About Us
Liquidnitro Games is India’s flagship live services and game production company, founded by industry veterans with a proven track record in producing massively successful games & live services. For game companies, studios, and publishers worldwide – we offer world-class game development expertise to power creativity, growth, and profitability in their games.
What’s in it?
The Game Concept Artist works closely with the art, design, and production teams to define and visualize the creative vision of our games. You will be responsible for creating high-quality concept art that establishes the look, mood, and style of characters, environments, props, and worlds. You will collaborate very closely with Art Directors, Senior Artists, Game Designers, and cross-functional teams, where your creativity, visual storytelling, and strong design fundamentals will help shape and guide the visual direction of our games from early ideation through production.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to an efficient concept art pipeline from ideation through production support.
- Create high-quality concept art for characters, creatures, environments, props, vehicles, architecture, and key visual moments.
- Explore multiple visual directions through sketches, thumbnails, mood boards, and paint-overs.
- Translate written briefs, gameplay requirements, and references into clear visual concepts.
- Define visual style, color palettes, lighting, mood, and material language in alignment with the game’s art direction.
- Work closely with Art Directors and Senior Artists to iterate on concepts and refine designs.
- Provide clear, production-ready concept art that supports downstream artists (2D, 3D, animation, VFX, UI).
- Create callouts, breakdowns, and design sheets that clearly communicate form, scale, materials, and functionality.
- Support world-building through cohesive visual storytelling and consistent design language.
- Adapt concepts based on feedback, technical constraints, and gameplay needs.
- Follow the review process as designed for the project and implement feedback efficiently.
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with artists, designers, leads, and production teams to ensure alignment of vision and timelines.
- Maintain visual consistency and quality across all concept deliverables.
- Document concept art processes, visual guidelines, and workflows when required.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience as a Concept Artist in game development or related industries.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating concept art for games, including characters, environments, and props.
- Excellent understanding of design fundamentals: composition, color, lighting, perspective, and silhouette.
- Strong visual storytelling and world-building skills.
- Ability to work in a wide range of visual styles, from realistic to stylized and imaginative.
- Solid understanding of anatomy, architecture, materials, and form.
- Experience working from high-level briefs and iterating rapidly on visual ideas.
- Ability to receive, interpret, and implement feedback from Art Directors and Leads.
- Strong understanding of game development pipelines and how concept art supports production.
- Ability to self-organize, work independently, and collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills and creative thinking.
- Software proficiency – Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, or equivalent digital art tools.
- Understanding of cross-platform game development workflows is a plus.
- Fine arts background or formal art education is a strong plus.
- Experience on shipped game titles (mobile, PC, or console) is a strong plus.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced production environment.