David O'Reilly is a former game developer who is best known for his work at Rockstar on GTA, RDR2 and GTA VI, yes you read that right he worked on GTA VI up until 2023 when he left the video game industry.

He now has a Youtube channel where he reviews environmental art in games.

David's Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@Game-World-Art

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

01:30 - Having Imposter Syndrome Working At Rockstar

04:30 - Having A Good Manager

06:05 - Doing Caves For GTA V

08:29 - Doing Environmental Easter Eggs In Rockstar Games

10:11 - Rockstar Devs Dont Even Know Whats In Their Games At Release

12:53 - David’s Art On GTA VI/The Tech Process At Rockstar

15:01 - David Will Be Going Into GTA VI As A Fan

16:13 - David Hopes His Name Is In The Credits Of GTA VI

17:34 - Character & Environmental Artists Dont Work Together/Trevor Motion Capture Sequence

18:42 - Problems With Art In Ubisoft Games

20:59 - The Houser Brothers

23:11 - Why David Left Rockstar/Burnout

27:00 - Telling People You Worked On GTA

29:00 - David’s Youtube Channel

33:00 - How David Decides What Games To Play On Youtube

35:15 - Sending Devs To U.S. To Use For Reference Footage

39:15 - Different Leads For Each Rockstar Game/Changes In Development Processes

40:40 - Art Is Becoming More Specialized

42:30 - Benefits And Drawbacks Of AI On Art/Chat GPT

47:12 - GTA 7/GTA VI Trailer

49:00 - Difference Between Movie Trailers And Game Trailers

51:00 - How Rockstar Make Game Trailers/Reaction Internally To Trailers

53:15 - Assassins Creed/There Is More Potential For Games

57:30 - Q+A - How Great Does Your Portfolio Have To Be To Get Hired At Rockstar

1:00:31 - Why David Doesnt Have His Rockstar Art On Artstation

1:03:20 - David Wont Return To The Games Industry

1:04:46 - Q+A - What Is The Most Challenging Part Of Making Environments

1:06:53 - Q+A - How Much Freedom Are You Allowed On The Games

1:10:07 - Closing Comments/David’s Youtube Channel