Digital Matte Painter / Concept Artist.
FutureWorks Media Group, India
Job Description
Job Function:
We at Futureworks believe in creating Visual Effects, end to end film production and beyond. This is your opportunity to join the team.
We have an open position for Digital Matte Painter. The artist should not only have high artistic ability but must be creative in visualization. Should be ready to work and learn in a team.
Nature of work is based on the VFX film platform. Artists should be an expert in photoshop and should have basic knowledge of Nuke VFX software.
Develop and produce concept and matte paintings and paintings of imaginary worlds, landscapes, amp; sets. Create establishing shots that help visualize the scene; paintings that convey mood, atmosphere and depth that support specific scenes from the story
Requirements
Potential Responsibilities:
- The Digital Matte Painter is in charge of establishing the technical work planned to create the necessary support or assets required for the projection of images.
- Artists must have a sound knowledge and understanding of visual effects pipelines, production and implementation, as well as the ability to work well in a team.
- He / she should have the ability to create photo realistic digital matte paintings in line with the supervisor and team to create look development and concept artwork If required as well as the ability to interact with fellow artists and other departments to achieve the best quality of work.
Special Objective:
- A minimum of 4+ years previous experience as a Digital Matte Painter for live action feature and/or television.
- Create photo realistic backgrounds and environments to match the overall look and feel of the film.
- Combine skills in painting and 3D with knowledge of composition, design, photography, and digital modeling to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images for film with or without the use of conceptual mock-ups.
- Good traditional and/ or digital art skills
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
- Previous experience at painting photo real mattes and set extensions
- Strong understanding of color, perspective and mood
- Contribute to the visual and technical attributes of the production.
- Produce or assist in developing and producing design concepts, including characters and environments.
- Create elements in a variety of styles such as drawings, illustrations, graphics, color harmonization / color scripts, etc.
- Performing tasks such as layout, matte extraction, color correction, paint fixes, roto and assembly of live action and 3D elements,
- Contribute to the visual and technical attributes of the production.
- Skilled in painting photo-real images using photo reference to create the highest quality digital set extensions, skies, elements, and environments.
- Strong traditional art skills including knowledge of color, lighting, perspective, and composition
- Strong artistic flexibility, versatility, ability to match and/or adapt painting style to suit a range of production designs
- Ability to complete work within the bid timeframe, while maintaining constant communication with production teams and other CG artists.
- Specific duties to be determined on a project by project basis.