Rigs! Not the offshore or the 18 wheeled variety, we’re talking characters! Insomniac Games is looking for a versatile Character TD, for our North Carolina studio, to rig our characters, and help bring them to all their kooky and realistic glory! The ideal candidate loves solving problems in the murky depths of an animation pipeline… and surface at the end of each day!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
■Creating high quality animation rigs, systems, setups and workflows
■Creating animations and calculating physics for in-game events.
■Assisting animators with troubleshooting setup and animation problems
■Maintaining the technical integrity of artin the production process.
■Creating simple Entity animation for testing
■Assisting in cinematics set construction, assembly and maintenance.
■Writing MEL, Python and PyMel scripts for animators and artists
Education and/or Experience that you bring with you:
■Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
■Advanced understanding of form and anatomy.
■Advanced Maya use with MEL, Python and PyMel scripting and dynamics experience.
■Advanced troubleshooting for technical issues.
■Willingness to listen to and accommodate user requests to make intuitive rigs.
■Knowledge of model topologies and how they relate to rig deformations.
■Game credits a huge bonus!
If this sounds like heaven on earth for you, then we look forward to hearing from you.
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