Environment Texture Artist

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a highly skilled environment texture artist. The ideal candidate has experience painting textures for a diverse visual range of 3D environments. A solid grasp of form, color, and light for both 2D and 3D art assets is essential. The environment texture artist must have exceptional skill in creating stylized hand-painted textures, have a working knowledge of how to model in-game environments, and be well-versed in related tools -- Maya, Photoshop, etc. The ideal candidate also works well in an environment with peers who are passionate about making great games.

Blizzard Entertainment offers a fun, creative, and technically rewarding environment with excellent compensation and a full range of benefits.

Requirements

• Experience with Photoshop and Maya (or equivalent 2D and 3D programs)
• Superior eye for light, shade, color and detail in creating texture maps
• An exceptional understanding of form, shape, structure, and silhouette in regard to modeling
• Self-driven, good communicator and a great team player
• A passion for games
• Skill in one or more of the related creation tasks - illustration, modeling, texturing, animation, concept drawing
• Able to work full-time in the Irvine area

• 2+ years experience modeling and texturing environments for computer/videogames
• Have shipped AAA PC or console titles as an environment or texture artist
• Strong foundation in the traditional arts, including but not limited to figure drawing and environmental and/or architectural illustration
• A passion for developing online games
• Understanding of Blizzard's visual style and a passion to push it to the next level

Or

Mail the abovementioned materials to:

Blizzard Human Resources
Lead 3D Character Artist
Attn: Jack Sterling
P.O. Box 18979
Irvine, CA 92623

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No calls or follow-up emails, please. This is a full-time position in Irvine, California.