Creature FX Artist

Job Description

Creature FX Artist (Techanim)

Creature FX Artists sets up skin, muscle, cloth, hair and fur on our hero-creatures. Tasked primarily to develop and design tools and setups associated with a variety of creature complex deformations, CFX Artists are a balance of technical and creative who are capable of scripting pipeline tools to streamline our shot-making processes.

Qualifications

Creature FX Artist Essentials
• Knowledge of Houdini, Maya, and Nuke
• Knowledge of a variety of solvers used for cloth and hair techniques
• Knowledge of physically based simulation techniques and how they relate to film
• Experience with finagling and PSD workflows
• Ability to work with and organized complex, physically-based assets
• Experience with setting up a production pipelines while being able to follow guidelines
• Strong artistic aptitude with a discipline in hyper-realism as opposed to perceptual representationalism
• Strong understanding of physics and mathematics
• The ability to support themselves and take initiative

Any of the following technical skills is a bonus
• Python and MEL scripting experience, HDK and C++ welcome
• Knowledge of Ziva

Any of the following experience is a great advantage:
• Production experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2qzj2-3-133-108-241-42 in your application.