Occupation
Senior 3D Artist
A Senior 3D Artist leads the creation of high-quality 3D assets and often mentors junior artists, working closely with art directors, animators, and technical artists to ensure visual consistency across a project. They are expert users of Blender, Maya, and ZBrush for modeling and sculpting, Substance Painter for texturing, and typically bring finished assets into a real-time engine like Unreal Engine or Unity for lighting and integration. This is a seasoned role found in game studios, VFX houses, and animation companies, held by someone with a strong portfolio and years of hands-on production experience.
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