#167 - Omar Fernandes Interview(Lighting Artist On Grand Theft Auto V)

Kiwi Talkz by Kiwi

Episode notes

Omar's story is amazing, he got an architecture degree before moving into video game art and film/tv vfx. He has worked on films such as Star Wars: Rogue One and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, he also worked as a lighting artist on GTA V.

#gtav #rockstargames #starwars

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

01:01 - How A Degree In Architecture Helped Omar With VFX

04:51 - How Omar Ended Up At Rockstar Games/China

07:15 - Omar Had Never Played GTA Before Joining Rockstar/Learning What GTA Was

09:15 - Doing Cutscenes On GTA V

10:00 - Only 2 Artists Did Lighting On Cutscenes/The Shock Of Working On GTA V

12:05 - Crunch On GTA V/ Difference Between Games & Film

15:00 - Challenges Of Lighting/Omar’s Approach To Lighting

17:15 - Working On Star Wars: Rogue One

19:16 - ART ... 

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game developmentstar warsgta vgrand theft auto v