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CG Experimental Artist- Ink
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What they do
An Artist or Illustrator develops ideas and works with different materials to create art, including crafts and fine art such as painting. May specialize in drawing and creating visual images, designs or pictures for books and other publications or for commercial products, or detailed drawings for scientific or medical illustrations. Creates drawings by hand and uses computers to create or develop images.
$71,046 / year median in California
+8% projected growth
Job Description
- Support a team of CG and Generative AI experts to develop unique content for animated shorts and specials, leveraging a GenAI-native pipeline that combines generative AI tools with traditional animation techniques.
- Contribute to the creation of short stories in a fast-paced production environment.
- Support CG artists in the creation of shot-ready assets (e.g., characters, props, environments) using a combination of generative tools and traditional DCCs (Photoshop, Maya, Houdini, Harmony, Blender, etc.)
- Help to build datasets of assets, images, and videos to support in the building and fine tuning of generative image and video models
- Use GenAI tools such as ComfyUI to help artists generate concept frames, style frames, character explorations, and environment designs based on scripts, outlines, or verbal direction.
- Test and evaluate the latest generative tooling and be open to testing new technology throughout the development process.
- Help testing and expanding upon new GenAI/traditional hybrid workflows developed by other artists and technology teams # Qualifications
- Experience with ComfyUI and traditional CG 2D and/or 3D DCCs such as Photoshop, Maya, Houdini, Harmony, and/or Blender
- Conceptual understanding of diffusion-based rendering and animation techniques. Experience training image LoRAs, video LoRAs, and similar are a plus.
- Experience with the creation of animation assets, and techniques like image editing, masking, etc.
- Strong collaborative skills and ability to work in a team environment in support of other artists, in rapidly evolving, experimental pipelines.
- Strong organizational and communication skills are a plus
- Passion for storytelling and animation with a portfolio showcasing the ability to create compelling narratives using AI tools. Demonstrates excellence and inspiration in storytelling, visual comedy, and innovative thinking, with a strong understanding of how to leverage generative AI tools to enhance creative storytelling.
- Ability to adapt to new technologies and tools and quickly pivot in this fast-moving field where workflows and creative approaches are being developed in real time.
- High level of independence and initiative, as production support structures and workflows will be evolving alongside the creative process.