Concept Artist – Visual Storytelling

About the role

Incessant Rain Studios is looking for a talented Concept Artist with strong traditional art fundamentals and a passion for visual storytelling. The role involves translating ideas, scripts, and references into compelling concepts for characters, environments, props, and cinematic worlds while adapting to various visual styles.

Key responsibilities

• Develop concept art, sketches, and visual explorations for characters, environments, props, and scenes.
• Explore composition, lighting, color, mood, and visual style to establish project direction.
• Create character concepts with solid anatomy, proportions, poses, expressions, and costume design.
• Design environments and props with accurate perspective, scale, and storytelling focus.
• Collaborate closely with Art Directors, Directors, and Animation/VFX/3D teams to ensure concepts are production‑ready.
• Refine artwork based on feedback and maintain visual consistency across the project.

Required profile

• 2+ years of professional experience in concept art, illustration, animation, VFX, film, games, or a related field.
• Strong foundation in drawing, painting, anatomy, perspective, composition, color theory, and lighting.
• Excellent observational and imaginative drawing abilities.
• Ability to work across different artistic styles and visual directions.
• Strong visual storytelling and ideation skills, with a portfolio demonstrating traditional art and concept development.

Required skills

• Photoshop
• Procreate
• Krita
• Blender (optional)
• Maya (optional)
• ZBrush (optional)