Turn 10 Studios has an exciting opportunity to work alongside the team responsible for the top-selling and critically acclaimed Forza Motorsport franchise. As a Lighting Artist, you’ll be responsible for applying a deep understanding of foundational lighting concepts, real-time rendering pipelines and content creation methods to achieve photorealistic lighting results for our cutting-edge games.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Art Director and Lighting Supervisor to help deliver the in-game lighting vision
- Support all fundamental core lighting needs for all teams
- Carry lighting of environment spaces through from pre-production to final polish
- Help to manage and ensure the integrity of lighting on all assets
- Capably troubleshoot and solve lighting production issues
- Strive to maximize art production performance and predictability
- Keeps abreast of industry trends and techniques, evaluating competitive products, and continually learning new software packages
Qualifications
- A strong portfolio that showcases an understanding of light, color, value, and artful composition
- Experience working on AAA quality real-time lighting assets on current generation hardware.
- Fundamental understanding of the physical principals of light and their interactions with object surfaces and other participating media such as atmospherics.
- Proficiency with a variety of lighting production pipelines, tools, and systems, preferably expertise with 3DS Max, V-Ray, and IES profiles
- Demonstrates strong time management and prioritization skills.
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