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
