#166 - Jonathan Gwyn Interview (Senior Environment Artist On Grand Theft Auto V)

Jonathan Gwyn is a veteran artist in the video game industry having been in the industry for over 25+ years. He has worked on prestigious franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, The Matrix, Resistance etc.

#rockstargames #gta #gtav

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

01:01 - Jon’s Favourite Art To Work On Is Environment Art

03:00 - Stylised Environmental Art

04:20 - Restrictions Working On The Matrix Games

06:40 - Referencing The Matrix Movies While Working On The Games

09:10 - Jon Loves Movies/Seeing Reloaded & Revolutions Material Before The Movies Release

10:40 - The Wachowskis Were Video Games Guys/Path Of Neo/Animatrix

11:20 - Jon Likes To Draw While Watching TV & Movies

13:15 - Jon Doesn’t Like Being An Art Director & Prefers Working Alongside Artists

15:00 - Ego’s Getting In The Way With Some Artists Due To Age/Jon Doesn’t Want To Be A Lead Again

16:40 - Why Jon Has Moved Across So Many Gaming Studios

19:10 - How Jon Got The Job At Rockstar

20:10 - GTA Is Made In Scotland/Artists Pipeline For GTA V/Red Dead Redemption 2

22:00 - Rockstar Has A Toxic Work Environment

24:30 - The High Pressure Of Working At Rockstar/Rockstar Crunch

25:20 - People Love His Boring Environmental Work Just Because Its GTA

26:00 - The Art Lead’s Job For GTA V Would’ve Been Hell

27:35 - Concept Room At Rockstar

28:15 - Meeting Sam Houser/Houser Brothers

29:15 - Video Game Celebrities/Ego’s Within The Video Game Industry

32:13 - Brutal Commute In L.A. & San Diego

35:35 - Working From Home

36:40 - Being Extroverted/Mistakes Extroverts Make At Game Studios

38:30 - ARTWORK REEL - GTA V Environments

50:15 - ARTWORK REEL - The Matrix Games Environments

1:00:10 - Where To Follow Jonathan Gwyn