My first year at Rockstar and I won 2 awards at the Xmas party. One was best faux pas of the year.
stephen bliss
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stephen bliss
@iamstephenbliss
Artist. Ex-Senior Artist at Rockstar Games 2001-2016. Now: Creator of @LoobyonSol and Senator representing Fear City @fearcitynft
- 21 years ago I was walking to Rockstar to work on the game after San Andreas, which was… I lived in the East Village and it was a 20 minute walk. Turning the corner I’d see my art plastered over a lot of walls, or a bus would go by with SA art, then past a magazine stand w
- In 2001 I flew to NYC from London, started work at a game company called Rockstar. My brief was to paint the cover for a game called Grand Theft Auto 3. Little did I know how insanely huge Rockstar and GTA would become. What a ride that was!
- GTA VC posters shot w real bullets. Press event in Miami before the release of VC.
- On my wedding day, on the way to the reception, we drove past this. Strange seeing your new wife on a billboard.
- Looking forward to GTA6? Looks amazing. My favorite game to work on was GTA VCS.
- And after 9/11 I removed any violence from the cover and created the box grid.
- 2001. Fresh off the plane from England, I started painting the GTA3 artwork. Little did I know GTA would become the biggest selling entertainment franchise ever …!
- 2001. I painted the GTA3 covers, GTA3 had just been released, world went crazy, great experience. At the Rockstar Games Xmas office party I was awarded 2 awards - Best Faux Pas award, and the other I don’t want to elaborate upon. Great party! Those Rockstar parties were legendary
- Extreme collectibles! GTA Vice City posters covered in bullet holes, from a Rockstar Games Vice City press event in Miami, 2002.
- 2001 I flew to NYC to work at Rockstar Games. Life changer!
