A Key Rigging Artist is required to develop and create the skeletal frameworks for a broad range of rigging applications on characters, creatures, vehicles and variety of props that need to be animated in TV and Games.
Besides bringing characters to life, a Key Rigging Artist should also have experience in creating and customizing rigs for applications in 3D animation and visual effects. Also, a Key Rigging Artist should have good scripting knowledge and be able to demonstrate a wider range of knowledge on the CG character development (modeling & animation) and high-end CG production (lighting & rendering).
Job Responsibilities:
Able to create and troubleshoot 3D rigs for different types of characters, animals, vehicles, and props.
Able to create facial target modeling.
Understand client’s expectation and able to meet the project requirements and quality consistently.
Able to multitask and complete tasks under tight datelines.
Assist superiors in team management.
Assist superiors in writing script to customize tools to specific automated animation requirements.
Assist superiors to in identifying artist’s strengths and weaknesses in the team.
Strong understanding of project’s complex workflows and able to help juniors to resolve any workflow related issues.
Accurately and calmly provide criticism and feedback to juniors with a positive attitude.
Able to instill passion, positivity, and trust among artists.
Able to motivate the team in pushing for higher productivity.
Job Requirements:
5 to 6 years of experiences rigging CG characters for film production, animation TV series or visual effects.
Strong knowledge of Maya, 3Dsmax, Motion Builder and constraints related to rigging on these software.
Strong knowledge of rigging systems, deformation, CG rigging tools, technique and principles.
Strong understanding of the human anatomy, body movement and body mechanics.
Strong knowledge of traditional animation techniques and characters movement principles.
Strong knowledge of scripting in Python, C++ and MEL.
Knowledge of Houdini will be a plus.
Strong communication and analytical skills.
Good organizational and time management skills.
Self-motivated, highly responsive, reliable, and flexible.
