Character Artist
2 weeks ago
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled Character Artist to join our Forza Horizon team at Playground Games in Leamington Spa. As a Character Artist, you will work closely with the Character teams to deliver high-quality game characters and provide feedback and documentation to our outsource partners.
Key Responsibilities:
- Creation of realistic sculpting, retopology, and texturing, as well as assets briefs for body, face, hair, and garments.
- Integration of character assets in engine, troubleshoot rendering and shader issues, and balance textures.
- Collaborate closely with the Character, Tech Art, Tech Animation, and Animation Teams to define pipelines and workflows while maintaining their documentation.
- Provide feedback to our outsource partners.
Requirements:
- Interest in modern fashion.
- Self-motivated team player attitude with good communication skills.
- Passion for video games.
- Proficiency in 3DSMax, Maya, Marvelous Designer, ZBrush, Wrap3D, and Substance Painter.
- Understanding and demonstration of human anatomy and proportions.
- Good understanding of technical considerations for character creation, with the ability to communicate with technical team members.
This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.
About us:
We are a premier first-party Xbox Game Studio passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and most of all, fun. We are looking to expand our diverse team as we continue driving forward our BAFTA award-winning Forza Horizon franchise.
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