Visual Development Artist

Studio Climb; Selangor; Hybrid; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative design studio is looking for Visual Development Artists to craft compelling characters and environments for film projects. Ideal candidates will possess a rich imagination, strong traditional fine arts training, and be highly proficient in Photoshop. Responsibilities include collaborating with directors, creating visual guides, and researching to ensure character authenticity. With a minimum of 3 years of industry experience, applicants should demonstrate excellent time management and interpersonal skills. This position offers remote work flexibility or on-site work in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years industry experience or related experience.
• Strong traditional fine art skills and training.
• Highly proficient in Photoshop and rendering techniques.

Responsibilities

• Work with the art director and director to visually develop characters and props.
• Create rough sketches and fully rendered illustrative pieces.
• Research subject matter to enhance character believability.
• Collaborate with the production group to coordinate task lists.
• Resolve complex artistic development issues for team members.

Skills

Creative thinking

Strong sense of appeal

Time management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

Photoshop

Traditional painting techniques

Job description

Established in 2002, Studio Climb is a pre‑production studio specializing in comprehensive design services such as conceptual illustrations, conceptual design service for character, environment, prop and matte painting. Studio Climb also includes idea‑generation and visual development, story boarding and directing for film, animated features and game cinematic services. In 2013, TRANS PICTURES, a China‑incorporated company, was established by STUDIO CLIMB to partner with a China media industry; focusing on developing, producing and commercializing animation and live‑action movie projects. Apart from that, TRANSPICTURES owns as well as co‑owns its titles IP; produce titles for specific third parties and collaborate with international marketing and merchandising companies with the aim to increase its IP commercial value.

Job Description

Visual Development Artists experiment with the diverse elements of film presentation to create worlds and stories through capturing dramatic story moments, plot thrusts, and moods within Character and/or Environment designs. These artists create the emotional connection to the story's theme using a rich imagination, a strong sense of appeal, color, design, composition, and the versatility to conceptualize visually in a variety of techniques and styles. Visual development artists are skilled in both creating inspiration through their narrative art as well as providing technical art packeting to establish and guide the look of a film through the rest of the pipeline that follows and interacts with the visual development process. Tools: Photoshop, Traditional fundamentals

Requirements

• Work with the art director and director to visually develop characters, creatures, and props.
• Create rough sketches, fully rendered illustrative pieces, material sheets, model turns, movement sheets, pose sheets, paint overs, color palettes and other visual guides as needed by the development team.
• Research pertinent subject matter to bring believability to the characters and creatures as they exist in the film world.
• Undertake research and initiate information gathering prior to the commencement of a new task to ensure design needs, reference materials, artistic direction and technological considerations are effectively managed to meet defined goals.
• Fully capable of resolving a range of complex artistic development issues for both artists as well as other team members.
• Possess strong time management and prioritisation skills. This entails collaborating with the Production group to coordinate task lists to ensure assignments are progressing as expected according to schedules, milestones and overall project goals.
• Strong traditional fine art skills, training and production experience (illustration, painting, composition, human anatomy / organic forms, color theory, perspective, 2D & 3D design.)
• Highly proficient in the use of Photoshop as well as traditional painting/rendering techniques.
• Understanding of the fundamentals of 3D packages a plus.
• Good communication, organisational, time management and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Skills

• Minimum 3 years industry experience or related experience.
• With production experience from Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks a plus (illustration, painting, composition, human anatomy / organic forms, color theory, perspective, 2D & 3D design.)

Primary Location

Remote or in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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