Screenshot of Concept Artist job posting, posted February 26th, 2024.
Transcription: “OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Rogue Trader: Warhammer 40000.
TASKS:
• Creating concepts for locations, vehicles, characters, and visual effects;
•Concept eneration sinAld her modern tools;
• Creating sketches and quick iterations due to the requirements of the project and the atmosphere of the game;
• Creating reference boards to define the visual style and atmosphere of the project.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Experience in drawing and creating concept art for Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi and realism projects;
• Proficiency in working with graphics tablets and drawing software such as Adobe
Photoshop;
• Familiarity with generating concepts using advanced tools like neural networks and machine learning techniques such as Stable Diffusion, MidJourney, and Dalle;
• Ability to think creatively and produce unique, captivating concepts that can ignite inspiration within the development team and audience;
• Proficiency in using reference board creation platforms like PureRef and Miro to organize and gather inspiration;
• Knowledge of 3D modeling will be a plus.”
Screenshot of Twitter Post, dated March 2, 2024. Transcription: “Guys, we would like to clarify this issue. We use Al as a working tool for our future project, which is in the early stages of production right now.
Al will be used exclusively for additional work with concepts and speeding up some internal processes (for example, for creative search, inspiration, or vision coordination before starting conceptualization itself).
The final version of the game will not have any art generated by the neural networks. The same goes for the final concepts. Everything will be original and drawn by professional artists.
On our current projects, Rogue Trader and Pathfinder, Al was not used at all.
We are very sorry that we confused you with the information about Al in the job description. We understand that without further explanation this may be misinterpreted, so we have removed this information.”
cross posting here finally to state i will not be updating the rogue trader increments guide past 2026 due to owlcats use of generative ai during the developmental process. thanks for giving me 2+ years and 480 pages to express my (once) intense love for the game.
#roguetrader
#warhammer_community
