Environment Artist (Contract)

Requisition Number: 163078

Position Title: Contingent

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Environment Artist (Contract)

The EA Create Art team creates compelling visual experiences across multiple genres and art styles. Visual art and technical art unite to create incredible characters and the worlds they inhabit. The Art team encompasses animation, characters, lighting, rigging, technical art, visual effects and worlds.

Environment Artists add the lighting to games and create an atmosphere and add realism, tone, and depth to a scene. Will also use lights and shaders to describe the surface appearances of different materials; such as human skin, hair, fabric, and concrete. Through the use of their craft, will create visually balancing individual elements that allow game artists to produce a convincing character or environment. They need to use technical skill to create images that not only look good but are easy to render.

Environment Artists make sure there is consistency in lighting, color balance, and mood between the elements of a shot or scene in the game. You will ensure the CG looks photorealistic and emphasize drama or narrative, and also establish and clarify location, weather, time of day. You will respect and follow an established design theme for a sequence or project. You can refer to the relevant production designs and apply that visual style as faithfully as possible, taking care to maintain continuity throughout the scene and game.

Responsibilities:

• Work with game designers and technical artists to understand and interpret design requirements with the engine’s technical limitations
• Support the Art Director and Environment Lead in the vision for the game while taking ownership of environments and props as assigned.
• Model, texture, light, prepare, place, and edit in-game environments to include basketball arenas, lighting, and props
• Maintain a balance between visual quality and performance requirements
• Keep the artistic style consistent with defined visuals

Requirements:

• Background in Art preferred with a good sense of mood, color, and spatial balance
• Maya experience
• Shader tuning experience
• Mel scripting proficiency is a plus
• Understanding game production workflow and systems preferred
• Two or more years of production experience (either game or film)
• Being an avid gamer never hurts!

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Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 55

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EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。