Zi Xu
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Award-winning illustrator by day, model/actor by night
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Got to hit the runway today for the Creators in Fashion show
Thank you SO much to MatPat+Amy Marie of GameTheory & StyleTheory, and the folks of Critical Role, PopFlex, and Lumen for casting me! It was dope working w everyone
Here’s me in the official DUNE collab+CR pajamas 😎
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Someone needs to make this into a coffee mug
Illustrators getting ready to play the 5hr YouTube video that allows them to work
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Dumbfounded they went with AI generated posters when they could have hired Nuno and gotten this gem
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@nunosarnadas
Tribute poster......... this should be the real one. Can't believe they're using AI to generate posters when they could have YOU!
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@ThisIsRadinsky
The mass number of “smol bean” people who are actually super shitty and hide their shittiness by being all pure and uwu online need to be studied 💀
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Jaws poster I did in 10 minutes for practice, held off on posting it because I thought it was “too half-assed” until art friends told me it kinda slaps
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Imagine being the most beloved billionaire philanthropist best selling book series author of all time and then squandering it all by doing this. Insane
J.K. Rowling says she won’t forgive Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for speaking out against her trans comments
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It's my 28th b-day today!!! Consider supporting your local poster artist by a retweet? 👀
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My mom is the funniest person of all time she visited from the east coast today and the first thing she does when she sees our place is ask if I can take some photos of her sitting at my desk
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I’m Zi, from 🇨🇳🇺🇸 and this is my art
i’m lysandra 🇻🇳 from america and this is my art 💥
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I keep seeing Reddit posts of teachers saying students are now so behind a lot of them don’t know basic computer skills/basic math/how to read at an elementary school level by the time they’re in high school and it’s really messing with my mind. If you’re a teacher is this true?
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@AudreyEstok
Haha, my response was very polite... I wish I could be more incendiary! I say the same thing ("no thank you but thanks for reaching out :-)) whenever I get asked to do NFTs... someone once told me I need to practice my "mean person skills" lol
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I think about these two sometimes, it blows my mind that there are ppl who go thru life conjoined but the rest of the world is geared towards ppl who aren’t! Also one of them (Abby) has been married since 2021 :0
thinking about how abby and brittany had to pay 2 separate college tuitions but now their job only pays them 1 salary life is a scam
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I can finally post my piece for the "And They Were Monsters" zine! Mine was a Phoenix.
Thanks to Nova & Mali for having me on board!
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I can’t believe I’m saying this but going from a screen tablet setup to a basic $30 drawing tablet has felt so good I feel less eye fatigue and am feeling more perked up about art that I haven’t felt in a long time 🧍🏻 I feel like I’m returning to my roots…
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Personal piece I did years ago... I want to keep doing pieces like this, but it takes so much energy from me. I'll just keep this one in my portfolio
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Real talk, I've drawing all my life, studied art, and have been doing it professionally for 5-6 years with a ton of big clients. But I still feel like this every single day. But I never let it stop myself, I just finish moping and get back to it. The show must go on!
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Just found these awesome alternative movie posters on Pinterest, pls does anyone know the name of the artist 😩🤌
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During archery practice today, Jon shot an arrow that lodged itself right in the middle of my arrow on the target……………………………………
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Photoshoot from December that my talent agency set up. I had just completed my first acting gig for a commercial and first modeling gig back-to-back in the same week so I was exhausted… but so happy I was able to do them before the year ended
📸 Mona Miri
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@kevihaynes
Twice?! Not even 5, 10x that amount would be worth it.......... lmao, they can call me back when they have a few million - OR a project that doesn't involve AI 🙄
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I worked on the concept art for some of the key art for this! 👀
First teaser for ‘BATMAN: ARKHAM SHADOW’
The VR game releases later this year.
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The iPad mini and dirty case…. Wow. I am not strong enough
"Yoshinari-san, can you comment on your involvement in Dungeon Meshi?"
"I wish they gave me something harder to draw"
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Woke up one day when I was 5 and living in Beijing and my whole family was gone! I was so scared so I told the dog (Max) to guard the house and ran out to search
After a few hours I got picked up by a group of rollerskating Russians on vacation who helped call my parents 💀
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Yo… if anyone at Telltale wants to hire an artist for this, I am a big fan of the original and I am available
Telltale Games has confirmed The Wolf Among Us 2 has entered production 🔥🐺
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@ZeusFelixAustin
I’ve been a professional illustrator for 5 years and I actually do work with a creative agency (like a rep) for a lot of my art (as well as a talent rep for acting) :-) this is just work that I was contacted for outside of regular agency stuff -
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And yes
I got to keep the Critical Role pajamas 😎 👍
Got to hit the runway today for the Creators in Fashion show
Thank you SO much to MatPat+Amy Marie of GameTheory & StyleTheory, and the folks of Critical Role, PopFlex, and Lumen for casting me! It was dope working w everyone
Here’s me in the official DUNE collab+CR pajamas 😎
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Hello my friends… I was gone for two months but I’m back from my yearly Twitter hiatus!!!
