Luma Pictures - Character Rigging TD (Los Angeles)

[B]Character Rigging TD

Luma Pictures [/B]is an artist centric feature film VFX studio located two blocks from the beach in Santa Monica, California. *We maintain a unique culture with an amazingly talented staff and are always on the lookout for exceptional people for full time and project positions.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop realistic skeletal rigs for a variety of humanoids and complex creatures
  • Create tools with the Maya API and MEL scripts to enable animators to create realistic animation
  • Work with senior TD’s to develop and integrate tools into a robust pipeline

Qualifications:

  • Extensive knowledge of anatomy and a thorough understanding of bio-mechanics, kinesiology for humanoid and animals
  • Thorough understanding of weighting and skinning and be able to work interactively with modelers to resolve challenges
  • Demonstrated ability to rig a variety of characters/objects in a realistic, non-cartoon manner
  • Maya API, MEL scripting, Python and Perl scripting skills are a plus

Submissions:
If you think you fit the bill and want a quick response, upload your reel/portfolio and a shot breakdown to http://bit.ly/1glnNWA.