It would be horrifying and cool all at once." Checkmate: Vexx started with these red and white squares and built up his design for the Vision GT from there You have a very recognisable style – how did it come about? One with wild lines, spiky wheels and everything. I would genuinely love to see a real Porsche car designed by a 12-year-old, though. Of course, I now understand as an adult why my childhood drawings didn’t end up going into production. As you can imagine, I was over the moon and went home, immediately scanned them and sent a big email over. They were so nice and encouraging, telling me how amazing my art was, and that I could email them. "Eventually, when I was about 12, I went to the Auto Salon convention with my drawings, marched up to the Porsche stand and proudly showed my artwork to the people there. As I was only around five years old, my drawings didn’t look anything like Porsche cars, but I produced them in droves. Since my dad’s favourite brand was Porsche, that’s exactly what I drew. At that point I only drew their side view because it was easier! It made me want to design my own car. "I’ve been into cars – and specifically drawing them – since I was a little a kid. It’s fortunate that I still like the design and colours!" Vexx spent many hours each day at Gamescom – sometimes well past midnight – painting the bodywork of the Porsche Vision GT by hand How did you originally discover your passion for Porsche? We originally planned to do this long ago. It’s strange to think that right now, as I’m painting the real car, that it’s a two-year-old drawing. The colouring book was of course black and white, so the Porsche Vision GT was my first digital art project using colour. I created a colouring book called Creatopia, which was essentially my maiden voyage into that world. I only properly started drawing digitally during the pandemic. "This was actually one of my first ever digital drawings. Everything today is the product of two years of working together." Your design for the life-sized Porsche Vision GT was used for the in-game car too – how much experience had you before with digital drawings? But while we were waiting, other creative ideas came to the fore, like a PUMA clothing collection and then the limited-edition model car and hood designs. That put a stopper on it for almost two years. But when we were all set to take this project forward, the pandemic hit. Porsche loved my art, which was super nice to hear. "I was approached about the idea way back in 2020. Blank canvas: the Porsche Vision GT that awaited Vexx’s artistic touch How did this Porsche art car project come about? Here’s the lowdown on this ground-breaking concept car and collaboration – one which included Vexx creating an exclusive collector’s model, car hood and limited-edition PUMA fashion collection – as well as the Brussels artist’s exciting creative journey. Not only did Vexx hand-paint this unique vehicle, it has also been created in digital form to be unlocked and driven in the game itself. So when he was invited by Porsche to paint the exterior of the striking Porsche Vision GT concept car at Gamescom in Cologne – one of the largest events on the gaming calendar – it was always going to be a huge event.ĭuring a brief break at the event, Vexx took time out to talk about what it was like to design and paint the exterior of the real-life Porsche Vision GT showcar – built to mirror the game’s vehicle and the only one in existence. With his vibrant, cartoonish style, 24-year-old Belgian artist Vexx is making a big name for himself in the world of art. Now, this very special art car is available to digitally race in Gran Turismo 7 The exciting artist Vexx hand-painted the Porsche Vision GT live at the Gamescom gaming convention in his signature style. How artist Vexx painted the Porsche Vision Gran Turismo Bringing the ultimate canvas to colourful life at Gamescom 2022
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