Lead Character Artist – Console Games
Location: Pune, India

About Gamefuel Studio
Gamefuel Studio is a game development and co-development studio working with game developers and publishers across multiple platforms and genres. As we expand our capabilities in console game development and co-development, we are looking for an experienced Lead Character Artist who can create and oversee high-quality, production-ready characters for PC and console games.

About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and hands-on Lead Character Artist with strong experience creating realistic and stylized 3D characters for modern games. You will be responsible for taking characters from concept through final in-engine implementation while establishing and maintaining the visual and technical quality bar for character production. The ideal candidate combines exceptional artistic ability with a robust understanding of real-time character pipelines and console production constraints. This is a hands-on role. In addition to guiding other artists,



you will be expected to create benchmark-quality character assets yourself and solve complex artistic and technical production challenges.

Key Responsibilities
• Create high-quality, production-ready 3D characters for PC and console games.
• Own the complete character-art pipeline from concept/reference through final in-engine implementation.
• Establish visual benchmarks and quality standards for character production.
• Provide artistic direction, feedback and mentorship to character artists.
• Review character assets to ensure consistency with the project's established visual direction and technical requirements.
• Work closely with Art Directors, Concept Artists, Animators, Technical Artists and Engineers.
• Ensure characters deform and animate correctly by collaborating closely with rigging and animation teams.
• Implement and validate character assets in Unreal Engine.
• Optimise characters for real-time rendering while maintaining th

📌 Lead Character Artist (Pune)
🏢 Gamefuel Studio
📍 Pune