Character Artist – Photoreal Heads

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Lakshya Digital

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Gaming • Media • B2B

Lakshya Digital is India's largest art services company, specializing in game art excellence. Founded in 2004, Lakshya Digital offers creative services in 2D and 3D art, animation, and VFX to leading global game developers. With over 1,000 professionals across eight locations worldwide, the company has contributed to more than 175 AAA gaming titles, collaborating with over 150 international developers. Known for their character design, environment creations, and high-quality art assets, Lakshya Digital is a dependable partner in the gaming industry.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

🤝 B2B

📋 Description

• Create high-quality 3D human head models with accurate likeness using reference images or scan data. • Sculpt detailed facial forms based on strong understanding of human anatomy, bone landmarks, and skin surface structure. • Use Texture XYZ maps and high-end texturing workflows to produce realistic skin textures. • Work with scan heads, photogrammetry data, and refine them into clean production-ready meshes. • Bake clean, production-quality maps (Normal, AO, Curvature, Cavity, etc.) for real-time engines. • Perform hair cards placement for realistic head grooming, ensuring proper flow, breakup, and density. • Collaborate with modelling, rigging, texturing, grooming, and animation teams to ensure smooth integration of assets. • Optimize assets for real-time engines (Unreal Engine, Unity) without losing quality. • Maintain high artistic standards and meet production deadlines.

🎯 Requirements

• Excellent understanding of human anatomy, especially facial structure, proportions, and muscle groups. • Proven ability to match realistic or stylized head likeness with high accuracy. • Strong experience using Texture XYZ maps and scan-based workflows. • Good understanding of hair cards creation and placement for real-time characters. • Expertise with ZBrush for sculpting. • Strong knowledge of Substance Painter, Mari, and Photoshop for texturing. • Experience working with 3D scan clean-up and photogrammetry. • Understanding of PBR workflows and map baking pipelines. • Experience with real-time engines (Unreal/Unity). • Strong attention to detail and passion for realism. • Ability to take feedback and iterate quickly.