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

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 - ARTWORK REEL - Star Wars: Rogue One

21:25 - ARTWORK REEL - GTA V

32:07 - ARTWORK REEL - Rings Of Power

38:46 - ARTWORK REEL - Avengers: Infinity War

43:00 - ARTWORK REEL - LEGO

45:26 - ARTWORK REEL - Batman Vs Superman

46:09 - ARTWORK REEL - The Division 2: Warlords Of New York

48:27 - ARTWORK REEL - Aquaman

50:38 - Where To Follow Omar Fernandes