VFX Paint Lead

Position Overview

• Leading a team of artists and being responsible for the quality check of the team’s output
• Liaising with production to help ensure an efficient schedule and distribution of work
• Working with the paint supervisor to prepare briefs and ensure quality
• Using patches and frame-by-frame painting techniques to remove rigs and tracking markers
• De-graining plates to be used for paint and compositing
• Bidding the duration required for the various Paint tasks on a show
• Learning and developing specific Folks VFX pipeline and workflows

Required Skills and Experience

• Traditional art and design skills including knowledge of composition and color
• Knowledge of Nuke
• Knowledge of a Linux based operating system
• An understanding of motion blur and how it affects mattes and patches
• Prior use of a roto-scoping package, ideally Silhouette
• A desire to learn new techniques and teach fellow artists
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Team-working abilities
• The ability to take criticism and feedback
• Good problem solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with other artists
• An understanding of the 3D environment within Nuke.
• Using expressions within Nuke to help aid paint work