| Matt Carofano | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Role(s) | Artist |
| Bethesda Softworks tenure | Nov 1999–Present[1] |
Matthew Carofano is the studio art director of Bethesda Game Studios, who has worked his way up the company since the late 1990s and has Bethesda credits as recent as Starfield[2] and Oblivion Remastered.[3] His Co-Lead Artist is Istvan Pely.
Elder Scrolls Game CreditsEdit
Video Games
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Lead Artist[4]
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Tribunal — Lead Artist[5]
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Bloodmoon — Lead Artist[6]
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Lead Artist[7]
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Knights of the Nine — Lead Artist[8]
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles — Lead Artist[9]
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Lead Artist[10]
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard — Lead Artist[verification needed]
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dragonborn — Lead Artist[verification needed]
- The Elder Scrolls: Blades — Art Directors[11]
- The Elder Scrolls: Castles — Thanks[12]
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — Studio Art Director[3]
Books
- The Art of Morrowind — Morrowind Art Team[13]
InterviewsEdit
- Nov 2000: Morrowind Summit: Morrowind Team IRC Interview: November 2000
- Jan 2001: Voodoo Extreme: Morrowind Design Diary III
- Mar 2001: Destination: Morrowind: Interview With Matt Carofano
- Apr 2001: Morrowind Summit: Morrowind Team IRC Interview: April 2001
- Jan 2002: The Armchair Empire: Morrowind Art Designers Interview
- Jan 2002: RPGVault: Morrowind Developer Q&A; #17 Low-Level Favorites
- Mar 2006: The Making of Oblivion
- Aug 2006: Tales from the Edge of Oblivion
- Feb 2007: OXM: Shivering Isles Interview
- Dec 2010: Decrypting the Elder Scrolls
- Jan 2011: Skyrim Fan Interview
- Sep 2011: PAX11: Thoughts on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Oct 2011: Designing a magical world: Skyrim
- Oct 2011: Skyrim Podcast #1 - Completely Blue Sky - The Concept of Skyrim
- Nov 2011: Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
- Nov 2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Interview – Ins, Outs and Dragon Shouts With Matt Carofano
- Nov 2011: The Art of Skyrim
- Jun 2012: GameRant: Skyrim's Lead Artist Talks 'Dawnguard'
- Jul 2012: Bethesda Podcast Episode #16: Skyrim Podcast #5 - Dawnguard
- Jan 2013: Interview: Matt Carofano, Lead Artist on Skyrim
- Jun 2018: Noclip: The History of Bethesda Game Studios
- Mar 2019: Polygon: Morrowind: An oral history
- Apr 2019: Noclip: The Challenge of Designing The Elder Scrolls: Blades
- Oct 2019: Nintendo Everything: Elder Scrolls: Blades devs on Switch’s new features, amiibo, lack of touch support, considering offline mode, more
- Aug 2021: Reliving the Opening of Skyrim with the Creators from BGS
GalleryEdit
Matt Carofano and Michael Kirkbride
External LinksEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ LinkedIn — Matthew Carofano
- ^ MobyGames — Matthew Carofano
- ^ a b Oblivion Remastered: Credits
- ^ Morrowind: Credits
- ^ Tribunal: Credits
- ^ Bloodmoon: Credits
- ^ Oblivion: Credits
- ^ Unofficial credits for Knights of the Nine — Ashley Cheng
- ^ Shivering: Credits
- ^ Skyrim: Credits
- ^ Blades: Credits
- ^ Castles: Credits
- ^ The Art of Morrowind: Credits