3D Character Artist
About Snowman
Snowman is an Apple Design Award-winning independent studio at the center of artful experiences. Since 2012, we've developed original titles and partnered with talented teams on critically acclaimed games such as the Alto series, Where Cards Fall and Skate City. Our recent work includes Lucky Luna and Laya's Horizon for Netflix Games and Skate City: New York for Apple Arcade. To date, our games have been played by over 100 million players across mobile, console and PC.
About the Role
We're looking for a 3D Character Artist to craft the cast for a new, stylized game at Snowman. You'll work closely with the Art Director and art team, creating characters, creatures and cosmetics from concept through implementation. This is a contract position based in our downtown Toronto studio, with the option to work remotely 2 days per week.
Responsibilities
- Build in-game models with clean topology, focusing on low-poly character work.
- Create a variety of humanoids, animals and creatures across a range of styles.
- Create game-ready assets within technical limitations without compromising quality.
- Responsible for all aspects of 3D character creation pipeline including concepts, modeling, UVing, texturing and basic implementation in Unity.
- Responsible for additional live-ops character customization assets and accessories..
- Follow established style guides, references and briefings to maintain stylistic consistency.
- Collaborate closely with the Art Director, rigger and design team to ensure assets align with the project's visual direction.
Skills
- Proficiency across the entire 3D character creation pipeline.
- Strong knowledge of human, animal and creature anatomy, silhouettes, clothing and colour theory.
- Deep topology knowledge that supports rigging, animation and facial expressions.
- Experience working with stylized and hand-painted textures.
- Proficiency in Autodesk Maya and Adobe Photoshop.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines.
Requirements
- At least 1 commercially shipped game as a character artist.
- A portfolio demonstrating 3D characters featuring solid mesh topology, anatomy, texturing, and a preference for stylized art styles.
- Based in the Greater Toronto Area or willing to relocate.
- Able to work on-site at our studio 3 days a week.
- Legally authorized to work in Canada.
Nice to Haves
- Experience rigging characters.
- Ability to visually communicate and express ideas through quick concepts and sketches.
- Traditional drawing, sculpting or other fine art skills.
- Familiarity with node-based shader creation.
- Knowledge of Substance Painter.
Please submit your resume, cover letter and portfolio to [email protected] using the subject line "Snowman: 3D Character Artist”. Please be sure to include your current location and where you saw this job posting.
Snowman is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Snowman welcomes all races, religions, genders, countries of origin, and sexual orientations. We are proud to have completed disability awareness training through Liebs & Co and aim to continue to improve accessibility in our workplace and community.