 We are seeking Crowd FX Artists to join our Burbank, CA studio. Our Crowd FX Artists apply their creative and technical skills to populate Walt Disney Animation Studio projects with world-class crowds. They will be part of the filmmaking process from asset creation through early shot layout to final rendering.
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Responsibilities:
- Apply creative and technical skills to create great-looking crowds
- Design crowd character behavior from scratch within Houdini and Massive
- Create crowd versions of character geometry, materials, and rigs with an eye toward variation and efficiency
- Identify and breakdown behaviors into cycles for artists to animate
- Work with the larger production to populate shots with crowds from early layout to final rendering
- Be a strong collaborator during brainstorming and problem-solving sessions
Identify opportunities to share knowledge and educate others on production process
Requirements
- Strong understanding of the filmmaking process in a large-scale VFX or CG animation production
- Strong understanding of crowd agent design, simulation, and behavior
- Strong understanding of the principles of effects particle systems, animation, and simulation
- Strong technical understanding of digital pipeline issues and optimization
- Good understanding of modeling, texturing, and rigging techniques
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Ability to present ideas and to communicate clearly with artistic and studio leadership
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment, taking as well as giving direction with tact
- Bachelors degree or higher in Art, Cinema Studies, Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience
- Strong knowledge of each of the following technical areas:
- HoudiniŽ, MassiveŽ, MayaŽ, RendermanŽ or other render engines
- Crowd simulation tools/techniques
- Particle system tools/techniques
- 3D sculpting, texturing, and rigging tools/techniques
- The Unix/Linux environment
- Python and Mel scripting
Visual examples of images exemplifying work in this area are requested for review. Additionally, please include a resume and reel breakdown with your online profile.
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