Australian animation/youtube studio hybrid making high quality animated shows viewed by over 80 million people monthly.
Freelance Environment Artist
Location
Australia
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Freelance Environment Artist
Glitch Productions
• Create large scale modular sets or smaller scale intricate environment sets. • Model environments efficiently for use in Unreal Engine. • Texture environment assets to production quality. • Build scenes using Unreal Engine based on director callsheets and guidelines. • Collaborate with the art team to achieve the desired visual style. • Optimise existing assets for performance and quality. • Conform to a structured animation style pipeline and naming conventions. • Deliver organised production-ready files.
Job Requirements
- Strong experience creating procedural and modular 3D environment assets for use in Unreal Engine.
- Ability to model custom, detailed environment assets and smaller-scale set pieces to a high production standard.
- Strong environment texturing skills, with experience using Substance Painter or similar texturing software.
- Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 for environment creation, scene assembly and asset integration.
- Proficiency in Maya or Blender.
- Strong understanding of topology, UV mapping and optimisation for real-time environments.
- Ability to interpret concept art and create high-quality, production-ready environment assets.
- Ability to work collaboratively and respond to creative and technical feedback.
Benefits
- Creative input and collaboration in projects
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