Studio: Bardel Entertainment Inc.
Job Opening:Â Rigging Artist
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Construct 3D character rigs and animation interfaces and controls for assigned characters and props
- Actively participate in production-related meetings by offering thoughts and ideas
- Keep current on pipeline techniques and technology
- Ensure the pipeline supervisor’s instructions are carried through
- Develop character, prop, and related rigging and frameworks (including the skeletal system, skinning, workflows, and the user interface) working in conjunction with the CG Supervisor and other department heads
- Define and streamline CG character rigging workflows, pipelines, and processes, developing tools and frameworks for CG characters and other related assets
- Troubleshoot and evaluate character-rigging issues for artists within various disciplines
- Develop and documenting workflows, tools, scripts/plug-ins, and best practices to enhance the productivity of animators
Qualifications & Skills:
- 1-3 years quality experience in rigging capacity
- TV / Animation / Film production experience a must
- Strong technical background and scripting prowess (Maya, Python, MEL), with the ability to grasp new programs and systems quickly
- Excellent command of human anatomy, volume and weight, dynamics, and character motion
- Superlative written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative, supportive approach to working with other team members
Extra points if you have:
- Background in traditional animation, visual arts, and life drawing, with a solid sense of movement and form
- Experience with R&D requirements gathering and authoring production documentation, creating templates, libraries, and tools
- Sound understanding of the animation process from storyboard to modeling to texturing, animation, and rendering
- Advanced, applied technical computer animation knowledge such as lighting rigs, rendering, dynamics, and other related scripting, interface, and tools development
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