Brian Matyas is a senior concept artist within Lucasfilm Concept Design Department.
Biography[]
Matyas illustrated the loading screens for Star Wars: Uprising.
Brian Matyas' earliest contributions to the Star Wars universe were the creation of character designs and loading screen art for the mobile game Star Wars: Uprising.[3] He was later recruited by Doug Chiang to be part of Lucasfilm[4] Concept Design Department for the first season of the Disney+ show The Mandalorian,[5] and continued in this position for the second season,[6] as well as The Book of Boba Fett[7] and Obi-Wan Kenobi.[2] He also created concepts for characters for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.[8]
Works[]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | "Part One: Master and Apprentice" | Ahsoka | Concept Team[9] |
Bibliography[]
| Year | Title | Contribution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ahsoka 4 | Variant cover artist | Concept variant[10] |
Sources[]
"Chapter 3: The Sin" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)- "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Chapter 6: The Prisoner" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Chapter 7: The Reckoning" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Chapter 8: Redemption" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Chapter 9: The Marshal" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Mando Download: "Chapter 9: The Marshal" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Chapter 11: The Heiress" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Mando Download: "Chapter 11: The Heiress" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Chapter 13: The Jedi" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Chapter 15: The Believer" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Mando Download: "Chapter 15: The Believer" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian: Guide to Season One
- The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "The Anti-Hero's Journey" — Star Wars Insider 217
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Brian Matyas (Brian Matyas) on ArtStation (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
- ↑
Now This is How You Do Star Wars Art by Plunkett, Luke on Kotaku (June 4, 2015) (backup link archived on August 11, 2017)
- ↑ Interview with Brian Matyas, designer of the Heavy Infantry Mandalorian by István, Kádas on ziro.hu (November 27, 2019): "When Doug Chiang asked me to join the Lucasfilm art department to design characters for The Mandalorian, I couldn't have been more thrilled. It was also an incredible challenge to design them for an entire series of content (I'll have lots of character designs to post in the future). I also did many keyframe illustrations for the show. (…) More to come!" (original article now obsolete)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land"
- ↑ The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
- ↑ Star Wars: Ahsoka — "Part One: Master and Apprentice"
- ↑ Ahsoka 4
External links[]
- Brian Matyas (@bmatyas) on ArtStation (backup link)
- Brian Matyas (@brianmatyas) on Instagram (backup link)
- Brian Matyas on LinkedIn (backup link needs confirmation)
- Brian Matyas (@brianmatyasart) on Twitter (backup link)
- Brian Matyas at the Internet Movie Database
- The art of Brian Matyas on Iamag (backup link archived on December 26, 2022)
- Brian Matyas Concept Artist on Nuts Computer Graphics (backup link archived on November 27, 2020)
- Creating iconic characters - Brian Matyas Interview on the Art Department Podcast YouTube channel (April 27, 2021) (backup link)
- May the 4th Be With You with Brian Matyas on the Gnomon YouTube channel (May 4, 2022) (backup link)
