#189 - Jeremy Huxley Interview (Senior Environmental Artist At Naughty Dog)

Jeremy Huxley is a former environmental artist at Naughty Dog who worked there for 11 years on the Uncharted & Last Of Us franchises. #uncharted #lastofus #lastofuspart2

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - Coming To Naughty Dog Partway Through Uncharted 3

02:30 - Art Test/Learning From The Veterans

05:20 - Team Being Split Off After Uncharted 3/Working On Uncharted 4/PBR

09:00 - The Jump For Art From PS3 To PS4

10:20 - Naughty Dog’s Reference Material For Uncharted 4

12:40 - Uncharted 4’s Jungle Environments

13:50 - Ray Tracing Vs Baked Lighting

17:40 - Jeremy’s Thoughts On AI For Artists

22:10 - Reusing Art Assets From Uncharted For Last Of Us

23:20 - Transitioning From Uncharted To Last Of Us Seamlessly (Snow Sections)

25:30 - Pressure Of Working On Naughty Dog

27:30 - Friendly Rivalry Between Devs At Naughty Dog

29:30 - What References Were Used For Snow In Last Of Us Part II

30:30 - Working On Last Of Us Remaster/Respecting The Original Artists

34:00 - Importance Of Remasters & Remakes/Neil Druckmann

36:40 - Jeremy Would Love To Work On Zelda/The Game Industry Is In Trouble Due To Realistic Graphics

40:10 - Jeremy Praises From Software/Jeremy Is Playing Older Games

42:30 - As A Dev Jeremy Analyses Games/Final Fantasy VII Remake

45:30 - Q+A - How Artists Work With Designers

51:00 - Q+A - Favourite Environment To Work On

52:39 - Q+A - Would You Like To Work On A Stylized Game Over Realistic

54:32 - Jeremy Critiques Zelda: TOTK’s Art

56:25 - Where To Follow Jeremy

SOCIAL MEDIA

ARTSTATION - https://www.artstation.com/jeremyh

BLUESKY - @jeremyhuxley.bsky.social