Biome Artist

KARAKTER design studio GmbH
Berlin, Germany
Job type: Freelance

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Job Description

Karakter is looking for a skilled 2D-artist to join us off-site for ~4 months on contract basis (payment per invoice) or as a temporary employee.
We are creating a stylized version of pre-existing locations for a AAA IP and are looking for help to develop the details of stylized biomes.


Skills & Requirements

  • We are working from existing locations and all non-human aspects that are present within that region (clouds, rocks, mud, trees, bushes, grass, flora overall).
  • We are looking at stylization options considering the influence of the region and other external factors.
  • We look at macro-shapes (silhouette from afar, medium distance, closeup) as well as micro-details (how exactly does the texture look like, what are primary and secondary details and how can we stylize those).
  • We work primarily through painting everything manually. Use of photo-textures is not the goal, it is only an acceptable in-between-step for the final stylized-realism (think Disney’s “Moana”) look.
  • We will need to develop breakdowns to accompany the concept art for other artists to understand the decisions that went into the macro- and micro-stylizations.
  • We will need to develop a toolset (Photoshop custom brushes) that allows other illustrators to recreate the look & feel of micro-details.
  • We are an international team; we are communicating daily via Slack and for this project utilize Trello as a visual repository of all tasks. Our work language is English.

Additional Information

  • Working remotely is an option

How to Apply

If you think you can be of help or lead the charge on this topic, please send us a link to your portfolio and a few sentences about yourself via contact@karakter.de .

About the Company

KARAKTER is a Berlin-based, awards winning studio and agency that designs virtual worlds for entertainment productions.
Working at KARAKTER means working on brands that thrill millions of people, such as Game of Thrones, Call of Duty or Horizon Zero Dawn.
We offer creative development, design direction, concept art and marketing art for game developers, publishers and movie companies. Our holistic, authentic design solutions, derived from a clear product identity, help to build impactful new IPs. Our goal is to create the classics of tomorrow.
A world class creative development team like ours can only work at peak performance when backed and supported by creative talents like you.