Artiste principal ou artiste principale en développement de l’apparence / Senior Look Development Artist

Sony Pictures Imageworks•Montreal, QC

8d•CA$45 - CA$65•Onsite

About The Position

This position works to create final look developed assets and lighting setups for distribution into the production pipeline. He or she will be required to write and/or modify custom Renderman shaders, define standard render passes, and work closely with Lead Lighting TD's and supervisors to ensure that all assets work within the scope of lighting & color pipeline requirements.

Requirements

Should have a strong technical and artist background
Linux and scripting ability in relevant languages including MEL, Perl and Python
Minimum requirement of 7+ years production experience or feature film experience preferred
Must be able to provide a demo reel that illustrates your relevant artistic and technical experience that also includes the nuances for this specific role.

Nice To Haves

Arnold and Katana experience preferred but other production packages acceptable
Working knowledge of Nuke a plus

Responsibilities

Work closely with texture artists to create necessary texture maps for application to creatures, props and environments
Tasked with modifying shader parameters to realize the desired look for production integration.
Assist in developing standard lighting rigs & setups for verifying aspects of look development.
Work with a team of artists in a hands-on capacity to ensure technically and artistically proper implementation of look developed assets.
Keep supervisors apprised of issues arising in pre-production and shot production and offer creative solutions to those issues.