This role at Epic Games, within the Fortnite team, seeks a Technical Artist specializing in material creation. The individual will be responsible for designing visually rich and high-performance materials for characters and their accessories, utilizing Unreal Engine and industry-standard texturing tools to produce diverse visual effects.
Create high-quality, game-ready materials for characters and cosmetic elements.,Design materials using procedural textures and custom material logic for distinctive visual effects.,Generate textures and prepare rendering data using tools like Substance Designer, Substance Painter, and Houdini.,Develop reusable material frameworks and processes for efficient unique asset creation.,Collaborate with character artists, technical artists, and programmers to integrate materials with geometry, effects, and Blueprints.,Optimize materials and textures to meet performance, memory, and scalability targets across multiple platforms.,Contribute to improving material pipelines and best practices in Unreal Engine.
Strong demo reel or portfolio demonstrating expertise in game materials, ideally with character or cosmetic examples.,Advanced understanding of physically-based rendering processes, real-time rendering constraints, and material creation best practices.,Demonstrated experience creating complex materials using procedural textures and custom material behaviors.,Hands-on experience with Substance Designer and Substance Painter for texture generation and asset creation.,Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art and material pipeline.,Experience developing content for multiple platforms.,Solid understanding of modeling and texturing principles in a real-time art pipeline, strong collaboration skills, and willingness to take ownership of features from conception to delivery.,Bonus: Experience in tool development, scripting, or pipeline development for Unreal Engine, Substance Designer, or Substance Painter.,Bonus: Experience setting up or using modern character art pipelines, including custom tools, templates, or automations for material and texture processes.,Bonus: Familiarity with Blueprints, Python, or similar scripting languages, and experience in complementary areas such as modeling, lighting, or visual effects.
Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company is best known for developing the Unreal Engine, the globally popular game Fortnite, and operating the Epic Games Store digital storefront.
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