Freelance Senior Texturing and LookDev Artist

Outpost VFX; Mumbai; In loco; INR 1.653.000 - 3.444.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Outpost is seeking a talented Senior texture and lookdev artist for a freelance role to bring life to visual effects for film and television. You will create high-quality textures and shaders from concept art and scans, and develop both procedural and hand-painted textures across diverse surfaces.

You will work closely with Modeling, Lighting, and Rendering teams to ensure asset integration, optimize textures for rendering, and uphold production standards.

Competenze

• Expert in creating high-quality textures and shaders from concept art, references, and photogrammetry scans.
• Able to develop procedural and hand-painted textures for diverse surfaces with realism and artistic appeal.
• Strong knowledge of UV layout, texturing resolution management, and shader creation for rendering efficiency.
• Experience in look development and creating shaders to meet production requirements under varying lighting conditions.
• Understanding of ACES color pipeline and its use in VFX workflows.

Mansioni

• Collaborate closely with Modeling, Lighting, and Rendering teams to ensure seamless asset integration.
• Maintain consistency and meet technical specifications within the VFX pipeline.
• Deliver high-quality textures and look development assets for film/television projects.

Conoscenze

Texture creation

Look development

Shader creation

UV layout

Color management (ACES)

Strumenti

Mari

Substance Painter

Photoshop

Houdini

Maya (Arnold)

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The role

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior texture and lookdev artist to join our team on Freelance basis. As a Senior artist, you will play a crucial role in bringing visual effects to life in film and television projects. Your exceptional skills will contribute to the creation of stunning and realistic 3D assets that enhance the overall visual quality of our productions.

Key skills:

• Expertise in creating high-quality textures and shaders for assets based on concept art, reference images, and photogrammetry scans.
• Ability to develop both procedural and hand-painted textures for various surfaces, ensuring realism and artistic appeal.
• Strong knowledge of Mari, Substance Painter, Photoshop, Houdini, and Maya with Arnold renderer.
• Proficiency in UV layout, procedural texturing, resolution management, and shader creation, ensuring textures are optimized for rendering efficiency.
• Experience in look development, creating shaders that meet production requirements under different lighting conditions.
• Understanding of the ACES color pipeline and its implementation in VFX workflows.
• Strong sense of color, surface detail, material properties, and photorealism.
• Ability to collaborate closely with Modeling, Lighting, and Rendering teams to ensure seamless asset integration.
• Maintain consistency and meet technical specifications within the VFX pipeline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a VFX studio.
• Ability to take direction and work collaboratively within a team.
• A strong portfolio showcasing high-quality texturing and look development work for VFX or animation.
• Commitment to staying updated with the latest texturing and look development techniques, tools, and workflows.

Equal opportunities

At Outpost we believe that our strength lies in our differences. These help us to take different perspectives, challenge norms and create a special environment based on mutual respect. Outpost is an equal opportunities employer. Employment with us is based on a person’s extraordinary talent and potential. No candidate will receive any less favourable treatment based on their age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual preference, or any other factor that has no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.