Generative VFX Artist; Creatures & Digital Humans
Listed on 2025-11-21
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Creative Arts/Media
Digital Media / Production, Video Game, Creative Design / Digital Art, Computer Graphics / 3D / Animation
Location
Los Angeles
Employment TypeFull time
Location TypeOn-site
DepartmentProduction
Compensation- $100K – $125K
• Offers Equity
• Offers Bonus
Our openings span more than one career level. The provided salary depends on many factors, such as work experience and transferable skills, business needs and impact, and market demands.
About PromisePromise is a pioneering film and TV studio at the forefront of the generative AI revolution. Our mission is to reimagine what's possible in entertainment by bringing together the world's most visionary storytellers and GenAI creators, empowered by cutting‑edge tools and proprietary workflows. Through bold collaborations and a forward‑thinking approach to sourcing IP, we are building a dynamic slate of original and licensed projects that push creative boundaries.
Backed by premier VC firms, Promise is shaping a new era in GenAI‑powered storytelling, where creativity knows no limits.
Promise is seeking an exceptional and highly specialized Senior Generative VFX Artist to translate visionary concepts into high‑fidelity digital creatures and digital humans. This role is central to leveraging cutting‑edge Generative AI tools and advanced data acquisition techniques, including volume capture, to push the boundaries of artistic realism and creative execution in character development. We are looking for an exceptional VFX Artist who can harness technology to achieve breathtaking artistic results for our film and television slate, focusing on aesthetic quality and photorealistic detail.
Key ResponsibilitiesGenerative AI Creative Application
Artistic Innovation: Drive the artistic use of VFX and generative tools to create unique and complex creature elements, textures, and displacement maps, moving beyond traditional production methods.
Look Development Iteration: Innovate creative approaches using AI interfaces (e.g., Stable Diffusion, Control Net) to rapidly iterate on character look development, lighting, and style.
Aesthetic Troubleshooting: Evaluate and resolve artistic challenges by finding creative solutions that bridge the output of GenAI models with the high‑quality needs of photorealistic film production.
Creature & Character Artistic Execution
Photorealistic Detail: Execute the highest level of artistic detail in digital creature creation, including advanced sculpting, texturing, and shading for organic models.
Asset Acquisition & Curation: Oversee the artistic quality of source data, including photogrammetry and volume capture, ensuring its suitability for downstream artistic asset creation and GenAI model training.
Shader Development: Develop complex and realistic material shaders in collaboration with lighting artists to define the final appearance of creatures and digital characters in context.
Digital Human & Face Artistry
Face Artistry Mastery: Master the art of photorealistic face replacement, ensuring seamless integration, realistic skin detail, and believable facial performance onto digital doubles and characters.
Volumetric Data Utilization: Artistically utilize and process high‑quality volume capture and photogrammetry data for creating, texturing, and training realistic digital humans and creature assets.
Performance Realism: Refine and polish facial modeling and animation details to achieve emotional resonance and realism using both traditional and AI‑enhanced techniques.
Quality Control and R&D
Creative & Technical Quality: Maintain an exceptionally high standard of artistic and technical output, troubleshooting complex render issues related to character and creature assets.
Model Evaluation: Actively research, test, and evaluate emerging Generative AI models and tools relevant to digital character creation, providing clear recommendations for production adoption.
Experience: 5+ years of professional experience as a VFX Artist, specializing in high‑end creature, character, or digital human work for feature film or episodic television.
Artistic Excellence: A demonstrated passion for artistic vision and a keen eye for photorealism, light, and anatomical detail in character design.
Creative Problem Solving: Proven ability to blend…
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