3D Character Artist (Avatar Creation)

Job Title: 3D Character Artist (Real-Time Avatars)

Location: Coimbatore

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled and creative 3D Character Artist with 4+ years of experience in real-time avatar or game character development. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in character modeling, rigging, and animation, along with a solid understanding of real-time rendering workflows. A strong portfolio showcasing shipped projects is mandatory.

Experience 4+ years of experience in 3D character art, with at least one shipped real-time avatar or game character. A strong portfolio is required.

Key Responsibilities

Perform character rigging, including bones, weight painting, and IK systems

Create visemes for accurate lip-sync (phoneme-to-mouth-shape mapping)

Handle texturing, UV unwrapping, and PBR material creation

Customize avatars using Ready Player Me

Prepare assets for integration with Three.js or Babylon.js

Develop idle and gesture-based animations for characters

Requirements

• Work on 3D character modeling in Blender or Maya

• Perform character rigging (bones, weights, IK)

• Develop ARKit blendshapes (52 standard facial shapes)

• Create visemes for lip sync (phoneme-to-mouth-shape mapping)

• Handle texturing, UV unwrapping, and PBR materials

• Manage GLB / glTF export for web rendering

• Customize avatars using Ready Player Me

• Prepare assets for Three.js or Babylon.js

• Create idle and gesture animation