Groom Artist (Fur Specialist) - All Locations

About Barnstorm

Barnstorm is an Emmy and VES-nominated visual effects studio based in Los Angeles and operations in Vancouver, Montreal, NYC, Atlanta, London, and Hyderabad. We provide photo-realistic visual effects for a variety of episodic and select sequences in feature films. We pride ourselves in our artists’ talent and dedication to producing world-class visual effects

Who You Are

You are a highly skilled Groom Artist with deep experience creating photo-realistic fur, hair, and feather grooms for hero creatures, quadrupeds, and digi-doubles. You have a strong understanding of animal anatomy, fur behavior, and how grooming interacts with deformation, simulation, and rendering. You are detail-oriented, artistic, and technically savvy– able to create grooms that hold up in close-ups while remaining efficient for production. You thrive in a collaborative pipeline, working closely with Creature, Rigging, CFX, Lookdev, and Lighting teams, and enjoy sha...