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full time Environment Artist

at Radical in Vancouver

YOU MUST APPLY AT http://www.radical.ca/open_positions.cfm
YOU MUST APPLY AT http://www.radical.ca/open_positions.cfm
YOU MUST APPLY AT http://www.radical.ca/open_positions.cfm

As an Environment Artist at Radical Entertainment, you will work with an art team to create visually stunning and gameplay friendly environments in a cartoon-based style. You have a well-rounded skill set, with strength in modelling, texturing, and/or lighting and are passionate about pushing the boundaries of artistic design in games.

REPORTING STRUCTURE

The Environment Artist reports to the Art Director (AD).

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

* Work collaboratively with a team of artists and designers to create cartoony-styled game environments that flow and pace well. * Solid understanding and skill in modeling, texturing, and/or lighting. * Maintain consistent art style and quality established by the AD. * Responsible for staying within memory/frame-rate budgets while maintaining art quality. * Use in-house tools and provide feedback on improving pipelines and tool sets. * Provide feedback on world-building goals and guidelines for creating world models, textures, lighting and props. * Regularly review environment scenes with the AD for art quality and consistency. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS * Strong digital painting skills. Proficient in hand painting stylized textures and background mattes. * Organic modeling skills for stylized environments. Solid understanding of strong shapes, forms and silhouettes. Have the ability to construct efficient, clean models that push style and artistic expectations. * Excellent sense of form, especially “cartoon” shapes (squash & stretch, exaggeration). * Understanding of scale and composition/framing. * High level of recognized artistic achievement and breadth of artistic styles. * Strong understanding of technical budgets and optimization. * Post secondary diploma in 3D and/or fine arts or equivalent. * 1 year minimum industry experience.

Technical Skills / Expertise

Maya (preferred)

Photoshop

Critical Soft-Skill Requirements

Teamwork & Collaboration

Organization

Communication

Bonus Skills

Have had shipped at least 1 title

Familiarity with Scrum/Agile Development

2D illustration

Set design

Architectural/Environmental/Interior/Landscape Design

Graphic design

Art history

YOU MUST APPLY AT http://www.radical.ca/open_positions.cfm
YOU MUST APPLY AT http://www.radical.ca/open_positions.cfm
YOU MUST APPLY AT http://www.radical.ca/open_positions.cfm


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