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Rigging Artist

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Rigging Artist

• Emerging Level
Skills: Special Effects Animation Art Department

Summary

The Rigging Artist is responsible for authoring and maintaining a smooth and efficient rig for 3D model assets. Must have a strong understanding of CG pipelines, production methods and be a team player with excellent artistic & technical skills.

Category Animation  Art Department  Special Effects 
Location India
Time Period Full Time
Posted Date Aug 30, 2023
Start Date N/A
End Date N/A

Job Description

The Rigging Artist is responsible for authoring and maintaining a smooth and efficient rig for 3D model assets. Must have a strong understanding of CG pipelines, production methods and be a team player with excellent artistic & technical skills.

Responsibilities:
  • Must be able to communicate and work in collaboration with the lead and the rest of the team.
  • Creating, testing, and maintaining of rig setups.
  • Ensuring character movements are fluid, free of glitches and believable.
  • Writing simple scripts to customize tools to specific automated requirements.
  • Working with animators to understand their requirements and create user-friendly rigs.
  • Following established character setup procedures in the project.
  • Identifying issues and following through with enquiries from animation team and troubleshoot them.
  • Testing rigs and ensuring they hold up in animation.
  • Maintain a good rapport with the team.
Qualifications
  • Solid knowledge of human & animal anatomy, mechanics, and movement.
  • Understanding of deformation functionalities.
  • Ability to create calisthenics to test extreme poses.
  • Adaptability, especially in terms of quality and time constraints.
  • Excellent working knowledge of Maya.
  • Good Knowledge of popular Auto Rigs, tools, and plugins.
  • Strong skills in Python scripting.
  • Good communication skills.
Any of the following experience is a great advantage
  • Previous experience with Games pipeline / Unreal Engine is a plus.
  • Having knowledge or work experience in Blender is preferred.
Additional Information
  • The details above provide an outline of the skills and experience we are looking out for. Within our artist team structure, we have a range of positions. These are:
Junior
Mid

Job Type Full Time 
Weekly Limit N/A
Shift Day
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