Environment Artist

Environment Artist

🎮 Company Overview:

We're passionate about crafting unique gaming experiences that captivate and inspire. As an up-and-coming indie game studio, we champion creativity, innovation, and collaborative spirit. Our team is composed of vibrant and dedicated creators who share our vision of pushing the boundaries of interactive storytelling.

🎨 Position: Environment Artist

📍 Location: Remote

About the Role:

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Environment Artist to bring our game worlds to life with stunning visuals and immersive environments. If you have a passion for crafting unforgettable landscapes, rich with detail and storytelling, and have contributed to AAA or high-quality game projects, we want to hear from you!

At our studio, we’re assembling a world-class team to push artistic boundaries. As a Senior Environment Artist, you’ll collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and lighting artists to create breathtaking environments that enhance gameplay and captivate players. This is your chance to make a significant impact on highly ambitious projects and shape the visual identity of our games.

If you have experience in any of these areas and a passion for indie games, we want to hear from you!

What You'll Do:

🎨 World-Building & Environment Art: Design and create visually striking game environments, from sweeping landscapes to intricate interior spaces.

🏗️ Asset Creation & Optimization: Model, texture, and optimize high-quality assets while maintaining artistic vision and performance standards.

🌎 Level Composition & Set Dressing: Craft immersive scenes by placing props, foliage, and architectural elements that tell compelling stories.

💡 Collaboration & Integration: Work closely with designers, lighting artists, and engineers to ensure environments enhance gameplay and player experience.

🎭 Visual Storytelling: Use composition, lighting, and environmental storytelling techniques to create rich, believable worlds.

🛠️ Tools & Workflow Mastery: Utilize industry-standard tools (Maya, Blender, Substance, Unreal Engine, etc.) to bring assets to life efficiently.

🔄 Iteration & Polish: Refine assets and environments based on playtesting, feedback, and technical requirements.

What You Bring:

✔️ AAA or High-Quality Game Experience: Proven track record of contributing to shipped titles with stunning environmental art.

✔️ Expertise in 3D Art & World-Building: Strong skills in modeling, texturing, material creation, and level composition.

✔️ Technical Proficiency: Proficiency with industry tools like Maya, Blender, Substance Painter/Designer, ZBrush, and Unreal Engine/Unity.

✔️ Optimized & Performance-Friendly Art: Understanding of LODs, shaders, lighting, and engine constraints to balance beauty and efficiency.

✔️ Passion for Visual Storytelling: Ability to bring environments to life with storytelling, mood, and atmosphere.

✔️ Collaboration & Problem-Solving: A team player who thrives in a creative and fast-paced development environment.

Bonus Skills:

✨ Procedural Workflows: Experience with Houdini or procedural asset creation.

🎮 Technical Art Knowledge: Understanding of shaders, VFX, and lighting pipelines.

🛠️ Scripting & Tools Development: Familiarity with scripting (Python, Blueprint, etc.) to enhance workflows.

🏆 Indie & AAA Experience: A mix of large-scale and agile development backgrounds.

Benefits:

1. Equity ownership of the games you help develop.
2. Flexible working hours and entirely remote work.
3. A creative and inclusive work environment where your voice matters.
4. Opportunities for professional growth and learning.
5. Opportunities to expand and improve your portfolio.

Important: This is not a paid position - yet. We are looking for artists, programmers, business experts and others who are willing to pool their skills and time together to form teams that will create games, improving their portfolios and share in the profits.

Interested in being part of our journey? Click “Apply” and let’s create magic together!