#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