3D Character Artist

Dropfake; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Non-accrual vacation

Fully remote studio

Job summary

Drop Fake is a fully remote game studio seeking an experienced 3D character artist to help shape our upcoming titles. You will create high-quality characters based on concept art, collaborating with the art team to realize the design vision.

Your work will cover modeling, texturing, shading, and topology to ensure rigging and animation readiness, while optimizing for performance. We value autonomy, direct communication, and a creative, inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a 3D character artist in the video game industry.
• Proficient in 3D modeling, texturing and sculpting software.
• Strong understanding of anatomy, form and silhouette.
• Experience with hand painted and stylized texturing and shading.
• Experience with character skinning and creating clean topology for optimal deformations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a remote team environment.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality and visually appealing 3D characters based on concept art and design specifications
• Collaborate with the art team to ensure characters meet project requirements and artistic vision
• Optimize character models for performance and resource efficiency
• Ensure character models can be rigged and animated correctly
• Support the Character Director with establishing and applying best practices for character visual quality, benchmark, and workflow efficiency.

Skills

3D character art

3D modeling

Texturing

Sculpting

Anatomy

Topology

Skinning

Remote collaboration

Job description

About You

• Proven experience as a 3D character artist in the video game industry
• Proficient in 3D modeling, texturing and sculpting software
• A strong understanding of anatomy, form and silhouette
• Experience with hand painted and stylized texturing and shading
• Experience with character skinning and creating clean topology for optimal deformations
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a remote team environment

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality and visually appealing 3D characters based on concept art and design specifications
• Collaborate with the art team to ensure characters meet project requirements and artistic vision
• Optimize character models for performance and resource efficiency
• Ensure character models can be rigged and animated correctly
• Support the Character Director with establishing and applying best practices for character visual quality, benchmark, and workflow efficiency.

Stuff We Are Excited To See

Please include a portfolio demonstrating past work experience.

About Us

We founded Drop Fake because we wanted to create a progressive games company characterized by autonomy, directness and free, open culture. Our commitments:

• Salaried employees will be granted stock options and as such are owners of the company.
• We offer non-accrual vacation, which means you take time off when you need it!
• We are a fully remote studio.
• We create a safe place for you to feel empowered to share your ideas.
• Side hustles - It’s ok to work on your own projects!

Drop Fake is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are committed to a diverse, creative, and fun-loving workplace!