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Create photorealistic character and creature effects in Houdini (muscles/skin, cloth, hair, fur). Build scalable CFX setups, run simulations (Vellum), refine with sculpt tools, collaborate on pipeline/tools, and apply Python/VEX to support production and shot execution.

Build advanced, animation-friendly character, creature and prop rigs in Maya, including facial systems, deformation setups, blendshapes, and tooling. Ensure pipeline integration, scene organization, troubleshooting, and cross-department collaboration while mentoring mid/junior artists and contributing to pipeline improvements.

Develop photorealistic materials and shaders for characters, creatures, environments, and props using Arnold and Houdini. Collaborate with surfacing, texturing, modeling, and lighting teams to ensure consistency and render performance, prepare diagnostics, and optimize shaders for production.

Create photoreal textures and assets (characters, creatures, environments, vehicles, props) from on-set data and concept art. Deliver textures meeting creative and technical briefs, collaborate with rigging and look-dev, match photogrammetry/Lidar reference, and meet project deadlines.

Create photoreal 3D assets (characters, creatures, environments, vehicles, props) from on-set data and concept art. Ensure clean topology, textures and utility maps, hand off to rigging/lookdev, work with photogrammetry/LiDAR, and meet creative and technical briefs and deadlines.

Create photorealistic human and creature grooms (hair, feathers, peach fuzz), contribute to groom pipeline and documentation, liaise with modelling/rigging/animation/lighting/CFX, meet schedules, and communicate with production and leads. Portfolio required.