Senior Creature Effects Artist

3 days ago


Adelaide, South Australia Rising Sun Pictures Full time

Job Summary

Rising Sun Pictures is seeking an experienced Senior Creature Effects Artist to join our team in Adelaide, Australia. As a key member of our creature effects team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining complex cloth and hair simulation rigs and running simulations within shots.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with rigging, animation, and modeling teams to ensure assets are built and designed for fast and quality deformation.
  • Leverage shot finaling tools within the creature pipeline to ensure quality assets are passed downstream to lighting.
  • Work closely with look development and lighting teams to achieve a believable look to the groom.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years of relevant character effects experience across high-end feature film.
  • Experience with cloth and hair simulation using Maya's Nucleus solvers or Houdini's Vellum Solver.
  • Experience with either Maya's Xgen, Yeti, or Houdini grooming.
  • Knowledge and experience in Python.
  • Ability and understanding of how to shot sculpt using custom and standard methods.
  • Strong initiative and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Desired Skills

  • Muscle and flesh simulation experience.
  • Experience with Maya's Python API.
  • C++ experience a plus.
  • A good understanding of object-oriented design patterns.
  • An understanding of traditional rigging techniques, such as puppet development and linear skinning.


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