Freelance 3D Animator @ Brooklyn NY Art Studio

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**Leo Villareal Studio is a fine art studio specializing the creation of highly-refined LED and video artwork. We are looking for a freelance 3D animator who can, ideally, step into any phase of a visualization project and efficiently execute good-looking work. We produce visualizations for proposals and in-process LED-based artworks and installations on scales both architectural and domestic scales. **

The freelancer will work on-site in Brooklyn, NY with a booking of at least a few weeks, possibly extending to months.

Qualifications:

Solid work experience or demonstrable proficiency in architectural visualization, using:

    • **Unreal Engine 4: **

      • Level layout and construction

      • PBR shading and texturing

      • Realistic lighting

      • Camera composition and animation

      • Movie sequence export

      • Facility with basic Blueprint visual scripting

      • Familiarity with room-scale VR (Vive)

    • Softimage, 3DS Max, Maya, Houdini, or Modo, for:

      • Asset creation and preparation:

        • Hard-surface environmental polygon mesh modeling

        • Some procedural and/or parametric design and modeling

        • Texturing, UV-mapping and editing

      • General 3D:

        • Layout

        • Scene Assembly

        • Lighting

        • Animation

        • Rendering

    • Photoshop or equivalent, for:

      • Image editing & retouching

      • Basic texture creation and editing

    • After Effects or equivalent, for:

      • **Basic compositing **

      • Basic video editing

  • Good design sensibility, reflected in examples of past work, with specific description of contributions.

  • Proven ability to work independently and as a collaborative team member:

    • Accurately follows specific direction

    • Is creatively and intellectually engaged

    • Shows initiative and imagination

    • Solves problems

    • **Asks questions **

Highly Desirable but not required:

  • Photography and/or cinematography skills and experience

  • Texture generation or painting experience (for example, using Substance Designer)

  • Experience with Redshift GPU rendering

  • Experience with accurate visualization of artificial lighting

  • Experience with LED lighting technology

  • Fine arts or installation/performing arts production/design/fabrication experience

  • Scripting or Coding skills

  • **Touchdesigner or Processing experience **

Application Instructions:

Please send us your resume and examples of past work with specific description of contributions. Email applications to: .