Senior Character Artist - Realistic Heads

Role overview

Senior Character Artist - Realistic Heads at Lakshya

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Head Likeness Artist who can create ultra-realistic human head models with precise likeness.

This is a hands-on production role , requiring strong artistic fundamentals, deep anatomical knowledge, and strong technical understanding of modern texturing and hair workflows.

Requirements Required Skills & Qualifications - 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.

Key Responsibilities - 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.

Benefits - We offer the opportunity to work on some of the best-known game titles in the world. - We offer competitive salaries and annual performance-based bonuses. - Experienced artists may get the opportunity to work remotely. - We offer generous paid time off.

You get 26 Annual leaves and additional paid time off at the year-end (from 25th December to 1st January). - We cover Term Insurance and Personal accidental insurance for you. - Benefit from our free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental and emotional wellbeing. - You can also avail our Special Education Assistance Scheme to further develop your career. - … And a lot more!

Role Information: EN Studio: Lakshya

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Preferred Skills (Bonus) - Experience in AAA game development. - Knowledge of blendshapes and facial rigging basics. - Familiarity with grooming tools (XGen, Ornatrix) is a plus.

Employment details

• Posted 2025-11-24 Workplace: hybrid Department: Lakshya India Description Lakshya, a Keywords Studios company, in India is headquartered in Gurgaon and has a team of over 700 employees spread across studio facilities in Gurgaon, Pune and Seattle, and sales offices in San Diego and Tokyo.
• Location: Asia Pacific, India, Haryana Area of Work: Art Services Service: Create
• Employment Type: Full Time/Contract Working Pattern: Hybrid Apply Apply at Lakshya Digital --- Powered by Workable
• Location: Gurugram [Haryana] [India]

About the employer

• Senior Character Artist - Realistic Heads Lakshya Digital
• Setup in 2004, Lakshya has, over the last 20 years, created a reputation in the game development industry for being a highly talented and dependable game art studio.
• Lakshya’s senior team, which comprises of top-notch International and Indian talent, has a huge amount of experience of creating art for different game platforms and genres.
• Lakshya works closely with NASSCOM to help in the growth of the game development eco-system in India.

Additional role details

• Gurugram, India (Hybrid)
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• During this time, Lakshya has created art for over a hundred game titles, including hugely successful global hits such as Bloodborne, Dark Souls II, Just Cause 3, WWE 2K16, Uncharted 2, Farmville and Cityville.
• Lakshya blends artistic creativity with strong process orientation in order to deliver best in class services.
• For more info, please refer to https://lakshyadigital.com/