Blender Generalist
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Develop high-end, photorealistic visual development assets from blockout to finished frame, sculpting creatures, building environments, and art-directing FX moments like destruction and fluids. Work end-to-end in Blender across modelling, sculpting, shading, texturing, lighting, and rendering, utilizing procedural workflows such as Geometry Nodes to iterate on environments and effects. Build look development and lighting setups that meet photoreal scrutiny, collaborating with supervisors to ensure clean scene handoffs for 2D/3D production. Communicate complex technical workflows clearly to stakeholders and foster continuous learning within the Visual Development team.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive Blender experience across the full generalist pipeline - modelling, sculpting, UVs, shading/texturing, lighting and rendering
- A visual background with a strong portfolio in frame and shot composition
- Solid experience in film VFX 3D processes and a good grasp of cinematography in virtual environments
- Confidence in building look development and lighting that stands up to photoreal scrutiny, including shader/material creation in Blender's node system
- A proactive approach to identifying and resolving visual issues while maintaining quality and logic
- The ability to take direction well while maintaining organised scenes, .blend files, node setups, and documents
Desired Qualifications
- Geometry Nodes and other procedural or node-based workflows (and comfort scripting small tools where useful)
- Working knowledge of complementary DCCs (e.g. Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, Substance, Nuke)
- Experience with Digital Matte Painting, or simulation and FX work (cloth, fluids, particles, hair/fur)
- Familiarity with Texture packages like Mari and a working knowledge of practical cameras, lighting, or physics
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