Description

Aperture AVN is hiring 3D artists for paid character posing and scene setup work in Blender on Sanctuary Protocol, a choice-driven adult visual novel developed in Ren’Py. Blending sci-fi mystery with contemporary college drama and romance, the game takes a story-first, cinematic approach, with dating elements and sex scenes that develop naturally from its characters and their relationships. Characters originate in DAZ and are rendered in Blender. The current four-person team includes a popular webnovel author writing the story and a dedicated environment artist creating every location, so artists receive finished, lit sets to work in. Episode 1 is in full production, and applicants who can start sooner are preferred. Several positions are available for artists with solid Blender experience and a strong eye for conveying emotion through posing, body language, camera framing, and lighting. Working from a completed environment and a script describing each image, you will pose characters and arrange the camera and lighting for each shot, with some wardrobe and makeup work and occasional opportunities to create a new character from scratch. Facial expressions are produced in-house and applied through the team’s own Blender add-on, so you will not need to tweak faces. DAZ and Diffeomorphic experience is an advantage; otherwise, you must be willing to learn that workflow. Applicants must be at least 18, comfortable creating adult content, and able to communicate clearly in English, though fluency is not necessary and translators or AI tools are welcome. All artists receive remote access to the studio’s European render farm, equipped with multiple NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs offering 232 GB of combined video memory. Completed scenes are sent there for rendering rather than rendered on your own computer, so a powerful local graphics card is not required. A stable connection capable of at least 100 Mbps upload to European servers is essential. These are paid, full-time contractor roles with an EU-incorporated studio, open to applicants worldwide. The initial contract lasts one year, begins with a trial period, and may be extended as the project grows. Hours are fully flexible, with the emphasis on results rather than scheduled shifts. Equity is not included in the standard agreement, although a share in the project may be discussed after the first year. To apply, submit a portfolio featuring character renders, posing, and scene work; adult examples are welcome. Applicants without sample work can instead complete an unpaid test: the team supplies two characters, an environment, and a short scene description, and you pose the characters interacting and prepare two or three shots. This test is only for candidates who have no work samples. The preferred and easiest application route is https://apertureavn.com/careers, where you will provide your experience, availability to start, and a speed-test result link using an Amsterdam server with a minimum upload speed of 100 Mbps. More information about the project is available at https://apertureavn.com, and Discord contact is available through private20.