Rivac LabsTechnical Artist
A technical artist makes sure the shaders, VFX, and asset pipelines that look great in a demo still run at 60fps on the actual target hardware — the bridge role between an art team pushing visual quality and an engineering team protecting the frame budget. We build shader libraries, VFX systems, and LOD/import pipelines that let artists work fast without silently blowing the performance budget, and we set up the automated checks that catch an over-budget asset before it ships instead of after a QA pass flags a frame drop. Studios need this when art and engineering are fighting over the same performance budget, when VFX look great on a dev machine but tank on target hardware, or when there's no pipeline at all and every asset is a one-off. We leave behind tooling your artists keep using, not a pile of one-off shaders.
How We’d Approach This
A clear, staged plan — not a black box
- 1
Profile current assets and shaders on target hardware to find where the frame budget is actually going.
- 2
Build or fix one representative shader/VFX/pipeline piece and validate it hits budget on real devices.
- 3
Review the fix with art and engineering leads together so the tradeoffs are agreed, not imposed.
- 4
Roll the pattern out across the asset library with automated budget checks baked into the pipeline.
What You Get
Deliverables from this engagement
- A performance-budgeted shader/VFX library for your engine
- An automated asset-validation or LOD pipeline
- A profiling report showing before/after frame cost
- Pipeline documentation your art team can maintain
Six Ways We Could Architect This
Different engagement, different build — pick the shape that fits
There’s more than one way to deliver on this service. Browse a few of the ways we’d structure the work, depending on your speed, budget, and integration needs.
Ready to get started?
Tell us what you’re trying to get done and we’ll help you find the highest-leverage place to start — scoped small enough to prove itself before you commit to anything bigger.
Talk to us about Technical ArtistMost engagements like this start as a $500–$2,500 pilot — see full pricing.