Starting off this account fresh and new with my 2024 desk setup 😎
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Thanks to the folks at Disney for sending over some Magnet-O cereal (that they created with Three Wishes) to some of the Poster Posse artists that have done official Marvel art in the past for the release of X-Men '97!
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I'd really love to get some illustration work focused on drawing animals...
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Fellow art folks, show me your offices/workspaces!
Mine is in shambles compared to some of yours. I need a wayyy bigger desk and am constantly running out of space!
Dear designers/illustrators, show me your offices/workspaces. (This is where I work everyday, which also happens to be our living room.)
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Listen.... I normally don't care for the British Royal Family but this Kate Middleton saga has me hooked. Disappearing for 3 months and no press.... a blurry car pic.... then a Photoshopped pic of her and her kids....... then she takes the blame for editing it??? OKAY............
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Seven Samurai
This year marks the 70th anniversary of this movie. Here's one of the first posters I ever did, launching my career, back in 2017/2018
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Recently went into a deep dive on this sort of aesthetic from the 2000s. The term is Frutiger Aero - think glossy UI, Windows XP wallpapers, bright blues and greens
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Ok 10 hours in and Baldur’s Gate 3 is the smuttiest game I’ve ever played lmaooooo???!
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😎😎😎
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New intro post: I'm Zi Xu and I'm a poster illustrator (who recently started a second career as a model-actress 😎)
A few of my clients: Lionsgate, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Universal, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, a lot of bands, a lot of galleries... and more.
OPEN FOR WORK!
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Another piece of lore: I changed my name every few years as a child because no one could pronounce my Chinese one
I was Robin for a whole summer, Sophie at camp, and went by Ophelia for 4 years
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Occasionally I get flashes of inspiration for new illustrations as I’m falling asleep, usually I take my phone out and scribble a thumbnail before passing out. Unfortunately, I have no idea what this is supposed to be
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Ok so I started watching the original Dragon Ball for the first time and no one told me how cute this is??? The lil capsule vehicles??? Omg???
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WIP of a new poster release from me… this one has been so fun to work on!
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My mom is also a popular Chinese family blogger and when I told her my sister broke 100k followers on TikTok she was like “um… ok? That’s not that much lol, anyone can do that” and then trashed mine and my sis’ lack of follower engagement 💀 why is this my life…
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Is there a career where I can come to people's houses and organize their art workspace for them and give them tips on how to keep it clean........................ I am being 100% serious
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Gave a guest lecture talk at Art Center today! I miss being surrounded by a community of artists omg 💪🏼
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Bro what are even the chances of this!!! Maybe god is real idk.
Eclipse Reminder - Earth is the only planet that we know of that has a perfect solar eclipse, since our moon happens to be about the exact same size as our sun when seen from the surface.
As far as we know this is a coincidence, and about a one in a trillion bit of luck.
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I was obsessed with changing my background wallpaper every week. And my profile picture. And downloaded a billion themes and Winamp skins. To this day I still care a lot about tech accessories + customization haha
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My issue here is that even with a large buyout, I would still not be ok with having my art used to train AI. The problem isn’t even with the money, but seeing original works being used to create soulless husks of corporate “art”
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I got all Elden Ring Steam achievements today, which makes it the second game on my Steam that I've ever completed to 100%
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Do you guys know how humiliating it is to be the person with the least amount of online clout in my family. My mom is getting invited on influencer cruise trips and my sister is a popular cdrama cosplayer and I am here… drawing my little pictures…
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It turned out everyone just went to the airport to pick up a family friend and left me alone because I was asleep 💀
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Do you ever just look at an actors face and it’s just so unique that you just remember it forever
That’s me with Udo Kier and Lee Van Cleef. Look at these dudes. Perfect villain character actors. Those eyes…
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Video game booklets with a notes section on the back to write codes were the greatest thing on earth
We started to decline as a society when we stopped putting booklets in our video games
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Never doubting astrology girlies again… I’m a believer now
drake prediction mid may 2024; if he is resistant to change, maturity + assuming an authoritative role, this will be extremely challenging. it makes me think of a shocking headline that reveals he’s actually an awful absent father or something, thus effecting his career —
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Shock your followers w/ facts about you
-I did archaeological illustration work with Polish archaeologists + my college in the Southwest years ago. Co-authored a research paper & considered a career change
-Been taking archery lessons for over a year. I shoot for 4hrs a week
Shock your followers w/ facts about you!
