Senior Texture Artist

Job Description

PlayStation Studios Visual Arts and PlayStation Studios Malaysia are both passionate teams within the PlayStation family, made up of game and film industry professionals from all over the world.

Always at the cutting edge of technology, the teams work with studios like Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Santa Monica Studios, Guerrilla Games, Bend Studios, SuckerPunch, San Diego Studio, Japan Studios, and more PlayStation first-party teams, providing world-class content development and services to these studios.

Responsibilities:
• Sculpt and paint textures required for rendering physically based game environments.
• Construct shaders using a proprietary in-house material editor.
• UV layout for tiling and 0-1 mapped textures.
• Match art styles defined by the art director/concept art.
• Collaborate closely with 3D modelers and game designers.
• Work with graphics programmers and technical artists to support the development of new systems and techniques.
• Work with the tools team to convey your needs and generate tool requests intended to improve artist's' workflow.
• Manage texture and shader efficiency.
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

Requirements:
• Minimum of 5+ years' experience in games working on environments using Maya, or related experience/software, with exposure to at least 2 shipped AAA titles.
• Strong traditional drawing/painting skills.
• Ability to sculpt and paint highly detailed 3D and 2D images.
• Proficient at sculpting surface details and controlling shader features that represent a wide variety of material types.
• Ability to create proper UV layout and tiling textures for games.
• Strong abilities working with shader networks.
• Experienced with baking textures from high res meshes.
• Strong Maya skills.
• Strong ZBrush skills.
• Strong Substance Designer and Painter skills.
• In-depth understanding of procedural texturing techniques.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-roo5j6-18-119-131-178-42 in your application.