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Blizzard Entertainment
Irvine, CA, United States
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Dungeon Artist
Blizzard is seeking an experienced and passionate Dungeon Artist for the Diablo team. The ideal candidate possesses outstanding artistic abilities, communication skills, and a truly collaborative spirit!
Our ideal candidate can model and texture compelling assets. Essential skills include a solid grasp of form, color, and light for both 2D and 3D art assets. You can concept, model, and texture your work! You are also up on the latest tools and technology. The ideal candidate works well in an environment of peers who are passionate about working on the dark gothic world of Diablo, making great games, killing millions of monsters and getting loot!
Responsibilities
• Work directly with level design to build atmospheric dungeons with a focus on composition, detail and mood, while ensuring that the gameplay space is readable.
• Author environmental assets for a modern pipeline including modeling, and texturing assets for the Diablo World
• Work with Lead Environment Artist and the Art Director to ensure all environments are meeting the high-quality bar Blizzard is known for.
• Serve as an active participant in team art discussions, critiques and reviews.
Requirements
• 3+ years’ experience with world building and efficiently putting together in-game environments. Development experience modeling and texturing assets using Maya, ZBrush, and Substance painter/designer.
• Experience and a portfolio demonstrating assets developed in a modern pipeline and in game examples of World Building.
• Experience working with a lead artist or art director in developing a unique and cohesive modeling and texturing style for environment assets
• Proven problem-solving / prototyping ability
• An exceptional understanding of form, shape, structure, composition and silhouette in regard to world building and modeling.
• Able to work creatively as part of a large or small group
• Ability to mentor junior environment artists and provide meaningful feedback
• Self-driven, excellent communicator, big picture minded and a model team-player
• Thinks of themselves as a game developer first, and an artist second
• A passion for games
• Organized and can optimize levels and assets for performance and memory.
Required Application Materials
• Portfolio of work in digital format (Website, Blog, online album, Dropbox, etc.). Physical media will not be accepted
• Resume
• Cover letter
• **Only submittals with all three will be considered.
Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work/life balance. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Join us!