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Concept Artist - DICE
at DICE
Stockholm, Sweden
DICE is the award-winning developer of the Battlefield franchise and games like Mirror’s Edge. The company with 270 employees is situated in one of the world’s most picturesque cities - Stockholm, Sweden. The studio houses a riot of youth, hunger and passion for creating games. Innovation is part of the DICE DNA, whether it is creating new games or trying out innovative business models. People come to DICE to change our industry and to make unique, addictive and innovative entertainment.
Job Description
We are looking for Concept Artists to visualize the art direction for our games. As Concept artist you will create storyboards, mood-boards, animatics, paint-overs to support game play, design, storytelling etc. You will also work with marketing campaigns and toolkits.
Key Responsibilities
• Help establish and convey the Art Director's vision
• Create visual target images together with the Art Director
• Key art
• Paintings and drawings for internal use within the team
• Paintings and Photoshop retouch work for marketing
• Mockups and paint overs
• Guide illustrations for gameplay mechanics
• Schematic illustrations of levels, complicated props or architecture
• Storyboards
• Matte paintings and plates for backdrops in levels and cut scenes
• Style guides for outsourcing briefs (mainly characters)
• Style guides for marketing and third party development
• Screenshot touch ups
What skills does DICE look for?
• Artistic knowledge
o Composition
o Perspective
o Color theory
o Anatomy
o Real world materials
o Lighting
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Basic typography and graphic design knowledge
• Basic 3D knowledge
• Basic video knowledge for pre-visualization of storyboards
• You must be able to work collaboratively with the game team, which includes daily communication with Art Directors and artists.
Job Description
We are looking for Concept Artists to visualize the art direction for our games. As Concept artist you will create storyboards, mood-boards, animatics, paint-overs to support game play, design, storytelling etc. You will also work with marketing campaigns and toolkits.
Key Responsibilities
• Help establish and convey the Art Director's vision
• Create visual target images together with the Art Director
• Key art
• Paintings and drawings for internal use within the team
• Paintings and Photoshop retouch work for marketing
• Mockups and paint overs
• Guide illustrations for gameplay mechanics
• Schematic illustrations of levels, complicated props or architecture
• Storyboards
• Matte paintings and plates for backdrops in levels and cut scenes
• Style guides for outsourcing briefs (mainly characters)
• Style guides for marketing and third party development
• Screenshot touch ups
What skills does DICE look for?
• Artistic knowledge
o Composition
o Perspective
o Color theory
o Anatomy
o Real world materials
o Lighting
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Basic typography and graphic design knowledge
• Basic 3D knowledge
• Basic video knowledge for pre-visualization of storyboards
• You must be able to work collaboratively with the game team, which includes daily communication with Art Directors and artists.