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NYC 2D Paint Artist
Zoic Studios
New York, NY, United States
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Zoic Studios is an Award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. "Visual Evolution" is our mission. We invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of Episodic Television. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there.
We are currently seeking artists who are competent doing extensive paint work in Nuke for current and upcoming work in our New York City location (Hell's Kitchen). This is a full time freelance position.
The 2D Paint Artist works and collaborates with the Roto & Paint Department Leads to execute paint related tasks including removal of unwanted objects/artifacts, reconstruction of background and mid ground layers of live action plates.
Responsibilities & Qualifications:
• Minimum 2 years professional experience in Pre-Comp / Paint Department
• Extensive Experience with extracting mattes using roto/keying techniques
• Experience in Camera Tracking (Nuke)
• Extensive experience in 3D Projection (Nuke)
• Ability to re-grain manually in each channel
• Experience with 2D Tracking including, stabilization, Corner pin, spline & grid warp
• Experience with hand paint (or digital paint) and procedural comp/paint an asset
• Close attention to detail
• Photoshop painting a plus
• Knowledge of Mocha tracking and conversion to Nuke a plus
*Must be able to work onsite at New York location. Artists currently living in New York/surrounding area a plus as we do not cover relocation/housing.