Studio: Rising Sun Pictures
Job Opening: Senior Modeller
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create and deliver organic and hard surface models that meet each creative and technical brief.
- Create UVs for all your assets that meet the standards of the Look Development and Texture department.
- Work with other departments such as Rigging, Look Development, and Effects independently as required.
- Re-topologise lidar scans and or hi-res models provided by other vendors if required.
- Work from concept artwork or photographic images.
- Present your work for internal review after ensuring it hits creative and technical notes.
- Promote a collaborative and enjoyable workplace influencing morale, fostering purposeful discussion and positive work ethic.
Qualifications & Skills:
- 5-7 years of professional experience in the areas of model asset creation. Will consider outstanding talent and up-and-comers.
- Expert user of production-ready software including Maya, Mudbox, Z-Brush, UV layout, Zwrap, Speedtree, and Mari / Substance Painter. Knowledge of how and when they are used will increase the quality of your work
- Good fundamentals of clean topology. Able to create models with Sub-D and boolean approaches.
- Ability to create clean, precise UVs while being able to work with the UDIM approach.
- Ability to ingest character scans by conforming in-house character models to the scans.
- Strong understanding of human anatomy and creature anatomy.
- Ability to understand and work with FACS data and generate blend shapes based on scans/expressions for machine learning.
- Texturing experience is a plus.
- Houdini procedural modelling knowledge is a plus.
- An Artistic background in drawing, painting, etc is a plus.
- Working knowledge of working in a Linux system environment.
- Real-world understanding of proportion, depth, scale, and physical space.
- Expert organizational skills.
- Maintain a calm and professional demeanor in a deadline-focused work environment.
- Visual Effects, Fine Art, Computer Science, Physics or Mathematics or related tertiary qualification may be required for international applicants.
