Duration: Part-time work across October – December
Location: Remote with occasional London studio sessions
Salary: Competitive Day Rate (DOE)
Darrall Macqueen are seeking a versatile Senior Toon Boom Rigger & Asset Artist to lead our photoreal animal character pipeline—from preparing 2D photo assets in Adobe Photoshop through to full cut-out puppet assembly in Toon Boom Harmony.
Using initial photo references, you will assemble orthographic turnarounds and annotate camera specs to guide an on-set animal reference photoshoot. Following the shoot, you will ingest and curate hero plates, execute precise layer breakdowns and joint under-painting, build standard dialogue phonemes, and assemble a robust, multi-angle cut-out rig in Toon Boom Harmony optimised for downstream neural video passes.
Key Responsibilities
- Orthographic blueprint and shoot specs
- Plate ingestion & curation
- Asset breakdown and joint painting
- Dialogue phoneme library setup
- Multi-angle puppet rigging (Toon Boom Harmony)
Requirements & Qualifications
- Expert Toon Boom Harmony rigging (Node View, deformers)
- Strong photo manipulation and digital retouching skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Proven ability to align character turnarounds to strict horizontal baselines and anticipate joint articulation limits
We are an inclusive employer, actively welcoming applications from all backgrounds.
Please submit your portfolio/reel highlighting your experience with the above project requirements to .
Due to the anticipated number of applicants, we are only able to respond to those selected for interview.
