Character Artist

Techland; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Flexible working hours

Development budget

Job summary

Techland in Warsaw is seeking a skilled 3D Character Artist to create high-quality characters for AAA games, collaborating with the Lead Character Artist and Art Director.

You will build character models, textures, and materials, implement in-house engine, and contribute to a vibrant, interdisciplinary team with opportunities for growth and learning.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience creating realistic 3D character models and textures for AAA projects.
• Proficiency in Zbrush and 3ds Max/Maya/Blender.
• Experience creating materials and textures using Substance Painter and Photoshop.
• Strong understanding of human anatomy.
• Experience with Marvelous Designer, Wrap3D.
• Experience with game engines (Unreal Engine, Unity, or in-house engines).
• Creative and storytelling talent in character work.
• Fluent English knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Create and modify 3D character models according to technical and artistic requirements.
• Create and modify materials and textures for characters.
• Implement models inside the C-Engine in-house technology.
• Present results and justify design decisions.
• Collaborate with Lead Character Artist and Art Director in a multidisciplinary team.
• Learn and adapt to internal tools and pipelines.

Skills

Character modeling

English proficiency

Tools

Zbrush

3ds Max

Maya

Blender

Marvelous Designer

Substance Painter

Adobe Photoshop

Unreal Engine

Unity

In-house engine

Wrap3D

Job description

Job Description

Your main responsibility will be to create 3D characters for our next big title.

Your daily tasks:

• Creating and modifying 3D models of characters - humans, monsters, working directly with the Lead Character Artist and the Art Director, with the direction of your work being detailed by the Art Guide.
• Creating character 3D models according to defined technical and artistic requirements and ensuring the quality of implemented models.
• Creating and modifying materials and textures for characters.
• Implementing your models inside our in-house technology, the C-Engine.
• Presenting the effects of your work and efficiently justifying your project decisions.
• Being a part of a competent, interdisciplinary team creating characters.
• Learning our internal tools.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in creating realistic 3D models and textures of characters (using Zbrush, 3Dsmax/Maya/Blender, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Adobe Photoshop) for AAA projects.
• Considerable skills in Zbrush, 3ds Max or Maya or Blender.
• Considerable skills creating materials and textures for character models using Substance Painter and Photoshop.
• Good understanding of human anatomy.
• Experience working with Marvelous Designer, Wrap3D.
• Experience with game engines (like the Unreal Engine, Unity or other in-house game engines).
• Talent and creativity - characters created by you tell a story and are realistic, authentic and full of love.
• Curiosity about the game world - you want to see the effects of your work come to life in the game.
• Very good command of English.

Additional Information

What we can offer:

• A wide array of benefits: private medical care, life insurance, pro-health campaigns, gifts for different occasions.
• An outstanding work atmosphere in a highly-skilled team of professionals, with flexible working hours, no dress code, and full support of the dedicated HR Business Partner.
• A constant stream of company newsletters, PR & project updates so you will always be in the know.
• Many opportunities for personal development: a dedicated development budget for each employee, extra two paid days for training and CSR, stable career paths, extensive internal and external training, and financing of English and Polish language classes.
• State-of-the-art offices filled with chillout zones, a fully equipped kitchen, a gym (Wrocław office), and a free car park (Warsaw limited amount of space).