#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 #gtavTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro01:01 - Jon’s Favourite Art To Work On Is Environment Art03:00 - Stylised Environmental Art04:20 - Restrictions Working On The Matrix Games06:40 - Referencing The Matrix Movies While Working On The Games09:10 - Jon Loves Movies/Seeing Reloaded & Revolutions Material Before The Movies Release10:40 - The Wachowskis Were Video Games Guys/Path Of Neo/Animatrix11:20 - Jon Likes To Draw While Watching TV & Movies13:15 - Jon Doesn’t Like Being An Art Director & Prefers Working Alongside Artists15:00 - Ego’s Getting In The Way With Some Artists Due To Age/Jon Doesn’t Want To Be A Lead Again16:40 - Why Jon Has Moved Across So Many Gaming Studios19:10 - How Jon Got The Job At Rockstar20:10 - GTA Is Made In Scotland/Artists Pipeline For GTA V/Red Dead Redemption 222:00 - Rockstar Has A Toxic Work Environment24:30 - The High Pressure Of Working At Rockstar/Rockstar Crunch25:20 - People Love His Boring Environmental Work Just Because Its GTA26:00 - The Art Lead’s Job For GTA V Would’ve Been Hell27:35 - Concept Room At Rockstar28:15 - Meeting Sam Houser/Houser Brothers29:15 - Video Game Celebrities/Ego’s Within The Video Game Industry32:13 - Brutal Commute In L.A. & San Diego35:35 - Working From Home36:40 - Being Extroverted/Mistakes Extroverts Make At Game Studios38:30 - ARTWORK REEL - GTA V Environments50:15 - ARTWORK REEL - The Matrix Games Environments1:00:10 - Where To Follow Jonathan Gwyn