- Singapore
The Lead FX Artist will lead a team of FX artists to design, create and implement environmental effects which can include such elements as fire, smoke, and water to be used in an Animated TV Series.
JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Lead an FX crew to deliver per the productions goals and expectations.
• Designs & creates images, elements & effects.
• Assists on coding & providing support & documentation for tools created.
• Solid understanding of Maya to be used for particle systems, fields, expressions, MEL scripts, soft bodies, rigid bodies, cloth dynamics & particle instancing/flocking.
• Develop EFX systems & use EFX Systems developed by other animators.
• Creatively solve problems & work with other departments to achieve goals of art direction.
• Good problem solving abilities.
• Strong artistic vision & ability to be creative.
• Strong sense of design & composition.
• Strong understanding of Animation & how things should look, feel & move.
• Some experience writing scripts and/or programming is preferred.
• Ability to multi-task on multiple shots.
• Prioritize tasks.
• Work on shots independently & efficiently.
• Patient, willing to answer questions & mentor other artists.
• Stays abreast of current technologies & attempt to implement them effectively.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 6 + years of experience involving simulations of natural phenomenon, particle systems, procedural modeling, procedural animation, hard and soft body dynamics and other similar effects.
• Experience with high end 3D software - Maya preferred.
• Must have strong visual and technical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a high-end software and production environment
• Experience writing scripts (MEL, Python) and/or programming is necessary.
• Experience in compositing. Shake experience is an additional benefit.
• Experience in other FX packages is a plus (Houdini, Real Flow).
• An understanding of physical dynamics and natural phenomena is key.
Interested candidates please visit our job website at http://jobs.lucasfilm.com and apply directly. Alternatively, you may wish to contact our recruiter: Meiting Lin at meitingl@lucasfilm.com
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