1. I was a competitive powerlifter for many years and was quite good (a few state + collegiate records)
2. I have an elf ear (only one ear sadly and its a birth defect)
3. I used to have a kawaii charms and crafts tutorial youtube channel
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I’ve been watching some of the Godzilla and Kong Kong movies and I’m going to be honest… I feel like the reason why these two are angry all the time is because running around cities and stepping on cars and buildings is probably the titan equivalent of stepping on legos
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"don't expect me to art until I have my 5 hour Youtube documentary" t-shirts/coffee mugs, would make banger merch at comic cons and artist alleys worldwide
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When I play video games, I like to face my plushies towards the monitor…….. so they can watch 🥹
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Getting invested in fandom again is funny because it’s all fun and games until you inevitably meet…… Those Fans
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I haven’t used a drawing tablet for years ever since I switched to a screen one and sold my Intuos Pro…… but I just got this on sale for $30 and it’s sooo cute???
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Recently put some new prints up (including my Princess Mononoke one for Spoke Art) in my store - link below…
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I’m crying yall I downloaded tumblr again to see what’s been going on with that site and the FIRST post I get when I open the app is PORN…. What happened to the porn ban 😭😭😭😭
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Um……. can someone tell me why we are banning tiktok before guns again
Biden has signed the bill requiring TikTok to be sold or banned in the U.S.
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Dragon Ball Z was the first anime I was obsessed with when I was little. It’s been so long that I’ve forgotten what it’s about, but I remember how it made me feel! It wasn’t until adulthood that I realized the characters are named after veggies and underwear. RIP Toriyama. Legend
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Finally signed up for Actor's Access and breathed a sigh of relief that I can check off the only performing arts skill that I have
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This is wild - apparently the event I’m modeling for next week is hosted by several huge YouTubers so I got to meet and do fittings with them today for a few hours
I didn’t want to be awkward and say “omg I’ve seen your videos” but I absolutely had a “wow, celebrity” moment 😭
I am headed to a modeling job today that is a walkable distance. 15 min away from where I live. IN LA???????
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A few gig posters I've done for bands over the past few years. Love doing these as they're always the most creatively fulfilling and I can pitch ideas that I'm very passionate about
METALLICA (2019 tour)
FAILURE (2022 tour)
SMASHING PUMPKINS (2023 tour)
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Omg I hate how often I switch drawing programs… I use photoshop when I need to draw straight lines and align text easily and get the feel right of this one brush pack… but then I have to switch to CSP if I want fluid brushes and easier sketching… then I switch to Procreate to
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@edmundmcmillen
Not sure if my style is what you're looking for but I'd love to throw my hat in the ring! Artwork at zixu (.) art
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This is like the 5th post I’ve seen about this over the past few months and sorry I just have trouble wrapping my head around this and I don’t teach so if you teach can you help me out by confirming or denying this
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I am headed to a modeling job today that is a walkable distance. 15 min away from where I live. IN LA???????
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Verdict: love it! I actually can’t tell the drawing difference between this and my old Intuos Pro. Pen pressure feels great even though it’s “less” than the Intuos Pro line. It’s very small and the pen is quite tiny/flimsy though, but yeah this was absolutely a steal for $30
I haven’t used a drawing tablet for years ever since I switched to a screen one and sold my Intuos Pro…… but I just got this on sale for $30 and it’s sooo cute???
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To me, the bottom one looks less saturated and duller in colors, apart from the red. The red in the tritanomaly section looks a lot more vibrant than the red in the normal vision one. Curious if others experience it differently though?
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am I going to hell for laughing at kate middleton conspiracies the past week... yes. but also: is it crazy that the royal press put out those photoshopped pics and blamed it on her.... yes
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I’ll be a guest speaker at an art school next week, if you’re a student what do you like to see guest speakers talk about?? What do you wish you saw more of… career advice? Techniques/stuff I use? Do you want guest speakers to talk about current trends/fears like AI etc.
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I deleted my previous illustration of the bird I drew for my archery school because I realized I’m about to post another finished illustration in which I used the same drawing of the bird. Large and in the center. I’ve used that bird 5 times by now for different concepts/artwork.
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Missed the solar eclipse and portfolio day ❤️ too busy playing BALDURS GATE!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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I will shut up about Astarion someday but I got misty-eyed after he stabs Cazador and begins wailing...... I didn't really expect bg3 to give a complex and nuanced story about abuse and him becoming his own person and learning to say NO! high key cathartic
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I know that the pandemic fucked things over and there’s been a long list of issues surrounding the public school system in the US but STILL? I think the part about how a lot of kids nowadays don’t know basic computer skills because they’re only using their phones blows my mind
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I haven’t seen this show since I was 5 so it’s like I’m watching it for the first time.
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