Overview

General Responsibilities:

Senior Matte Painting:

Digitally paint photoreal environments and landscapes primarily using Photoshop.

Create photorealistic paintings that are used as an element to either embellish or replace live action footage.

Paint photo environments, elements, and textures to match into live action plates or stand as their own matte painting plates.

Specific Duties:

·         Create digital paintings of photo-realistic environments based on concept art and/or photo reference.

·         Provide or acquire photographic reference materials.

·         Work closely with Supervisors to produce painting and elements that match concept.

·         Paint 2D and 3D paintings for digital environments including: Camera Setup, Modeling for Projection, Camera Animation, Projection

·         Setup, Image Re-Projection, and apply Atmospherics and Light Effects.

·         Integrate matte paintings into 3D environments using Maya and/or Nuke.

 

Requirements / Background:

·         3 years VFX industry experience working as a digital matte painter in a feature film, TV, or commercials environment

·         Experience creating digital paintings of photo-realistic environments based on concept art and/or photo reference

·         Demonstrable experience integrating matte paintings into 3D environments using Maya and/or Nuke is beneficial

·         Possess a strong understanding of light, colour and perspective

·         Possess excellent artistic communication skills, as well as an excellent eye for detail

·         Flexibility to produce concept art from scratch is a plus

·         Solid knowledge and understanding of visual effects pipelines, production and implementation, as well as the ability to work well in a team

·         Strong knowledge of advanced matte painting techniques including color space, digital paint techniques and Photoshop file management (be it file format, bit depth resolution or appropriate layering of elements)

·         Good knowledge and ability with perspective, color and value matching

·         Good knowledge of camera focal lengths and composition

·         Knowledge of film resolution and aspect ratios

·         A good understanding of 2D and 3D workflows within a feature film environment

·         Business Systems Experience

Expert working knowledge of Photoshop