#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