***TL;DR: Wanna see all the fans I've restored? See link below!!!***


"So, whatcha been up to lately, Zippy?"

Well, I'm not spending too much time drawing or being on Skype lately, that's for sure... ^^;
Work's just been a little hectic with the clients I'm currently dealing with. As some of you know, I'm an eLearning developer. Basically, this client comes with such short notice, that we're developing their class for them only a week before it's available to students. That means working fast, fast, fast, and not having much time for QA and review before it goes live. *grumbles* Frustrating! But after I stress myself out at work, there's nothing I enjoy more than to come home, isolate myself in the garage, blast some crappy pop music, and get to working on restoring some old fans. I guess you could say it's kinda been replacing my drawn art lately. *shrugs* And if you ask yourself why I like doing this more these days, it's just simply because drawing has been boring me lately...a lot! I've lost my muse. I hit a block well over a year ago, and I've just not found my way back through it, I suppose. Every picture was a struggle between my frustration drawing it and willpower to complete it. So I turned to something else for another creative outlet...and it's fixing things.

I enjoy sticking my nose in old towns, browsing the antique stores. That's really one great thing about the area I live in. Lots of old railroad towns nearby that have seen better days. Ghost town store fronts that are crammed with nothing but antique stores to keep their economies alive. I love meeting the people there, and I'd be lying if I said my hobby hasn't earned me a lot of friends or placed my name as "fan repair" on a contact list in the store. So...I browse for old fans, ones cheap and deserving for a new lease on life: some oil, some paint, some love.

Some of you probably remember that GE Vortalex I restored and popped a journal up for the other month. That was actually fan number 3 in a line that's worked itself well above 10 now! And if you can imagine, in my bedroom currently, I have 5 vintage fans that I've restored/fixed...and that's not even excluding the rest of the house! In summers over 90F, I've definitely got a cool room, that's for sure! <333


If you're interested in seeing my projects, please click here! It's a folder containing all the fans I've restored and fixed, mostly in Before>After order:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/izuquz6m.....lsa37URsa?dl=0


And actually, it's spreading beyond fans now and into bicycles! My current project is a restoration of a late 40s Schwinn cruiser. I've had it for a couple weeks now, priming, sanding, and smoothing. It's just about ready for paint, actually. But that's a talk for another time.

I just wanted to keep you all updated and such. I hope you're all doing well and aren't too disappointed with my drop in art lately.

Take care everyone,
-Zippy <3


***TL;DR: Wanna see all the fans I've restored? See link above!!!***