New series and double-tribute to gaming icons of pop culture and Edward Hopper.

After painting the Ghibli/Nighthawks tribute, I learned to appreciate the clean style and atmosphere of Hoppers work, so much that I wanted to do some pin-up related works in that particular style and mood.

So I tried to focus on the 1950ies Diners as a background and instead of the isolated and depressing settings of Edward Hopper I just zoomed into the scene to create a different mood a kind of intimate look into the life of a protagonist. Samus got this started but it took over a year to complete these three.

Each of these paintings took between 30 - 35 hours to complete in a similar way, only Jinx was more work because of the hallucinations. A development inspired by my daughter who told me I should include the dead "friends" beside her.

The series is still ongoing, so expect some more within the next few months.