CAREERS
Arts
Character Designer
Bringing your imaginary entity to life
Character designing is a fun and creative process that requires careful consideration of the character's personality, backstory, and traits. It's important to think about the character's appearance, including their clothing, accessories, and physical features, as well as their personality and how it will be reflected in their design. Whether you're creating a character for a book, movie, or video game, the key is to make them unique and memorable.
A character designer is a skilled artist who specializes in creating unique and memorable characters for various media, such as animation, video games, and comics. They use their creativity and technical skills to bring characters to life, from initial sketches to final designs in different aesthetics and depictions. A character designer must have a keen eye for detail, a strong understanding of anatomy and movement, and the ability to work collaboratively with other artists and clients.
Are you looking for a talented character designer to bring your vision to life? Look further than Psoaic, our team of skilled artists can create unique and captivating characters that will make your project stand out. Contact us today to discuss your needs and let us help you bring your ideas to life.
Responsibilities
Creating original character concepts, developing detailed character, and producing sketches and illustrations for various stages of the character design process.
Collaboratively working with other artists and clients.
Taking direction and feedback.
Making revisions of a character design.
Staying updated with industry trends and techniques.
Continually developing their skills and knowledge to produce high-quality work.
Qualifications
4 or more years of experience in a creative and artistic field, such as drawing, designing, illustrating, painting, rotoscoping, digitizing, modelling, or sketching things for video games, TV shows, animated shorts, or movies.
A strong foundation in traditional art skills, such as drawing, painting, modelling, sculpting, and composition.
A bachelor's degree in arts, animation, or a related field, as well as a strong portfolio of work that demonstrates their skills and creativity.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
A deep understanding of anatomy, movement, and form, as well as a strong grasp of color theory and composition.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, as they will often work as part of a team with other artists and clients.
Working knowledge and excellence of and masterful proficiency in the following list of raster graphics editors:
Adobe™ Fireworks
Adobe™ Illustrator
Adobe™ Photoshop
CinePaint
Chasys Draw IES
Clip Studio Paint
Corel™ Draw
Corel™ Photo-Paint
Corel™ Painter
Corel™ Painter Essentials
CVIPtools
Fotografix
GIMP
GIMPshop
Inkscape
PaintShop Pro
Karbon
Krita
LazPaint
LibreOffice Draw
Microsoft Expression Design
MS Paint
MtPaint
MyPaint
NeoPaint
Pencil2D
Pinta
Pixia
sK1
SVG-edit
Ultimate Paint
Working knowledge and excellence of the following list of 3D computer graphics software you understandably mastered on:
Autodesk™ 3ds Max
Autodesk™ Maya
Autodesk™ Mudbox
Avaturn
Blender 3D
Cinema 4D
DAZ Studio
Houdini
MakeHuman
MetaHuman Creator
Metasequoia
OpenFX
Paint 3D
PMX Editor
Reallusion
Sculptris
Wings 3D
ZBrush
Experience with the following game engines:
Amazon Lumberyard
Box2D
Clickteam Fusion
Cocos2d
CryEngine
Defold
GameMaker (Game Maker and GameMaker Studio)
GDevelop
Godot Engine
I.K.E.M.E.N Go (Plus)
Löve
M.U.G.E.N
Open 3D Engine
Pygame
Ren'Py
Solar2D/Corona
Unity
Unreal Engine