Responsibilities:

• Work with the direction set forth by the Art Director
• Collaborate with Game team and story team
• Create character, creature, environmental concepts that include landscapes, architectural designs, props, and occasional mood paintings
• Create polished illustrations

Requirements:

• 5+ years of industry experience as a Character Artist.
• Master level competence of Photoshop, with a focus on painting.
• Strong foundation in the traditional arts including but not limited to painting, sculpture, figure drawing, illustration.
• Excellent illustration skills, deep understanding of human and creature anatomy, with a keen eye towards composition, perspective, lighting, value, color theory, form, structure, shape language, and silhouette.
• Able to carry an idea from the conceptual phase to the finished illustration, and an understanding of how to adapt these ideas for marketing.
• Great at brainstorming, taking direction, collaborating and being part of a team.
• Ability to solve problems creatively in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to develop ideas through sketches, take feedback, and take the sketches to a high level of finish.
• Interest/passion for Acid Rain World.
• Positive attitude and an ability to receive and provide objective feedback.

Desired Requirements:

• Experience telling stories through dynamic and dramatic keyframe illustrations.
• Experience developing highly realistic character designs with very focused art directions. Ability to explore multiple art directions.
• Experience communicating storytelling/blue sky ideas through image sequences, rough sketches, or 3d models.
• Experience creating matte paintings.
• Deep understanding of Maya or Painter.
• Leadership or mentoring experience.
• Familiar with Military and Sci-fi setting.

Application & Portfolio materials:

• Resume
• Cover letter (recommended)
• Portfolio demonstrating relevant artistic skills required
• Only online artwork submissions will be accepted (e.g. website, blog or online album)
• An art test may be required if the work presented doesn’t adequately demonstrate an ability to match our desired style for Acid Rain World
• Additional portfolio such as hand drawn sketchbook will be required for the interview