Senior Character Texture Artist @ Epic Games

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What You’ll Do

Epic Games is searching for a Senior Character Texture Artist to join our team working on Fortnite. In this role you will create top-quality textures and materials for use in gameplay, cinematics, and marketing material. You will primarily be working in the stylized realm, but should be comfortable doing photo-realistic work when needed.

In this role, you will

Create textures and materials for characters, on occasion will work on additional assets such as backpacks and pickaxes based on concept art or reference photos
Collaborate with the art director and the leads, be able to give and receive feedback
Work in a clean and efficient manner within a team environment
Be forward-thinking and have the ability to help the team refine our technical pipelines so we can continue to push the boundaries of real-time character performance

What we’re looking for

Ability to create appealing textures for characters and other assets to bring life to the worlds we are creating in a wide range of styles
Possess Intimate knowledge of color theory, PBR lighting, and stylized texturing techniques
Expert Knowledge of Substance Painter or similar
Good understanding and the ability to create new materials in UE4 or similar
Ability to adapt to and innovate new styles and techniques
Strong organic texturing skills (human faces, clothing, believable creatures)
Strong hard-surface texturing skills (armor, weapons)

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (excluding CA, NY, & WA).

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

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Senior Character Texture Artist

Epic Games

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