Environment/Technical Artist – Unreal Engine
Virtuos
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Job type: Contract
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Creating photorealistic high-quality 3D art and design ideas including props, architecture, foliage, and terrain models, textures, and materials for PBR rendering.
- Import and manage assets from Maya, Photoshop, Substance, Unreal Marketplace, and the Megascans library.
- Work with the directors and artist teams to achieve project goals, communicate problems, and provide solutions.
- Dynamically light scenes using the latest lighting techniques and ray tracing.
- Staging effects systems within the environment and modifying them to match the design.
Skills & Requirements
- Expert knowledge of environment tools including Mesh Paint, Terrain, and Foliage systems within Unreal Engine.
- Strong understanding of composition, staging, lighting, and post-process workflows.
- Understanding of the ray-tracing lighting system and techniques.
- Experience debugging imported assets.
Bonus:
- Experience using Cascade and Niagara particle systems.
- Cinematography experience.
- Experience using visual scripting.
How to Apply
We are accepting only local candidates to Los Angeles or San Francisco area at this time.
Please send your CV along with Portfolios jobs@counterpunchstudios.com
About the Company
Founded in 2004, Virtuos is a leading content production company specializing in video game development and 3D art production. With operations in Singapore, China, Vietnam, Canada, France, Japan, South Korea, Ireland and the United States, we are home to over 2,000 full-time professionals.
Virtuos is on a mission to shape the future of game creation, by sourcing the brightest global talent in art, engineering and game design, equipping them with industry-leading technologies, tools and technology, and empowering future game creators to collaborate with the best game companies globally.
Having worked with 18 of the top 20 entertainment companies across the globe, we continue to offer our art and co-development expertise to the biggest franchises in the world.