Character Surfacing

We are currently seeking a talented Character Surfacing artist to join our creative team. Character surfacing artist at Dwarf are responsible for giving models the visual surface qualities required by the project.  You will collaborate with other departments to ensure all surfacing works through the pipeline.

• Responsibilities and Essential Skills :
• A passion for making beautiful looking CG characters ;
• Creating high quality textures from references or concept art ;
• Responsible for creating textures, colors, and shaders needed in the completion of CG characters ;
• Ability to manage and organize your work in order to complete tasks within production deadlines ;
• Implement improvements /changes based on review feedback and supervisor ;
• Strong production experience in Maya ;
• Extensive production experience in Mari ;
• Excellent attention to details ;
• Strong technical and visual skills ;
• Ability to multi task.

Desirable Skills  :

• Sculpting in mudbox is a bonus
• Experience with renderman
• Experience working within a Unix / Linux environment;
• Experience working within a Shotgun facility;
• Good English communication skills.

Requirements

• Self-motivation, good communications skills, and a great team-player attitude ;
• 2+  years’ experience working on high quality texturing and shading.