Rigging Lead Artist
Responder al anuncioAs the Rigging Lead you will be responsible for designing, creating and maintaining highly accurate and efficient rigs for high-end feature animation films, according to the technical guidelines of the rigging supervisor. In addition you will work closely with a variety of departments including; RD, Art, Modelling, Layout and Animation to develop, implement, maintain and support character deformation. Responsibilities• Develops and maintains procedural rig components with a specific focus on deformation, using custom tools. • Follows a brief to produce complex production-ready rig deformations. • Works with Animators to aid with deformation rigs to provide a broad range of motion. • Supports rigs as they move through the pipeline and provides additional deformation fixes as needed. • Works closely with the Animators to provide and refine a full range of expressions and body movements needed to support a character's acting range in the film. • Collaborates directly with Directors, Character Designers, Modelers and Animators to define and create the best deformation or animation rigs for a wide range of character styles and art directions. • Leads the team providing them with support, guidance and instruction• Makes sure all the assets follow the quality standards and artistic direction• Achieves the deadlines. • Contribute towards the artistic and professional growth of the team, • Follow the Supervisor's guidance. • Responsible for building body, facial and mechanical rig systems to be used by other departments, such as Crowds, Animation and Layout. • Troubleshoots and fixes rig issues. • Collects artistic feedback and fine-tunes rig behavior. • Works within the pipeline and rigging standards. • Keeps up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment. • Deliver on time following Production quality standards. • Prototype, develops and implements new techniques and processes to solve unique and technical character production challenges. • Keeps up on current character technology trends and tools• Develops and maintains procedural rig modules with a specific focus on deformation, using a Python Rigging API. • Writes scripts in Python to facilitate workflow improvements. • Brainstorms new techniques and ideas for user interfaces, deformation tools, and character-specific rigging solutions. Requirements• 6 years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries. • At least 1 year of experience as Lead in the animation industry. • Deformation proficiency demonstrated through past project work. • Experience with both mechanical and/or organic type rigs with a preference in feature animation. • Strong and production-proven knowledge of rigging and deformation using Maya. • Solid knowledge in pipeline, processes, tools and techniques with a high-level understanding of industry standards, conventions, formats and common practices. • Proven solid technical and visual skills, excellent attention to detail. • An impressive reel demonstrating attention to facial surface detail, underlying facial anatomy, and credible and organic facial expressions. • Deep understanding of anatomy and muscle dynamics. • Good eye for aesthetics of body/face deformations. • Advanced Python , GUI scripting and the ability to follow strict coding standards. • Advanced English level. • Spanish oral and written, is desirable. #Animation #LI-Hybrid Reference: ECNJOBID-2-58-77-11 in the application#J-18808-Ljbffr
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