JUNIOR CHARACTER ARTIST

JUNIOR CHARACTER ARTIST - BULKHEAD

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You’ll be involved in the entire character creation process, from concept art to production-ready models, ensuring that your work meets both artistic and technical standards. You’ll have a solid understanding of character design, anatomy, and modelling principles, and you’ll continue to develop these skills further through hands-on projects and collaboration with senior team members.

In this role, you'll actively contribute to asset development, ensuring each character is optimised and meets the required specifications for the game. You’ll take initiative, while remaining open to feedback and applying it to improve your work.

What you’ll do -Model, sculpt and texture characters that meet the project’s visual targets, following established pipelines with support from senior artists.

-Gather references independently and bring relevant ideas to planning sessions and visual discussions.

-Apply feedback from each task to raise the consistency of your modelling, texturing and overall asset quality.

-Learn to optimise your characters and meet technical requirements, with guidance from the team.

-Estimate basic tasks, track your deadlines and adjust as priorities shift.

-Keep your Lead updated on progress, ask focused questions, and flag blockers early.

-Work with other disciplines when your tasks call for it.

-Try new approaches and tools, learning from experienced teammates as you grow your autonomy.

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