# Senior 3D Artist

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/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.

Top skills: [Blender](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/blender), [Substance Painter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/substance-painter), [ZBrush](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/zbrush)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [3D Artist](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/3d-artist)
- Often leads to: [Art Director](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/art-director)

## Similar roles

[Motion Graphic Designer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/motion-graphic-designer), [Senior Animator](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-animator), [Senior Game Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-game-developer), [Senior Multimedia Designer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-multimedia-designer)

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