Environment Artist
Sony Imageworks
Vancouver, BCThis is a Full Time Job
658 Homer Street., Suite 405, Vancouver, BC, V6B 2R4
Language in work environment - English
The Environment Artist will be responsible for the design and creation of detailed large-scale full-CG and matte painted environments for live-action and animated features.
You will use a flexible generalist approach to your work, but within the context of a mature pipeline with well-defined standards.
Experience Required
• Ideally 4 years experience making environments for high-end live-action vfx feature films and/or television series.
• Experience on animated feature films or large-scale vfx pipeline preferred
Skills Required
• Environment modelling
• Natural Environments: landscapes, foliage, rocks & debris, etc.
• Urban Environments: background cities.
• Environment Texturing & Lookdev
• Procedural & painted texturing
• Generating flow/deposition/erosion/arbitrary masks to modulate texturing/lookdev
• Basic lookdev setup
• Environment dressing/layout
• Scattering tools & manual layout
• Matte Painting
• Painting/photo collage
• Multi-camera projections on geometry
• Software
• Essential:
• Photoshop, Nuke, Maya, Speedtree
• Houdini Landscape Tools, Terragen, WorldMachine, Vue or similar.
• Nice to have:
• Mari, Substance Designer/Painter, Houdini, Katana/Arnold
Salary/Benefits
CAD $36.06 - CAD $48.08 /hour CAD
The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors.
Benefits
• Healthcare
• Tuition reimbursement
• RRSP
• Sick leave
• Vacation leave
• Standard increases
Additional Information
Sony Pictures Imageworks Canada Inc. is a leading visual effects and animation studio known for its innovative work in feature films, television, and other media. The studio is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment and has contributed to numerous acclaimed projects, delivering high-quality visual storytelling through cutting-edge technology and artistic excellence.
