AI Character & Animation Artist – Poker Game, Cyberpunk & Solarpunk Setting

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Develop visual and animated content derived from pre-approved character sheets and character cards.

• Ensure robust character consistency across various iterations while retaining the original facial features, proportions, attire, and visual identity.

• Position existing characters in diverse poses, camera perspectives, emotions, and gameplay contexts.

• Create brief character animations and cinematic loops.

• Engage with image-to-image and image-to-video generation techniques.

• Animate facial expressions, body movements, clothing, hair, and distinct character elements.

• Maintain the integrity of the original character design without unintended alterations between frames.

• Operate within the project's cyberpunk, solarpunk, and stylized sci-fi visual themes.

• Enhance generated content by correcting artifacts and refining facial features, hands, costume details, anatomy, and overall composition.

• Generate multiple controlled variations of the same scene or animation.

• Iterate based on feedback from the Art Director and prepare assets for production readiness.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience with contemporary AI image and video generation tools.

• Strong understanding of character consistency and methods for preserving character identity across iterations.

• Experience with reference-based generation and image-to-image workflows.

• Knowledge of animation principles, including timing, posing, acting, composition, lighting, color, perspective, and fundamental anatomy.

• Capability to deliver controlled and repeatable outcomes instead of relying on random generations.

• Proficiency in identifying and rectifying AI artifacts, such as issues related to faces, hands, anatomy, clothing, and composition.

• Strong skills in Photoshop or comparable graphic editing software.

• A portfolio showcasing AI-generated character work, ideally featuring the same character consistently portrayed across various scenes, poses, emotions, and animations.

• Experience with ComfyUI and controllable AI workflows is a plus.

• Practical experience with LoRA / Character LoRA, ControlNet, reference conditioning, Stable Diffusion, and FLUX is advantageous.

• Familiarity with modern image-to-video and video-to-video tools is a bonus.

• Background in working with game characters, cinematic/game marketing art, or production animation is preferred.

• Experience in stylized sci-fi, cyberpunk, or solarpunk aesthetics is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• The opportunity to work remotely from anywhere globally.

• Flexible working hours.

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• Supportive colleagues and company environment.

• A culture built on trust and care.

• Autonomy in your work without bureaucracy and micromanagement.