Digital Manga Background Artist

vertwo; Jakarta Pusat; Presencial; IDR 78.120.000 - 133.920.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

vertwo is seeking a manga background artist to design and build immersive environments, focusing on setting the scene, environment, and world-building. You will ensure believable, three-dimensional spaces for panel composition and action, enabling character artists to focus on characters and movement.

The role requires mastery of perspective grids for multiple panel angles and a strong portfolio in manga-style backgrounds, with proficiency in Clip Studio Paint or similar tools.

Formación

• Has creativity and good sense of art with a strong manga background portfolio.
• Proven experience as a manga background artist with a strong portfolio.
• Mastery of perspective and spatial composition.
• Proficiency in Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Photoshop or Manga Studio.

Responsabilidades

• Design and focuses exclusively on setting the scene, environment, and world-building.
• Establish perspective grids for every panel based on character placements and camera angles.
• Draw highly detailed indoor and outdoor settings, including urban streets, fantasy landscapes, historical architecture, and natural elements.
• Apply digital screentones, cross-hatching, and textures to backgrounds to create depth, shadow, and mood.
• Collaborate with writers, editors, or project managers to adjust panel composition and meet deadlines.

Conocimientos

Creativity

Artistic sense

Strong illustration skills

Perspective mastery

Spatial composition

Team collaboration

Herramientas

Clip Studio Paint

Adobe Photoshop

Manga Studio

Descripción del empleo

• Design and focuses exclusively on setting the scene, environment, and world-building.
• Ensure the characters exist in a believable, three-dimensional space, allowing the manga artist to focus entirely on the characters and action.
• Perspective Grid Layouts: Establish precise 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective grids for every panel based on character placements and camera angles.
• Environment Drafting: Draw highly detailed indoor and outdoor settings, including urban streets, fantasy landscapes, historical architecture, and natural elements.
• Prop & Vehicle Illustration: Create accurate, scale-appropriate drawings of everyday items, furniture, weapons, cars, or futuristic machinery.
• 3D Asset Integration: Position, trace, or paintover 3D models (using Clip Studio Paint, Blender, or SketchUp) to speed up background production while maintaining a hand-drawn look.
• Screen Tones & Texturing: Apply digital screentones, cross-hatching, and textures to backgrounds to create depth, shadow, and environmental mood (e.g., lighting, weather).
• Character Line Art Blending: Ensure the line weights and textures of the backgrounds seamlessly blend with the manga artist's character art style.
• Editorial & Revision Collaboration: Work with writers, editors, or project managers to adjust panel composition, fix continuity errors, and meet tight serialization or delivery deadlines.

Job Description

• Design and focuses exclusively on setting the scene, environment, and world-building.
• Ensure the characters exist in a believable, three-dimensional space, allowing the manga artist to focus entirely on the characters and action.
• Perspective Grid Layouts: Establish precise 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective grids for every panel based on character placements and camera angles.
• Environment Drafting: Draw highly detailed indoor and outdoor settings, including urban streets, fantasy landscapes, historical architecture, and natural elements.
• Prop & Vehicle Illustration: Create accurate, scale-appropriate drawings of everyday items, furniture, weapons, cars, or futuristic machinery.
• 3D Asset Integration: Position, trace, or paintover 3D models (using Clip Studio Paint, Blender, or SketchUp) to speed up background production while maintaining a hand-drawn look.
• Screen Tones & Texturing: Apply digital screentones, cross-hatching, and textures to backgrounds to create depth, shadow, and environmental mood (e.g., lighting, weather).
• Character Line Art Blending: Ensure the line weights and textures of the backgrounds seamlessly blend with the manga artist's character art style.
• Editorial & Revision Collaboration: Work with writers, editors, or project managers to adjust panel composition, fix continuity errors, and meet tight serialization or delivery deadlines.

Requirement

• Has creativity and good sense of art, proven experience as a manga background artist, with a strong portfolio of work
• Strong illustration skills, mastery of perspective, and understanding of spatial composition.
• Proficiency in digital drawing tools such as Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Photoshop, or Manga Studio.
• Strong understanding of architectural drawing, environmental design, and lighting/atmosphere.
• Willing to work as a team. Ability to work collaboratively with character artists to maintain a unified visual style.
• Some may only have worked as part of a group or drawn background art specifically, rather than developing characters from scratch.
• PLUS : Traditional media skills