3D Character Artist & Animator
Skills
AnimeAtlasExpressiveMimicModelingOptimizationScripting
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Strong portfolio of anime-style or stylized 3D characters
- Expert in Blender for modeling rigging animation and materials
- Comfortable working in Unity to integrate characters and test live behavior
- Proven experience developing cel-shading materials that mimic 2D anime style
- Solid understanding of facial rigging and expressive body movement
- Familiar with mobile optimization best practices including polycount texture atlases and LODs
- Able to work independently and iterate quickly with feedback
Nice to have
- Anime interest
- Romantic RPG interest
- AI-driven character interest
- Hybrid animation familiarity
- Async collaborator
- Independent worker
Day to day
- Model high-fidelity stylized humanoid characters from concept art
- Rig full-body and facial animation systems with blendshapes bones and expressions
- Develop and implement anime-style cel shaders in Unity for mobile-friendly in-game characters
- Create reusable animation clips and collaborate with AI and Unity teams to integrate emotion-driven behavior
