Walt Disney Animation Hiring

POSITION  : SET EXTENSION/MATTE PAINTING ARTIST

LOcation :  Burbank,CA

Responsibilities

• Work with the Directors and Art Directors to digitally and stylistically extend the environments for the films we are creating
• Create complex digital backgrounds, landscapes, and environments in a 3D world using a range of digital tools involving painting and rendering programs such as Maya, RenderMan, Photoshop, etc.
• Extrapolate art direction: i.e. design, architectural style, lighting and graphics, which adhere to the Director's overall vision
• Support the technical aspects of the work created
• Setup and execute 3D paintings for Dailies presentation
• Help formulate and explore the future direction of set extension tools and techniques in the Look Development department
• Collaborate with the Art Department, Layout, Modeling, Look Development, Lighting, and Stereo teams
• Learn the Look Development toolset and teach the Set Extension process to the rest of the Look Development group

Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• High skill level in painting, composition, perspective, and color in programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
• 6+ years feature film experience
• Comfortable Modeling in systems such as Maya
• Knowledge of lighting, shading, and rendering in programs such as RenderMan, Vray, and Arnold
• Knowledge of Mac OSX and Linux
• Portfolio samples of both Set Extensions and traditional painting

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