Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.
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As the
Senior FX Artist, you will help develop effects, pipelines and digital assets in Houdini.
Skydance Animation UK requires employees provide UK right to work documentation at the start of employment.
Responsibilities
- Ability to work in different artistic styles
- Generate pre-comps of the effects to integrate them into the environment
- Strong artistic skills to add dramatic flair to environments, characters, etc, through the creative use of effects
- Creativity and innovation
- Strong sense for timing in animation
- Deep knowledge of CG effects with Houdini, knowledge of Maya and Arnold a big plus
- Help develop complex effects, Houdini Digital Assets, and pipelines to be used by the FX team
- Work together with the FX Lead to contribute towards their artistic and professional growth
- Follow supervisor and lead guidance
- Keep up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries
- VEX/Python scripting abilities are a big plus
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