About the role
Job Overview
🎬 Full-time | Remote Freelance | EU-based candidates only | Upcoming Start Dates
DIGIC is looking for talented artists to bring the stylised fantasy world of the Magic: The Gathering Netflix series to life.
We are seeking experienced Compositing & Lighting Artists who can blend technical precision with a strong artistic eye to create stunning, atmospheric visuals.
This is a compositing-heavy role (80% compositing / 20% lighting) , requiring advanced Nuke skills and proven experience working on large-scale feature animation or high-end animated series productions.
Applicants must demonstrate strong stylised animation compositing work in their showreels. Candidates with exclusively realistic VFX experience will not be considered for this project.
Responsibilities
- Shot Production: Take shots from start to finish, including compositing, lighting and rendering, with a strong emphasis on final compositing.
- Aesthetic Execution: Follow established look-dev and creative direction to ensure visual consistency across the series, maintaining its distinctive stylised, painterly aesthetic.
- Technical Integration: Work within our pipeline using Nuke and Gaffer to manage AOVs and complex node-based setups.
- Collaboration: Partner with the Lead Artist and CG Supervisor to troubleshoot technical issues and refine the compositing and lighting workflow.
- Feedback Loop: Actively participate in dailies, incorporating feedback to meet the high-quality standards of the project.
- Asset Care: Ensure all compositing templates and lighting rigs are maintained and used efficiently.
Essential Skills
- Experience Levels: We are looking for experienced Mid and Senior Artists. Level-specific tasks will be assigned based on your expertise.
- Production Experience: Proven experience working on large-scale feature animation or high-end animated series productions , with a strong focus on stylised compositing.
- Showreel: A strong showreel demonstrating high-quality stylised animation compositing is essential. Applicants with exclusively realistic VFX experience will not be considered.
- Location & Legal: Applicants must currently reside within the EU and be legally able to work as freelancers or contractors and invoice under Hungarian law. (Please note that DIGIC can only work with freelancers who are registered as sole proprietors/entrepreneurs or as self-employed professionals).
- Software Mastery:
- Compositing: Advanced knowledge of Nuke or similar node-based compositing software, specifically for stylised animation. This is essential, as approximately 80% of the role involves compositing.
- Lighting: Good knowledge of Gaffer or similar node-based 3D lighting systems such as Katana or Solaris.
- Rendering: Good knowledge of Arnold or similar path-tracing engines.
- Artistic Eye: A strong understanding of light, colour, composition and stylised rendering.
- Communication: Good English skills (spoken and written).
Desirable Skills
- Adaptable and ready to pivot based on creative feedback or project needs.
- Proactive in managing your own tasks and meeting deadlines.
- A collaborative mindset—we win as a team!
What We Offer
- Unique, high-profile stylised projects
- Freelance contract
- Full-time (40 hrs/week) remote work
- A collaborative, world-class team