Middle 3D Artist; Environment & Character Art

April 9, 2025

Type: Contract
Location: Remote

• Middle role in a team of 3D artists, experienced in both environment and character art, ensuring familiarity with all common asset types.
• 3+ years of 3D modeling experience, with at least 1 year in game development as a middle artist.
• Strong portfolio showcasing relevant work.

• Solid understanding of modeling principles and expertise in developing game-friendly 3D models, ensuring:
  • suitability for skeletal animation;
  • awareness of game-specific limitations and optimizations (e.g., popping mitigation in LODs switch or common techniques like texture atlasing);
  • compatibility with Unity-specific best practices designed to account for the engine’s intricacies and peculiarities (e.g., naming conventions).
• Strong experience creating realistic yet mobile-friendly 3D models of environments, props, and characters of various complexities.
• Fluency with texture mapping / UV unwrapping and texture baking workflows.

• Proven ability to collaborate with artists, animators, and developers to ensure intended asset integration into Unity projects.

• Maya/Unity: Proficiency in Maya and at least strong familiarity with Unity are essential.
• Familiarity with the overall Maya-to-Unity workflow (on the content side), including awareness of import/export processes, asset optimization, and material setup.
• Supporting software: ZBrush, Substance Designer/Painter, Photoshop.
• Software of your choice for efficient UV-mapping (Rizom
  
  UV / headus UVLayout).