Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Hangout at 4 P.M.


A mundane painting of the Gauntlet Classic parked outside an LTD convenience store in Los Santos, and me meeting up with my OC Kite (whom I featured next to none in my artwork ever since One-Third had been shelved away). πŸ˜„ Seeing as autumn is just around the corner, I wanted to create more paintings where the sun starts to set, since I find myself associating autumn with the late afternoon. My original intent was for the scene to be darker than this, but I grew to like this kind of general lighting.

This isn't my first time painting cars in Photoshop, but my last attempt at painting cars in March didn't go very well. Now that I've managed to paint this however, I feel encouraged to go back to that junked art and start over with it again. πŸ’• Just not immediately, though. πŸ˜…

It'd be nice to paint more cars from GTA 5. There's just so many good ones I'd love to see just parked at a bunch of places or just speeding down the highway or something. Doesn't matter too much if the vibe of the painting is dynamic or otherwise; it'd just be neat to see those scenes in this style.

Needless to say, please look forward to more content like this in the near future. πŸ˜‹✌

Monday, September 5, 2022

Seven years, and still here!


Good lord, has it really been seven years since this blog first went live? Believe it or not, it is! For the first time since 2016, I'm actually going to commemorate my blog's anniversary! πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰ As part of this celebration, I made some art (though it was for my Twitch channel rather than my blog πŸ˜…) and took a second look on some of my past art on stream this last weekend.

Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me for the last seven years, especially those who have remained steadfastly by my side and watched my art grow since then. While I had many lows, I find myself achieving new heights in art, and I look forward to achieving many more in the future.

That said, I do hope you will all continue to join me as I continue ever forward in my art journey. I'm excited to discover and learn new art techniques, bring more of the worlds, characters, and creatures in my mind to life on canvas, and share them all with you for our collective enjoyment.

Cheers to another year of art! 🍹

-Zip

Sunday, September 4, 2022

Chill Art Vibes - Twitch Banner


Art made for a new banner on my Twitch channel, featuring me and my Nidorino buddy 🏁

If you're not following yet, come do so over here. I stream every Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 a.m. (GMT +8)! πŸ“‘