Senior Foliage Artist

Job Description

Your Mission

Infinity Ward is currently seeking a Senior Foliage Artist in the Woodland Hills, CA area.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
• Create realistic models and textures of various vegetation and foliage
• Work with scanned vegetation and capturing scans of vegetation
• Work closely with Art Direction and Map Leads to define biomes and identify a vegetation roster
• Work closely with Tech Art to support new tools, features, workflows
• Identify and troubleshoot foliage to stay within frame rate, memory, and design specifications
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:
• 5+ years experience in games, modeling/texturing environments and foliage using Maya, or related experience/software
• Minimum of 3 years experience working with SpeedTree
• Strong understanding of form, shape, structure, and silhouette in regards to modeling
• Significant experience and techniques in the creation of trees, plants, shrubs, and vines using cards/flats
• Strong technical capability ensuring assets fit memory, design, and frame rate limitations
• Strong polygonal modeling skills, creating clean and efficient geometry quickly
• Self-motivated, independent and ability to self-manage to meet deadlines with minimal direction
• Communicate effectively, proactively updating stakeholders with information and assets, knows when to ask for help

Software Knowledge:
• 3D modeling package (Maya Preferred), Photoshop, Zbrush, Substance Suite, Marvellous Designer, Photogrammetry capture/processing

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnb445-3-141-7-194-42 in your application.