Environment Artist (Houdini) – Mid/Senior

ufxstudios; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybride; EUR 65 000 - 111 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ufxstudios in Brussels, Belgium is seeking an experienced Houdini Environment Artist for freelance work to join our CG team and create high-quality digital environments for film and episodic VFX projects. The ideal candidate combines artistic vision with strong procedural Houdini skills, building terrain, vegetation, rocks, and architectural environments while ensuring efficient, render-ready assets.

You will collaborate with VFX Supervisors and other departments, integrate with plates and

Qualifications

• Proven experience creating photorealistic environments in Houdini.
• Strong procedural and SOP-based workflows.
• Experience with terrain generation, vegetation, rocks, and architectural elements.
• Ability to manage large scenes efficiently and collaborate with VFX teams.

Responsabilités

• Create photorealistic natural and architectural environments using Houdini.
• Build procedural systems for terrain generation, vegetation, rocks, debris and environmental variation.
• Assemble and manage large-scale environments efficiently.
• Generate and optimise geometry for both foreground and background elements.
• Create procedural scattering and instancing systems.
• Integrate environments with supplied plates, LiDAR scans, photogrammetry and layout scenes.
• Prepare environmentassets for lighting and rendering.
• Collaborate closely with VFX Supervisors, CG Supervisors, FX, Lighting and Compositing teams.
• Respond to creative and technical feedback whilemaintainingvisual consistency.
• Troubleshoot performance, scenecomplexityand render-related issues.
• Contribute to the development of reusable tools and efficient environment workflows.

Connaissances

Houdini SOP-based workflows

Photorealistic environment work

Terrain creation

Procedural modelling

Instancing and scattering

Team collaboration

Outils

Houdini

Photogrammetry

LiDAR data integration

Description du poste

Location: Brussels, BelgiumContract: Freelance
Duration: available as soon as possible

We are looking for an experienced Houdini Environment Artist to join our CG team and create high-quality digital environments for film and episodic VFX projects.

The ideal candidate combines a strong artistic eye with solid procedural skills in Houdini. You will be responsible for building, scattering and refining complex natural and architectural environments, from early layout through to final render-ready assets.

Responsibilities

• Create photorealistic natural and architectural environments using Houdini.
• Buildprocedural systems for terrain generation, vegetation, rocks,debrisand environmental variation.
• Assemble and manage large-scale environments efficiently.
• Generate andoptimisegeometry for both foreground and background elements.
• Createprocedural scattering andinstancingsystems.
• Integrate environments with supplied plates, LiDAR scans,photogrammetryand layout scenes.
• Prepareenvironmentassets for lighting and rendering.
• Collaborate closely with VFX Supervisors, CG Supervisors, FX, Lighting and Compositing teams.
• Respond to creative and technical feedback whilemaintainingvisual consistency.
• Troubleshoot performance, scenecomplexityand render-related issues.
• Contribute to the development of reusable tools and efficient environment workflows.

Profile

• Strong professional experience with Houdini, particularly SOP-based procedural workflows.
• A strong portfoliodemonstratingphotorealistic environment work.
• Good understanding of terrain creation, procedural modelling,scatteringand instancing.
• Experience creating natural elements such as landscapes, vegetation, rocks, snow,ruinsor urban environments.
• Strong understanding of scale, composition, lighting,colourand atmospheric perspective.
• Ability to work with large and complex datasets while keeping scenes efficient.
• Understanding ofVFX production workflows and the requirements of downstream departments.
• Ability to balance artistic quality with production constraints.
• Good communicationskills and the ability to work collaboratively within a team.

Wearelookingforsomeonewhoisbothtechnicallyresourcefulandvisuallydriven.
Youshouldbecomfortablecreatingproceduralsystems, butalsoknowwhento movebeyondthetechnicalsetup and focus on the final image. Youenjoysolvingcomplexenvironmentchallenges and cantakeownershipof a shot or assetfrominitial briefthroughtodelivery.