and efficiently organize and prioritize work across multiple areas
- Strong written and verbal English language skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively within a team environment
- Open to new workflows and tool sets
- Ability to take direction and feedback; anticipating the supervisors and leads preference
- Ability to create stylistic environments with an analogue painted/drawn style and good sense of stylized natural light would be an advantage
- Ability to produce concept art that conveys the style, lighting and character of the brief would be an advantage
- Other software skills including Maya, Houdini, Terragen or Vue would be an advantage
