Matte Painter

Company Description

Mikros Animation is a global CGI animation studio located in Paris, Montreal, Los Angeles, Bangalore and London, offering front end services through to final picture for feature, long-form episodic and traditional episodic animation. Thanks to our global capabilities, we adapt our scale to always serve every project in the best possible way.

We believe great animation is about making connections with real people. To ignite connection and to make images unforgettable, we unite with filmmakers to tell their stories. We embrace our clients’ creative ideas in our culture of collaboration, making our studios the home of the projects we are entrusted with. We help filmmakers define and develop their vision from script up to screen to make every project a unique one. We craft striking CG animation and we create characters that connect with audiences on an authentic and emotional level, at the highest creative quality and best price possible.

In less than ten years, Mikros Animation has contributed to ten released feature animations and to numerous high-quality episodic shows for the world’s best-known animation studios, either as creative studio, line producer or executive producer. Mikros Animation has also produced more than 250 hours of programming, broadcast by notable channels including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, TF1, France TV, Gulli, M6, Gloob, and Super RTL. Our episodic content airs and streams globally, in over 180 countries.

**Job Description**:

- Create photorealistic/semi/cartoon backgrounds and environments to match the overall look and feel of the TV shows;
- Combine skills in painting and 3D with knowledge of composition, design, photography, and digital modeling to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images for TV shows.
- Provides foreground, mid-ground, and background paintings for use in 2D, 2.5D and 3D environments;
- Produce or assist in developing and producing design concepts, including characters and environments.
- Create elements in a variety of styles such as drawings, illustrations, graphics, colour harmonization / colour scripts, etc.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in illustration or fine art preferred.
- 2D/3d projecting experience (3d generalist or nuke compositing experience).
- 3D Texturing experience would be an asset.

**Skills**:

- Skilled in painting photo-real images using photo reference to create the highest quality digital set extensions, skies, elements, and environments;
- Strong traditional art skills including knowledge of color, lighting, perspective, and composition;
- Strong artistic flexibility, versatility, ability to match and/or adapt painting style to suit a range of production designs;
- Advanced 2D skills in Photoshop and/or Mari with 3D experience, preferably in Maya;

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