Pixel Artist

Job Description

We are looking for a Pixel Artist to create high-quality in-game pixel art assets and help push traditional 2D pixel art into a modern Unity-based 3D / 2.5D pipeline.

This role is focused on game assets only: characters, props, environments, gameplay objects, animations, textures, tiles, trims, and world-building elements. No UI work.

You’ll know this is for you if…

• You have strong traditional pixel art skills and a portfolio that shows great silhouette, palette control, readability, and pixel-level craftsmanship
• You can create characters, props, environments, and animated game assets with a consistent visual style
• You are comfortable working with Unity, not only exporting assets, but testing and adjusting them in-engine
• You are curious about combining 2D pixel art with 3D scenes, including sprites on planes, billboards, pixel-perfect cameras, tilemaps, 2.5D setups, and stylized real-time workflows
• You enjoy both artistic polish and practical production work

What you’ll do

• Create production-ready pixel art assets for characters, props, environments, gameplay objects, tiles, textures, trims, and animated elements
• Prepare and implement assets in Unity, including scale, filtering, pivots, sorting, sprite atlases, tilemaps, materials, and in-engine polish
• Work on hybrid 2D / 3D scenes and help define how pixel art assets should sit inside a modern real-time world without losing their charm
• Create pixel textures and surface treatments for props, environments, materials, and modular world assets
• Explore traditional and modern pixel art techniques, including limited palettes, pixel clusters, dithering, low-resolution texture design, tileable textures, and handcrafted surface detail
• Help define and maintain pixel art standards across the project, including palette rules, pixel density, export settings, asset organization, and visual consistency

What we’re looking for

• Strong pixel art portfolio focused on game assets, characters, environments, animation, textures, or stylized world-building
• Senior-level experience with Aseprite, Photoshop, Pyxel Edit, or similar pixel art tools
• Hands-on Unity experience with 2D workflows such as sprites, atlases, tilemaps, animation, pivots, sorting layers, materials, and basic scene setup
• Good understanding of pixel art fundamentals: silhouette, color, contrast, rhythm, shape language, readability, and animation timing
• Experience creating assets for at least one real-time game project. Personal, indie, or commercial work all count if the quality is strong
• Ability to create clean, organized, production-ready files
• Clear written English and comfort working in a fully remote, async production environment

Nice to have

• Experience with 2.5D or 3D pixel art workflows
• Experience applying pixel art textures to 3D assets
• Substance Designer knowledge for stylized, procedural, or pixel-inspired materials
• Experience with tile sets, trim sheets, modular environments, or world-building kits
• Basic understanding of UVs, texture mapping, filtering, compression, and pixel density
• Unity Shader Graph basics, especially for pixelation, hit-flash, dissolves, stylized materials, or post-processing
• Light C# scripting
• Experience with MagicaVoxel, Blockbench, Blender, or other 3D / voxel tools
• Experience working on mobile or performance-constrained platforms

What we offer

• A project with a strong artistic identity and real creative impact
• A stable full-time role with flexible contract options: B2B or employment
• Fully remote work with a collaborative production-focused team
• Direct influence on pixel art quality, visual standards, and asset workflows
• Opportunity to explore modern 2D / 3D pixel art techniques in Unity
• Annual team retreat focused on alignment, learning, and team bonding

To apply: send your portfolio and a short note about one pixel art piece you are proud of and why. No cover letter required.