Texture Artist job
Posted: June 20, 2007
Post subject: Texture Artist
Post subject: Texture Artist
subject: Texture Artist , LAIKA, Inc.
LAIKA, Inc. is looking for Texture Artist
Job details:
LAIKA/house is currently
seeking a Texture Artist to join our
commercial division of our growing studio.
The Texture Artist paints surface textures on animated
characters, props and environments; creates complex and technically challenging
Surfacing setups; and writes shader networks.
Responsibilities:
- Under the supervision of the Supervising Technical Director,
Art Director and/or Director establish/follow the look.
- Troubleshoot creative and technical issues.
- Partnership with the Modeling and Lighting Departments to
support each departments needs.
- Develop the surface materials and textures for characters and
environments.
- Meet schedules and deadlines as established by the Producer.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of high-end production experience in commercials or feature
films as a Texture Artist.
- Ability to adapt to a large variety of styles including
integration with live-action, 2D, and Stop-Motion elements.
- An eye for detail.
- Strong working knowledge of Polygonal and Nurbs texturing and
UV Layout.
- Extensive experience with Maya Shaders and Shader Networks.
- Strong Photoshop skills.
- Able to work both independently and in team settings.
- Experience with 3D paint packages.
- Modeling and Lighting Experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in advanced surface types, global illumination and
subsurfacing scattering.
- Strong Renderman and Mental Ray skills.
- A working knowledge of Zbrush and/or Body Paint.
- A background in the Visual Arts.
- Excellent traditional painting skills.
Sample Work required. Send Reel to:
Recruiting
LAIKA, Inc.
1400 NW 22nd
Ave
Portland OR
97210
For more information on this
position, please visit:
http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/224
LAIKA/house
Building on its roots as Vinton
Studios, LAIKA is expanding its palette of work, spurred on by the vision and
investment of owner, NIKE co-founder Phil Knight.
LAIKA/house is a
dynamic community of filmmakers, designers and animators guided by a legacy of
30 years of animation history. Notorious for its skills in storytelling and
character performance, LAIKA/house produces every type of animation in every
medium.
In addition to Coraline, to be
released by Focus Features in the Fall of 2008, LAIKA/entertainment is
currently in development on several new projects, including Alan Snow’s “Here
be Monsters”, “The Wall And The Wing” and “Jack & Ben”.
For
more information on LAIKA, please go to www.laika.com
Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
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LAIKA, Inc. is looking for Texture Artist
Job details:
LAIKA/house is currently
seeking a Texture Artist to join our
commercial division of our growing studio.
The Texture Artist paints surface textures on animated
characters, props and environments; creates complex and technically challenging
Surfacing setups; and writes shader networks.
Responsibilities:
- Under the supervision of the Supervising Technical Director,
Art Director and/or Director establish/follow the look.
- Troubleshoot creative and technical issues.
- Partnership with the Modeling and Lighting Departments to
support each departments needs.
- Develop the surface materials and textures for characters and
environments.
- Meet schedules and deadlines as established by the Producer.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of high-end production experience in commercials or feature
films as a Texture Artist.
- Ability to adapt to a large variety of styles including
integration with live-action, 2D, and Stop-Motion elements.
- An eye for detail.
- Strong working knowledge of Polygonal and Nurbs texturing and
UV Layout.
- Extensive experience with Maya Shaders and Shader Networks.
- Strong Photoshop skills.
- Able to work both independently and in team settings.
- Experience with 3D paint packages.
- Modeling and Lighting Experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in advanced surface types, global illumination and
subsurfacing scattering.
- Strong Renderman and Mental Ray skills.
- A working knowledge of Zbrush and/or Body Paint.
- A background in the Visual Arts.
- Excellent traditional painting skills.
Sample Work required. Send Reel to:
Recruiting
LAIKA, Inc.
1400 NW 22nd
Ave
Portland OR
97210
For more information on this
position, please visit:
http://apps.laika.com/jobs/detail/224
LAIKA/house
Building on its roots as Vinton
Studios, LAIKA is expanding its palette of work, spurred on by the vision and
investment of owner, NIKE co-founder Phil Knight.
LAIKA/house is a
dynamic community of filmmakers, designers and animators guided by a legacy of
30 years of animation history. Notorious for its skills in storytelling and
character performance, LAIKA/house produces every type of animation in every
medium.
In addition to Coraline, to be
released by Focus Features in the Fall of 2008, LAIKA/entertainment is
currently in development on several new projects, including Alan Snow’s “Here
be Monsters”, “The Wall And The Wing” and “Jack & Ben”.
For
more information on LAIKA, please go to www.laika.com
Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
_________________
CG jobs
3d modeling jobs