דרושים Rigging Artist ב-Netflix ב-Canada, Vancouver

What You’ll Do:

• Work on all areas of surfacing, which can encompass texture painting, procedural texturing, shading and lookdev, grooming, instancing, UV layout and sculpting, often with a primary focus on characters or environments.

• Create high quality stylized textures, either hand painted or procedural, to a level of detail necessary for production assets.

• Create stylized but physically plausible shading and lookdev, while strictly following department standards and conventions.

• Interpret 2D designs, reference material and artistic direction and translate that into 3D textures and surfacing while maintaining the original artistic intent.

• Assume responsibility for ensuring assigned work is produced to the expected standard of quality within the scheduled timeframe and deadline.

• Maintain good communication with the Surfacing Lead, production and the team.

• Help establish and maintain a consistent style for the project.

• Collaborate with grace, humility, inclusion, and open-mindedness

What You’ll Need:

• A passion and an eye for making beautiful looking CG objects, environments and characters.

• Proven technical and visual skills with an understanding of art and design within an animation environment.

• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to interpret design down to its fundamentals.

• 3+ years’ experience working on high quality shading, surfacing and texturing.

• 3+ years’ experience in animated features, feature films (VFX) or high-end episodics.

• Extensive knowledge of shader creation and implementation will be considered a bonus, as will experience using Houdini.

• Proficiency with Mari and Maya.

• An interest in problem-solving, a desire to work within a relatively technical pipeline, and a willingness to openly share knowledge.

• Strong communication, organisational and time management skills.

• A good understanding of lighting and colour theory, industry standards, conventions and formats, to enable successful completion of tasks.

• Excellent verbal, written, and e-social communication skills

Job Summary:

What You’ll Do:

• Follow a brief to produce complex production ready rigs of a high standard

• Work with the Modeling Department to ensure that models are suitable for rigging and performance requirements.

• Work with Animators to develop and prototype rigs for a broad range of creative and technical requirements.

• Support rigs as they move through the animation pipeline and developing supplementary Animation tools and processes.

• A good artistic eye, and the necessary software dexterity to produce, or correct shapes and models when it might tighten the feedback loop with another department.

What You’ll Need:

• 3+ years’ experience in feature animation, VFX, and/or animated television with a focus in Rigging

• Proficiency with Maya, and a strongly node-oriented approach to problems.

• Proficiency with Python and the ability to navigate a large managed code base, or willingness to learn in a fast-paced technical environment.

• Ability to troubleshoot and manage communication during the support phase of published rigs, as they move through shots and departments.

• Ability to comfortably work to specs as precisely or as creatively as a brief outline.

• Eagerness to learn and share with your peers, in a development and learning oriented professional environment.

The following will be highly regarded, but is not required:

• Foundational knowledge of trigonometry and linear algebra.

• Experience with character related simulation (soft tissues and localized secondary).

• Experience with cloth simulation.

• Experience with C++

What You’ll Do:

• Work on high end animated features, collaborating closely with production to solve technical and creative challenges related to character animation.

• Contribute to the design and development of a state of the art rigging framework tightly integrated in a USD pipeline.

• Maintain and improve our existing tech stack, from geometry algorithms to user-facing toolsets.

• Develop high quality code with a focus on readability, stability, performance and documentation.

• Work closely with artists to create user-friendly workflows and intuitive applications.

• Regularly present your work internally to production and tech teams and publicly at conferences.

• Collaborate with grace, humility, inclusion, and open-mindedness.

What You’ll Need:

• 8+ years experience working on character rigging and animation workflows.

• Proficient C++ and Python Developer.

• Demonstrable knowledge of a DCC application and its API (Maya, Houdini, Unreal, proprietary animation software…).

• Basic knowledge of USD.

• Excellent problem solving skills.

• A passion for working hand in hand with artists and production staff.

• Strong communication skills necessary for working with teams on different sites and time zones (PST/AEDT), with both technical and non-technical production partners.

• Excellent verbal, written, and e-social communication skills.

Bonus:

• Extensive knowledge of USD.

• Experience with rendering, GPU technology.

• Experience with ML/AI.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

What You’ll Do:

• Create hair, cloth, and fur simulation setups.

• Design procedural creature simulation rigs in Houdini following department standards and workflows.

• Collaborate closely with other departments to create realistic and stylized character effects.

• Be part of a dynamic team of passionate CFX artists dedicated to delivering high-quality work.

• Incorporate feedback from supervisors and directors to develop, refine and improve your work and the teams.

• Take part in internal training to boost CFX skills.

• Collaborate with grace, humility, inclusion, and open-mindedness.

What You’ll Need:

• Experience with software such as Houdini, Maya or similar 3D animation and effects tools. Preferred Houdini Vellum experience.

• Understanding of physics-based simulations for hair, cloth, muscle, feathers and other character-related effects.

• Strong sense of timing, weight, and motion in creating realistic effects.

• Ability to create both realistic and stylized effects as per project requirements.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with team members.

• Ability to articulate ideas and technical information clearly.

• Keen eye for detail to ensure high-quality effects that enhance the storytelling.

• Flexibility to adapt to different styles and techniques as required by various projects.

• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in character effects technology.

• Experience in a similar role within the film, gaming, or animation industry.

• Knowledge of scripting languages like VEX or Python for tool development and automation is a bonus.

• A portfolio showcasing a range of character effects work.

• Excellent verbal, written, and e-social communication skills.