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.
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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
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