May the 4th Be With You with Brian Matyas

Join us for a special livestream event as we celebrate Star Wars Day with Senior Character Concept Designer Brian Matyas! Brian is a veteran artist known for his amazing designs for Star Wars characters featured in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Galaxy’s Edge in the Disney theme parks.

Our host, Adam Hartel, will be talking with Brian about how Star Wars has inspired him as an artist, what it was like to create designs for iconic characters such as the Din Djarin, Greef Karga, Ahsoka Tano, Bo Katan, Boba Fett, and more! Come nerd-out with us on all things Star Wars, and ask your questions for Brian in the chat!

Immediately after this interview Adam will be sharing a brief informational session about art careers in the entertainment industry and how Gnomon is training artists for those careers.

Events with closed captioning are available via Gnomon Facebook Page.
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For over twenty years, Gnomon has educated many of the world’s best digital artists. Called "the MIT of visual effects" by Fast Company magazine, Gnomon offers a variety of educational options to help students reach their goals in the entertainment industry, with both degree and vocational certificate programs, specialized courses for high school students and over 100 individual courses for professional enrichment.

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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 - GNOMON Student Reel
04:52 - Intro
07:10 - About Brian Matyas
09:51 - Presentation Start
11:00 - Earliest Memory of Star Wars?
13:20 - How Has Star Wars Influenced You?
17:18 - How Did You Find This Career Path?
22:47 - How Does it Feel to Be Such An Inspiration?
25:40 - Your Experience With Posting Work for The Public?
30:41 - What Are Some Of Your Hobbies?
33:14 - Imposter Syndrome & Embracing The Challenge
36:30 - What's The Mountain You're Climbing?
47:20 - Other Mediums, IPs, or Genres You Enjoy?
51:00 - Anything in Star Wars you haven't got to make?
52:20 - If you can have a Hot Toys Figure, which one?
58:31 - How have you connected with GNOMON?
59:58 - Knowing what you know now, how might have you been influenced?
1:04:06 - Q & A Portion
1:04:57 - Art Studies you recommend?
1:08:08 - What is your process; reference, 3D?
1:13:00 - What is your typical concept workflow?
1:14:33 - How did you end up at Lucas Film, and how tough was the journey?
1:22:24 - How did you go about your educational path?
1:25:20 - Biggest request when asking for work?
1:27:30 - Advice for students interning for studios like ILM
1:30:56 - How did you keep up your confidence when you started?
1:35:16 - What artists do you look up to and draw inspiration from?
1:39:20 - Advice for self-taught concept artists?
1:46:31 - About GNOMON
1:52:49 - Career Paths: Character Artist
1:53:42 - Career Paths: FX Artist
1:54:41 - Career Paths: Compositor
1:55:40 - Career Paths: Pre-Vis Artist
1:57:15 - GNOMON's Academic Offerings
2:05:05 - Admissions
2:06:11 - Events & Livestreams
2:08:05 - Outro

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