Lead Generalist

Industrial Light & Magic; Mumbai; Vor Ort; INR 1.200.000 - 2.000.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Industrial Light & Magic (Mumbai) seeks Lead Generalists to craft photo-real environments that blend live action, digital assets, and CG elements under art/technical direction.

You will mentor junior artists, develop mattes, lighting, shading and look development, and participate in dailies and reviews to hit milestones. Proficiency in Maya/Nuke/Houdini and Photoshop is essential.

Qualifikationen

• At least 7–10 years of relevant professional VFX experience or 10+ years with education.

Aufgaben

• Create original 2D/3D content for environments within shot contexts.
• Mentor Apprentice and Jr. Artists; assist with shots.
• Meet milestones within project timelines via dailies and reviews.
• Set up basic shaders and lighting to achieve convincing looks.

Kenntnisse

Matte Painting

Shading

Lighting

Look Development

Compositing

Modeling

Texture

Portfolio

Ausbildung

College diploma or higher in computer graphics, fine arts, design or photography

Tools

Nuke

Houdini

Maya

Photoshop

Multiscatter

Speedtree

Jobbeschreibung

Industrial Light & Magic (Mumbai) Lead Generalists create photo-real environments and landscapes and exhibit a strong foundation in photo-realistic, traditional, and digital art skills with an emphasis on landscapes. They work with live action footage, digital still photography, rendered computer graphic elements, and digital paint to create environments that are seamlessly integrated into assigned shotwork. Lead Generalists support a team of Generalists to ensure that shots are created according to the designs and visual style of the project.

Lead Generalists

• Develop solutions and techniques that meet art/technical direction;
• Participate in team reviews of work under development;
• Are able to create multiple types of mattes from simple to moderately difficult;
• Can work confidently enough to be able to decide where to allocate detail based on the shot; and,
• Can interpret feedback to respond to review notes with little supervisor direction.

Primary Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Responsible for creating original 2D and 3D content that may comprise part or all of an environment
• Responsible for creating multiple types of mattes from simple to moderately difficult and allocates detail based on the shot and feedback
• Responsible for creating high quality computer graphics within a shot using a variety of software programs, and working under the general supervision of senior level artists and VFX Supervisors, dials in the look of the element before handing to final comp
• Responsible for participating in team reviews of work under development
• Mentors Apprentice and Jr. Artists and must be able to assist them with their shots
• Meets defined milestones within a timeline by attending dailies and participating in creative problem solving
• Creates maps in 2D and sets up basic shaders for look development
• Creates basic lighting setups in complex shaders that look convincing and render efficiently
• Sources suitable reference materials for required assets
• Special projects as needed

Reporting Relationships

Reports to the Talent Manager, Generalist and receives daily oversight and direction from the CG or VFX Supervisor

• At least 10+ of relevant professional VFX experience and at least a college level diploma or higher in computer graphics, fine arts, design, or photography, or related field; OR at least 7 years of relevant professional VFX experience in lieu of education.

Required Skills/Competencies

• Proven ability in one or more CG techniques, including modeling, texturing, shading, lighting, look development, or compositing; OR,
• Proven artistic ability in a non-CG field (impressive portfolio of figure drawing, landscape, animals, painting, composition, perspective, etc.)
• Demo reel required
• High level of problem solving or creative thinking skills
• Must have extensive knowledge of Matte Painting techniques

Preferred Skills/Competencies

• Able to create maps in 2D and set up basic shaders for look development
• Good understanding of the physics of light, how it interacts with the camera, and how to create basic lighting set-ups in complex shaders (like hard surface type materials) that look convincing and render efficiently
• Able to respond to feedback to dial in the look of the element before handing to final Comp
• Can work with the sequence lead to test out tools and techniques before rolling out to shot artists
• Can handle reasonably complex hard body and soft body sims and light/render them for Comp

Technical Skills/Competencies

• Fluent in Photoshop
• Fluent in Nuke, Houdini, , Maya or similar
• Comparable software experience considered
• Demonstrated ability to quickly pick up new software
• Strong knowledge and ability in perspective, value matching 35mm photography, physics of light and motion
• Understanding 2D compositing software
• Good working knowledge of specialist tools and plugins like Multiscatter, Speedtree, etc.

This position is with Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC, which is part of a business segment we call Industrial Light & Magic.