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Senior Environment / Set Artist

Irvine, California, United States
Blizzard Entertainment is looking for an exceptionally skilled senior environment / set artist for its cinematics department. Candidates should have extensive experience designing, modeling, sculpting, shading, and 3D painting assets to achieve photo realistic environments and sets. The ideal candidate is an organized and creative artist that is able to learn and work with new and developing pipelines.
 
Requirements
  • A minimum of 2 years experience designing, 3d modeling, and texture painting on an animated feature film / VFX / pre-render-game cinematic production
  • Proficiency / experience with software such as Maya, Max, Mudbox, ZBrush, Photoshop, BodyPaint, UV layout or equivalent
  • Able to design, model, UVW map, sculpt, and texture complex and rich environments, sets, and props with or without concepts
  • Strong sense of lighting, composition, and layout
  • Able to learn and work with new and developing pipelines
  • Proactive thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Self-motivation, good communications skills, and a great team-player attitude
Pluses
  • Experience with Nuke and RenderMan
  • Strong foundation in the traditional arts including, but not limited to figure drawing, and environmental and / or architectural illustration