General:Matt Carofano

Matt Carofano
Role(s)	Artist
Softworks tenure	1999-Present

Matthew Carofano is the Lead Artist of Bethesda Game Studios, who has been with the company since the late 1990s and has Bethesda credits as recent as Starfield. His Co-Lead Artist is Istvan Pely.

Elder Scrolls Game Credits

• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Lead Artist
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Tribunal — Lead Artist
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Bloodmoon — Lead Artist
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Lead Artist
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Knights of the Nine — Lead Artist
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles — Lead Artist
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Lead Artist
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard — Lead Artist
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dragonborn — Lead Artist
• The Elder Scrolls: Blades — Art Directors
• The Elder Scrolls: Castles — Thanks

Interviews

• Jan 2001: Voodoo Extreme: Morrowind Design Diary III
• Apr 2001: Interview With Matt Carofano
• Jan 2002: The Armchair Empire: Morrowind Art Designers Interview
• Jan 2002: RPGVault: Morrowind Developer Q&A; #17
• 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