# Groom Artist **Group:** Art ## Roll-out by scenario | Scenario | Engagement | Window | Rate | Year-one cost | |---|---|---|---|---| | A: full-time studio | — (covered by [[Position — Character Technical Artist (Groom and Cloth)]]) | — | — | — | | B: lean core + contracts | Contract, 160–240 hours | M2–M4 | $50–$100/hr | $8,000–$24,000 | ## Responsibilities - Period hair, brows, lashes and fuzz as strand grooms - Hair cards and groom textures for Optimized builds ## Skills - See [[Grooms for MetaHuman — Considerations]] - XGen, Blender or Houdini; Unreal groom attributes and binding ## Requirements - Portfolio of realistic real-time grooms - Groom interview task ## Remote working Remote. ## Rate evidence - Upwork expert 3D artists $50–$100+/hr; scarce specialty - Upwork, 3D artist hourly rates: https://www.upwork.com/hire/3d-artists/cost/ Back to [[Roles and Hiring Plan]] · [[Year One Budget — Personnel]]