3D Creature / Character Artist

Mysteria Studio
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Posted
October 17, 2025
Freelance
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Remote

Mysteria Studio is seeking an experienced Character Artist specialized in Creatures for a freelance position. You will play a key role in shaping the visual identity of our PC Action RPG, for which your artistic and technical skills are of great importance.

We offer a fully remote work arrangement with flexible working hours.

Responsibilities:

  • Creating high-poly sculpts and low-poly models of creatures & characters
  • Work with our lead artist and art team to ensure consistency between vision and implementation of character assets;
  • Understand and follow style guides & briefings to guarantee the consistency of our game art;
  • Based on these, work independently on creating the 3D assets;
  • Create game-ready assets given the technical limitations;
  • Checking the 3D assets in Unreal Engine 5 to make sure they are rendered correctly and look realistic
  • Complete all tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high-quality standard.

Requirements:

  • Experience working on at least one commercially shipped game as a character artist
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in artistic roles within the video game industry
  • Familiar with clean mesh topology and edge flows for character production
  • Experienced in 3D modelling (Max, or Maya, ZBrush) and realistic PBR texturing (Substance 3D) workflows
  • Ability to work in a self-organized manner within a team, while being respectful and an attentive listener
  • Minimum availability of 3 hours per work day to work on your assigned tasks
  • Comfortable with working in a 100% remote working team
  • Bonus: Experience working in Unreal Engine 4 or 5
  • Bonus: 3D character rigging experience
  • Bonus: experience working with MetaHumans and / or Marvelous Designer

Application Process:

Please send us an email with the following information :

  • A link to your online portfolio and / or examples of your past work in PDF form.
  • Your hourly pay rate
  • Optionally, a few words about projects you’ve worked on, medieval fantasy things you like etc. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have about the job.
The first step for select candidates is to go through an onboarding process before they can join the team.

This is done via our Art Guide & a Google Meet call. We know that your time is valuable, and try to keep these as brief as possible.

The second step is to sign a freelance contract and complete an application task, which is paid at your regular pay rate.

We‘re looking forward to your applications!

About
Mysteria Studio

Mysteria Studio UG is an established German indie game development studio with a worldwide team, founded in 2012. We strive for high visual quality, engaging gameplay, and technical excellence to offer gamers the best possible experience.

Our team behind Project Stormbringer is deeply influenced by iconic titles like The Witcher and the Gothic series. We’re committed to crafting a world that feels alive.

To bring this vision to life, we’ve brought together talent from across the industry, including level designers and artists who have worked at CD Projekt Red and Piranha Bytes.

Our love for immersive worlds and meaningful gameplay drives every decision we make.

Asterfel is an upcoming Action RPG, inspired by the Gothic and The Witcher games series.

The player washes up on an island’s shore as a nameless nobody and must complete a large variety of quests to work their way up, to become a powerful hero. While monsters and magical abominations run rampant on the island, the player must quell an ancient god who threatens to rise again and wipe out the island’s inhabitants.

  • Unique Artstyle. We infuse hyperrealism with an artistic touch to create both picturesque landscapes and dark fantasy dungeons.
  • Corruption System. The system provides additional variety in the Action RPG gameplay by adding even more challenging combat encounters and rewarding players with rare upgrade materials.
  • Immersive Atmosphere
  • A believable medieval fantasy world to explore, which gradually reveals its secrets.

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