Skybox/VFX Artist
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Skybox/VFX Artist creating skies, weather, and environmental effects for game worlds. Building performant Unreal Engine VFX for co-op and multiplayer titles.
Responsibilities:
- Create skyboxes, sky domes, clouds, weather and time-of-day setups
- Build environmental and atmospheric VFX such as fog, dust, rain, ambient particles and distant vistas
- Author effects in Niagara and Unreal's sky and atmosphere systems, working closely with lighting
- Keep effects readable and performant in busy co-op scenes with multiple players on screen
- Work with environment, lighting and technical art teams to deliver a consistent look across the world
Requirements:
- Shipped credits on at least one successful Action, Adventure or RPG title on console
- Experience on co-op or multiplayer projects
- 2 to 5 years in a VFX, environment or lighting art role
- Strong experience with Niagara and the sky, atmosphere and volumetric cloud systems in Unreal Engine 4 or 5
- Solid understanding of real-time performance and optimisation on console
- A portfolio or reel showing skies, atmospherics or environmental effects
- Comfortable working remotely and independently inside a larger studio team
- Nice to have: Houdini, EmberGen or similar for simulation and texture creation
- Nice to have: Matte painting or photography skills
- Nice to have: Experience with dynamic weather systems
Benefits:
- We usually respond within a week
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