Job Description

Location: Remote
Compensation: Phantom Equity (early team pool)
Type: Full-Time / Contractor

🧬 About the Opportunity

Inkognido’s characters appear across multiple platforms and experiences:
Realms MMO (heroes, enemies, NPCs, factions)
Echo Reality AI avatars & AR projections
Mini-games and live events
Lore illustrations and promotional art
Cinematic storytelling moments
The Character Artist brings these beings to life with high-quality models that blend style, identity, and technical performance.

This role blends:
Sculpting
Retopology
Texturing
Facial/expressive topology
Stylization & realism balancing
Engine optimization
If you love giving form and personality to characters, this is a signature role in the Inkognido universe.

🚀 Your Mission

Create high-quality, technically sound character models that express identity, emotion, and world lore.

You will:
Sculpt characters from concept to final optimized model
Maintain consistency with Inkognido’s style direction
Collaborate across animation, rigging, AI, and narrative teams
Build clean topology that supports expressive faces and complex movement
Your work becomes the face of the Inkognido universe.

🛠 Responsibilities

Sculpt high-quality character models in ZBrush or similar tools
Retopologize and create production-ready low-poly/optimized meshes
Create UVs, textures, and materials (PBR or stylized)
Build facial topology that supports emotional expression
Create LODs for performance optimization
Work with Rigging Pipeline Engineer for joint count and deformation needs
Collaborate with Concept Artists to capture personality and silhouette
Implement characters in Unity or Unreal
Assist in defining the character style language with the Art Director
Support AI avatar expression pipelines (emotes, moods, dialogue states)
Help maintain faction identity, species variety, and world cohesion
You shape the most important visual element: the characters themselves.

🧠 Requirements

Must Have:
Strong portfolio focused on character art
Expertise in sculpting (ZBrush, Blender, or equivalent)
Strong understanding of anatomy, proportions, and silhouette design
Experience with clean topology suitable for animation
Proficiency in PBR or stylized texturing workflows
Ability to follow style guides and iterate quickly
Understanding of engine constraints and optimization

Nice to Have:

Experience creating AR-ready characters
Knowledge of facial rigging or blendshape creation
Hand-painting or stylized texture experience
Experience with hair cards or stylized hair systems
Familiarity with photogrammetry cleanup workflows
Understanding of AI avatar pipelines or emotional expression logic
Perfect for artists who love sculpting and character identity work.

💡 Why This Role Matters

Characters are the heart of:
Player immersion
AI-driven social systems
Lore and storytelling
Combat and gameplay readability
Echo Reality interactions
Promotional and cinematic visuals
A strong Character Artist ensures:
Players emotionally connect with the world
AI avatars feel alive
Factions and species look distinct
Stylization feels consistent
Visual quality is maintained across all content
You define the beings that populate Inkognido’s worlds.

🏆 What You Get

Phantom equity eligibility
Creative ownership over character look and identity
Collaboration with top-tier artists, animators, and AI teams
A portfolio filled with diverse character types
Influence over character pipelines and visual language
Opportunity to shape the lasting identity of the Realms universe

✉️ How You Work With Others

Art Director – Style, tone, visual cohesion
Concept Artists – Turnarounds, silhouettes, expression sheets
Rigging Pipeline Engineer – Facial rigs, deformation requirements
Animators – Motion compatibility + expression ranges
Technical Artists – Materials, shaders, performance
AI Team – Emotion-driven expression integration
Realms Team – Faction identity, lore, gameplay readability
You ensure characters look great, move well, and express the world’s identity.

📚 Study Links (Internal Use)

(Optional)
Character Topology Standards
Facial Expression Model Guide
Stylized Material Library
Inkognido Anatomy Reference
Realms Faction Style Sheets

📩 How to Apply

Apply via the portal:
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Or email:

hiringteam@inkognido.com

recruiterdarnell@inkognido.com

chrishiringlead@inkognidostudios.com

daylinrecruiter@inkognidostudios.com
Include:
Resume
Character art portfolio (required)
Sculpting + topology breakdowns
Any facial expression or stylized character examples
A short note about your character design influences

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