Happy Mushroom: We are currently looking for a talented and experienced Concept Artist who wants to be an asset to our project lasting 4-5 weeks.
The essentials! This role includes, but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
- Create character sheets, movement studies, and detailed breakouts for equipment and weapons
- Work closely with the Art Director, Fx Artist and Character Animators to create characters and environments that work aesthetically and represent concept work and artistic vision
- Refine your concept art to illustration by adding layers of detail
- Create concepts of characters from existing references or from scratch
- Concept and design characters and environments
- Create and iterate on, primarily, character concepts, thumbnails, loose sketches, and finished/polished pieces
- Creating environments, including assembly, set dressing, and asset composition
- Collaborate and iterate on game building assets with other production artists
- Be able to support the project’s artistic vision and help the Creative Team bring it to completion meeting strict deadlines
- Provide progress feedback through excellent communication
- Communicate updates and escalate concerns to the appropriate team member(s) and manager(s)
Requirements
(Hello? Is it you we are looking for?) The perfect candidate will possess:
- Minimum of 3 years of industry experience as a concept artist
- A deep understanding of human and creature anatomy and a keen eye towards form, shape, structure, and silhouette in regards to illustration and design
- Excellent eye for light, value, composition, and color
- Able to carry an idea from the conceptual phase to the finished illustration and an understanding of translating these ideas to real-time game environments
- Able to adapt to the distinct art style of the game and a passion to push it to the next level
- Advanced experience with digital content creation tools such as Photoshop, Painter, etc
- Strong foundation in the traditional arts, including but not limited to figure drawing, landscape painting, and illustration
Hey, Creative Wizard! We want to see your beautiful work!
Link to portfolio/demo reel is required