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