About One Man Studio

We partner with major AAA teams to ship real-time content. Senior, hands-on, fully remote.

The Role

Finish client-approved character proxies into final, game-ready assets at AAA shipping quality. You’ll be a key producer within one of the character pods, working closely with the Principal Character Artist and Lead 3D Artist to hit visual and performance targets, on time.

What You’ll Do

Finish to final: Retopo/UVs, HP→LP bakes, texturing/materials, shader hookup, LODs, and in-engine validation (Unreal).
Deformation-aware modeling: Clean edge flow for joints and face; prep for skin weighting and correctives.
Lookdev: Build calibrated PBR stacks for skin/eyes/hair/fabric; maintain texel density and material budgets.
Reviews: Take concise notes, iterate fast, and raise first-pass approval rates; provide paintovers/feedback to mids/juniors.
Performance: Keep tri/memory/material counts within targets; define sensible LODs and streaming behavior.
Collaboration: Partner with rigging, tech art, and animation to unblock issues and keep assets integration-ready.
Quality control: Follow the Finishing Bible (naming, hygiene, metrics) and contribute improvements.

Requirements

5+ years in real-time character art with at least one shipped AA/AAA title or equivalent live product.
Strong in Maya (or Blender/Max), ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter/Designer, Photoshop.
Proven PBR fundamentals: clean topology, disciplined UVs, reliable bakes, consistent texel density.
Comfortable integrating and troubleshooting in Unreal Engine (materials/master instances, LODs, collisions).
Solid eye for anatomy, proportion, silhouette, and read.
Clear communicator; reliable in a remote, multi-time-zone setup.

Nice to Have

Hair grooms (XGen/Groom tools), Marvelous Designer for cloth, scan/photogrammetry cleanup.
Marmoset Toolbag, Houdini utilities, basic scripting (Python/MEL/Blueprint).
ShotGrid/Jira familiarity and outsource/vendor collaboration.

Portfolio

Show final, game-ready characters with brief breakdowns: wireframes, map sets, tri counts, texel density notes, LODs, and in-engine captures (skin/eye/hair close-ups). If we can’t see process and results, we can’t assess.

What Success Looks Like

High first-pass approvals and predictable delivery.
Characters meeting visual and performance targets with minimal rework.
Peers benefit from your feedback and adopt your workflows.

Senior Character Artist