Description
Posted 3 years ago
Are you a Senior Crowd Artist with creative problem-solving skills in order to fill sets and shots with life for an animated feature? We are looking for a Senior Crowd Artist to join our team in Sydney!
What you'll get to do:
- Setup crowd assets and HDAs within the existing Houdini pipeline, and test new procedures and workflows
- Create a range of efficient crowd agents (bipeds/quadrupeds and vehicles) for efficient simulation
- Work with Animation teams to identify and breakdown behaviours into cycles for artists to use
- Work closely with FX Department Supervisor and Crowd Lead to implement efficient and effective ways to fill the sets and shots with life
- Give feedback to the department TD’s to continue the development of tools and workflows associated with crowd simulation
- Build templates that are highly geared towards automation
- If required, work with the fellow artists on the show that have been assigned shot implementation, to make sure the scene files are being used efficiently
- Evaluate any issues that may arise in the setup of crowd, and devise efficient solutions
- Be willing to assist/mentor junior team members with any technical/artistic challenges they may have
What you bring:
- 5+ years’ Houdini experience on feature films, TV and/or animated feature, with a focus in Houdini Crowds
- Past experience, demonstrated via reel, of feature animation crowd or effects simulation
- Strong understanding of Houdini crowd agent design & setup
- Production experience using Houdini: SOPs/DOPs essential
- Production experience using Houdini: Vex and Python knowledge desirable
- Experience building Houdini digital assets
- Solid understanding of motion and principles of rigging and animation
- Good understanding of crowd shading and rendering procedurals
- Attention to design and artistic detail
- Ability to work solo, as well as collaboratively, within a team environment, and when necessary to pass knowledge to other staff members
- Excellence in problem solving and balancing quick turnaround with long term quality and ability to meet deadlines with high quality output
- Strong written and verbal English language skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to efficiently organise and prioritise work across multiple areas, and work under pressure
- Ability to take direction and feedback and apply this to assets or shots moving forward; anticipating the supervisors and leads preference