Digital Background Artist - WFS

About This Role

Working on the award-winning Wingfeather Saga Animated Series, the Digital Background Artist creates concept art and environment sketches, ultimately completing finished, screen-ready digital background paintings in a defined painterly style. This role suits a skilled concept artist/painter who can visually bring the fantasy world of The Wingfeather Saga to life with its whimsical locations, creating layered digital paintings to be used as the rich backdrop for this epic fantasy series.

Responsibilities

• Design and paint backgrounds under the direction of the Art Director
• Generate rough concepts to explore architecture and locations within the style of the show
• Create layered digital paintings to be used as finished backgrounds
• When requested, create and present innovative ideas to enhance visual concepts and designs
• Integrate fundamental painting techniques and tools into artwork
• Translate a thorough understanding of perspective, composition, color and lighting into designs and/or paintings
• Take feedback and rework material while maintaining a fresh perspective
• Communicate progress of work to appropriate production staff and ensure all deadlines are met
• Take ownership and flourish in an important role
• Attend and contribute to regularly scheduled staff meetings

Requirements

• Proficiency in speaking, reading and writing in the English language
• Demonstrate proficiency in the style of the show
• Strong knowledge of color theory and lighting
• Strong knowledge of Photoshop or other equivalent digital painting software
• Strong time-management skills and experience working with deadlines
• Self-motivated, good communication skills, and a great team player
• Exceptional listener with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Google Workspace
• Detail-oriented perspective and able to pick up on overlooked details
• Able to maintain confidentiality of information
• Must be able to manage multiple assignments, set priorities, and adapt to changing conditions
• Resourceful and able to problem-solve and manage tasks with ambiguity
• Willing to perform an array of tasks both in and out of the office
• Take feedback to tasks and assignments positively and create better solutions
• Quick study, able to pick up new skills and learn how to use new programs
• Participate in setting and achieving regularly scheduled and outlined objectives
• Recognize when you're wrong, learning from your mistakes and moving past them
• Ability to take individual ownership, execute with high energy, share context, insist on candor with positive intent