Crowds Artist at LAIKA Studios Hillsboro, OR

Crowds Artist job at LAIKA Studios. Hillsboro, OR.

Overview

The Crowds Artist is responsible for creating crowds of characters and creatures to the visual style and narrative of the film.

Responsibilities

• Create layouts and crowd performances in scenes and shots that are on style of the animation performances of the film.
• Publish crowds using Houdini to specifications needed by layout for downstream consumption.
• Take crowd-specific creative input and translate crowd behavior through performances and overall movement and timing through rules and simulations.
• Work with animation to get supporting animation performances that can be used effectively in crowd simulations.
• Collaborate with pipeline technical directors to develop processes and tools to enhance capabilities, workflow, and throughput.
• Perform technical work in support of shot production using various production tools and help troubleshoot and develop creative solutions to complex tasks.
• Partner with rigging, animation, lighting, and compositing teams to help support each departments' effects integration requirements.

Qualifications

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Location

On-site in Hillsboro, OR

Salary

Salary Is Commensurate With Skills And Experience.

Disclaimer The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Please review our EMPLOYMENT DISCLAIMER and MATERIALS SUBMISSION AGREEMENT.

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