Overview
The Sr. Character Artist reports to the Studio Art Director and is a key member of the Central Studio creative team. We’re looking for a talented individual who is excited by the opportunity to create highly engaging characters for a variety of game projects. We’re looking for someone who is disciplined, professional and comfortable with multiple character art styles.
Responsibilities
- Be a member of the Heatwave creative team, contributing to the creation of exciting new projects
- Develop high end 3D character models
- Help set guidelines and develop processes related to the character art pipeline
- Help develop the visual style and aesthetic of new projects
- Provide additional 3D artwork as needed
- Communicate and collaborate well with other core studio disciplines
- Produce finished art of exceptional quality.
Skills and Knowledge Requirements
- Mastery of Maya, Z-Brush, and imaging applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc)
- Exceptional texture painting skills
- Ability to create cutting edge shaders (for real-time use)
- Strong knowledge of anatomy
- The ability to work effectively with minimal guidance
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Superior problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Exceptional time management and prioritization skills
Qualification Requirements
- A Bachelors Degree from an accredited school in Fine Art
- If you cannot provide this, you must be able to clearly explain your formal training
- If you cannot provide this, you must be able to clearly explain your formal training
- 3 - 5 years experience in the industry
- 2 - 3 published games credited as a Character Artist with at least one credit as Sr. Character Artist
- Experience with cutting edge gaming consoles (360, PS3) is preferred
- A portfolio submissions in digital format (please do not send originals) which includes:
- Samples of traditional artwork/illustration.
- Samples of Zbrush sculpts, Maya meshes, Textures (including PSDs when possible)
- Renders of completed game models
- Samples of traditional artwork/illustration.
A highly qualified applicant will also have:
- Experience with Unreal and related tools
- Multi platform experience (PC, X-Box 360, PS3, Wii, DS)
- The tendency to make those around them rise to the occasion
- A sharp sense of priority
- A clear desire to do top-notch work
- A very organized personality
- A willingness to do “what it takes”
- A sense of humor
There’s lots going on at Heatwave these days, including a cadre of new hires, the completion of our new office space in Northwest Austin, a new domain name and obviously lots of great new projects. We’re looking forward to telling you all about it in the near future, but until then, please check out our open job listings, and click on the image below to check out the video from our party last month at AGDC! more »
Billy Cain, Award-winning Producer and Co-Founder of Critical Mass Interactive, joins Heatwave as Producer of the Central Studio Games division
Austin, Texas – September 15th, 2008 – Heatwave™ Interactive announced today that it has hired Billy Cain, Co-founder of Critical Mass Interactive, as Producer of Central Studio’s Games division. Mr. Cain will become a silent partner at CMI while he gives his full professional attention to production and game operations at Heatwave. more »
In addition to our industry party on Monday evening, Heatwave team members will be at the conference next week recruiting for key positions and engaging in various business development activities. more »
Syncom Venture Partners back Heatwave’s new “Central Studio” model for developing Interactive Entertainment Intellectual Properties
