Material Artist

Reporting to the Lead Artist and/or Art Director(s), the Texture/Material Artist works within a team of artists to create textures and/or materials necessary for monthly content pushes and milestones. The Texture/Material artist’s main responsibilities will be creating Textures/Materials for a wide range of subject matter and styles.

Texture/Material Artist is able to maintain and manage high levels of quality while working in a rapid, rigorous, and timely manner; has advanced / intermediate texturing experience in addition to knowledge of art processes and production pipeline.

Responsibilities

• To visualize and create Textures/Materials in a way that contributes to the overall visual quality of the production.
• Working efficiently and effectively within technical constraints of a production while generating high-quality artwork that matches (or) exceeds studios standards.
• Communicates regularly with the Lead Artist regarding the status of current tasks; obtains Lead Artists guidance and approval as required to advance tasks, project initiatives and milestones.
• Contributing effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Assist in maintaining consistency and quality of textures output with the Leads and Art Director.
• Familiarizing and learning to use proprietary technologies or software necessary.
• Refine personal artistic abilities and knowledge of new software packages and in-house tools constantly.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of procedural Texture/Material techniques and optimization, able to create tiling and unique textures representing a variety of material types.
• Expert level proficiency in texture software packages including but not limited to - Substance Suite (Designer & Painter).
• Knowledge of PBR and physically based material standards
• Knowledge about how material blending systems work.
• Able to produce materials in a wide variety of styles, themes and biomes.
• Proficiency with Blender/3DSMax/Maya, Photoshop and/or Zbrush.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and staff to create results driven, team-oriented environment.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 4/5 and able to adapt with different game engines according to the project.
• Understanding of In-engine lighting and able to apply to modern rendering technique.

Beneficial Skills

• Traditional Art Skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Love playing video games!