Senior Concept Artist - Atherstone, United Kingdom - Microsoft

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Atherstone, United Kingdom

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Overview
Rare is an Xbox Game Studio creating the kind of games the world doesn't have. Our values - explorers, evolving, together - are fundamental to the games we make and how we make them. Rare offers rewarding and fulfilling careers for exceptional people, supporting you to learn and grow.

Our studio is a welcoming campus in the heart of the Midlands, where the majority of our team work in a flexible hybrid work pattern.


Responsibilities:


Role Purpose
As a Senior Concept Artist, you will be an expert in your field.

As a highly creative individual and working as part of a focused team, you will be able to generate ideas quickly and effectively, adapt to established work processes and styles and adhere to deadlines.


Key Accountabilities

  • Create outstanding concept artwork that help guide the tone, mood and aesthetic as defined by the Art Director.
  • Create character, creature, weapon and item concepts including detailed callouts for productionready asset creation.
  • Iterate on game assets via paintovers, studies and input in group critiques to selfimprove.
  • Take art and design requirements and provide creative solutions to challenging briefs.
  • Take ownership of any given task or brief.

Qualifications:


Required Skills and Experience

  • Proven experience in game development as a 2D Artist specialising in game art/illustration.
  • Strong understanding of digital art creation tools such as Photoshop, Painter etc.
  • An excellent foundation in illustration skills and deep understanding of human/creature anatomy, colour theory, shape and form, language and silhouette.
  • Great eye for light, value, composition, colour, staging, architecture and detail in environmental design.
  • Comfortable working in a predefined art style or able to explore the undefined.
  • Selfmotivation, excellent communication skills and a great teamplayer attitude.

Desirable Experience

  • Has shipped at least one AAA console/PC title as a Concept Artist.
  • A creative and passionate approach to problem solving.
  • Able to take and interpret direction and criticism.
  • Understanding of 3D pipelines (ZBrush, 3DCoat etc.)
  • Able to effectively collaborate with game designers and Art teams.
  • A love of stylised artwork/games.
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