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Simon Phipps
@simonphippsart.bsky.social
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Artist,Game&PropMaker,3DPrint,Lucas StarWars Charity Costumer,Droid Builder,LowCarbFitness Geek.Semi-retired www.simonphipps.com bsky.app/profile/51m0artproject.bsky.social
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And this is how my painting at Play Expo Blackpool 2025 turned out...
Cosmic Astro Cats 061025
Painted at Play Expo Blackpool 2025

Acrylic on canvas 14"x18".
#popart #lowbrowart #popsurrealism #comic #cartoon #streetart #kitten
Just set up here at Play Expo, Blackpool for the day with my partner-in-crime, Jayne (without whom those games wouldn't have happened.) Talk at 2pm. Time to hang out and paint some fresh art. Stop by, say "Hi!"
Last time I was let loose doing live painting at a con,I ended up with a giant space lobster... Unless anyone has any better ideas for me at PLAYExpo next Sunday,it's going to be 'Cosmic Astro Cats'...fling me some suggestions or it's kittens in jetpacks & yarnball asteroids...
What do you think?
Ultralobster Attack 210724

Started today at Notts Videogame Expo with a blank canvas. For those who stopped by my table-this is how my picture of some giant rampaging seafood turned out...

Acrylic on canvas 14"x18".
#popart #lowbrowart #popsurrealism #comic #cartoon #streetart #kaiju @bsky.art
Finally (after these kind folks have been asking me for 3 yrs) I'm going to be at PLAY Expo Blackpool 2025 on 5th October-hanging out to say hello, doing live painting & a talk on my career at 2pm.

Would be great to see you there!

#PLAYExpoBlackpool #RetroGaming

🎟 playexpoblackpool.com/tickets
So grateful for all of the different places and people I get to meet through my games work, art, costume and prop building.
A great afternoon at Dr Sketchy's Nottingham this past Sunday, getting the chance to draw Dominus Von Vexo and event organiser @scarlettdaggers.bsky.social
#drag #burlesque
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I generally prefer humans to animals, but I must confess, I am warming to the cats here in Italy...

(Today I'm crossing the Rubicon - after 30 years, I find myself posting cat pics to the Internet...)

(In Spoleto, Umbria)
Start of a wonderful day of celebration in Spoleto, Italy.Grateful to be meeting up with #Amiga friends old & new at Passione Amiga 2025.Nothing but warmth, joy & happiness that goes beyond pieces of old hardware & little 2D sprites.Feeling blessed 🙌
It's #FalloutFriday, Wastelanders! Turned a 2nd hand Nerf blaster into a Fallout prop—no 3D printer needed! Watch my budget-friendly build video & craft your own! #Cosplay #PropMaking #Fallout

youtu.be/xBrGrgmfIeo
From NERF to Fallout: A Budget Blaster Build (No 3D Printer Required!)
YouTube video by Simon Phipps
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A quick electronics build from me, in which I forget how to crimp wire ferrules while giving Chewie his voice back...
youtu.be/JXPLSQpS3Qk?si… #starwarsr#propbuildl#cosplaya#chewbaccaca
What a cool day!
Thank you Ashbourne Arts Festival & all the attendees for making me feel so welcome! So cool to see many young faces that may be the next generation of game makers. Study hard,look after your body & mind and make games! There's never been a better time than now.
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New podcast klaxon 📢
This time we're talking to @simonphippsart.bsky.social about 40 years of creating computer games, making Star Wars costumes and props, art on the move, and why Elite was genius.

🎧 On Spotify and all the usual places open.spotify.com/episode/4NrN...
Double-checking my supplies for my #gamedesign & #cosplay #propmaking workshop at Confetti College, Nottingham, this afternoon.
Check out my YouTube channel for videos on how to make a cool #Borderlands or #Fallout blaster from a second-hand #nerfgun

youtu.be/NjScFU-RFMw?...
Honoured to have been commissioned to paint Dizzy for the cover of Fast Food 2 - a brand new Amiga game from @bitmapsoft.bsky.social

I hope I did this beloved character justice for the fans.

Order your copy here:
www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/product/fast...
Awesome little story from Miikka here - love it!
My drawing of Switchblade (Amiga) ending from April 6th, 1994, when I first completed the game:
Adventure incoming! 👉 Follow @51m0artproject.bsky.social to see it unfold. #Art #Explore
WDW Trip Day#1 "Let's Go!!!"

Setting off for Orlando via the train to Gatwick!

Expect daily travel sketches—Florida, the Caribbean, & Disney World, all through my unique lens!

#DisneyArt #TravelSketch #PopSurrealism #Cartoon #Drawing #Inkart #lowbrowart #streetart #Disney #travel
@bsky.art
PHEW! Made it!
Here's Katie, who'll be handling the prop in the upcoming #StarWars #fanfilm
YouTube video coming of this utterly epic prop build soon!
That's looking better!
Can I get the prop finished in time so I can get it into our actress' hands at tonight's East Midlands Garrison's 10 year anniversary celebration?
#starwars #3dprint #fanfilm #cosplay #arduino
Well...less of an utter horror show now...
(This morning felt like untangling a thousand pairs of headphones cables...
Glad that part's over with!)
#arduino #electronics #cosplay
Electronics day!

Time to get all this spaghetti into my custom 3d printed Star Wars fan film hand prop

One day,I'll post a YouTube video on this epic build

Today,however,I'll just be happy to see all this chaos put in its proper place!

#3dprinting #starwars #electronics #cosplay #propmaking