Senior Environment Outsource Review Artist (Contract)
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Senior Environment Outsource Review Artist
This is a contracted position through our staffing partner Yoh Services with a high likelihood of extension.
San Diego, CA | Remote from anywhere in USA and Canada
Sony PlayStation Studios Visual Arts (PSSVA) team on our San Diego campus provides world-class content, development and services to Worldwide Studios. Our team is always at the cutting edge of technology and partners with the industry’s best minds and companies. This is your opportunity to work closely with game and film industry professionals from all over the world and under one roof!
We're looking for an Environment Outsource Review Artist to supervise and have the ability to create both in-game and in-game cinematic quality environments and props within a range of styles. The focus will be on environmental art pieces and set dressing for a AAA title.
If you have the ability to create environments from both detailed concepts and a single photograph we want to speak to you! If you're able to take and provide direction from concepts or rough direction to final model/texture, even better!
Responsibilities:
- Create in-game art and in-game cinematic art assets to Visual Arts/client specifications
- Creating and/or supervising the creation of proxy mesh/gray box art assets to internal team
- Set Dressing: This includes placement of objects for both aesthetic and gameplay purposes; ideally should have an understanding of environmental storytelling
- Take an environment to from grey box to final quality (end to end) including collision and baking lighting
- Evaluate effort estimations to ensure man days are in-line with current project schedules
- Create and/or modify existing assets as necessary, may be required to create both hard surface and soft bodied assets from scratch
- Quality control art assets prior to delivery to client
- Work with clients/supervisors to revise and respond based on feedback for both aesthetic and functional purposes
- Test levels in-game and assess both aesthetics and performance on PS4
Qualifications:
- 5 years' experience as an Environment Artist, with at least 2 shipped AAA titles
- An advanced understanding of in-game and in-game cinematic art asset creation
- An advanced understanding of Maya, as well as ZBrush or Mudbox
- Ability to use in-game technology to finalize assets
- Understanding of in-game testing to test/optimize for frame rate while balancing aesthetic needs
- Experience with set dressing within a game engine (Unreal, Crytek, or proprietary)
- An advanced understanding of in-game art asset creation including hardsurface props, soft rigid assets such as clothing items, vehicle, weapons, etc…
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience working with external outsource vendors
- Experience working on previous cinematic projects
- Experience working with a game engine and engine tools
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