Senior Texture Artist - VFX

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create photorealistic textures for digital assets using the supplied photographic reference material and/or concept artwork.
• Work closely with Supervisors of the show to help with the overall approach to texturing.

• Ability to receive creative feedback and translate it into more specific and technical notes for the artists.
• Work closely with the modelling team to ensure optimized UV’s.
• Liaise with the Look development and Lighting artists to ensure textures are optimised for render.
• Be able to manage time and resources to meet deadlines.
• Complete or oversee the most difficult work and complex sequences. 

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Strong creative skills and a thorough understanding of the techniques required to generate texture images using a combination of photographs and digital painting.
• Thorough understanding of the texturing process and the ability to both interpret designs and manipulate photographic reference material.

• Previous experience creating textures for photorealistic organic and hard surface digital models.
• Advanced knowledge of Mari, a strong working knowledge of Maya and UV’s, and some knowledge of Substance Painter and Designer if possible.
• Strong understanding of image colour space relating to texture painting.
• Thorough understanding of the visual effects pipeline.
• Ability to work well in a team and solve texture specific issues independently.
• Excellent time management and communication skills.
• Previous film industry experience.

WHAT CAN WE OFFER?

Cinesite offers a positive, creative environment where the world’s leading animation and effects artists are encouraged and supported to develop and produce challenging, world leading, award winning work.

If you want to be part of the Cinesite story, please submit your application as an online submission via this website. If your candidacy is successful, you will be contacted shortly, if it is not retained for this position it will stay on file for future opportunities.