{"id":9136,"date":"2026-03-24T16:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=9136"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:56:40","slug":"guild-wars-2-speedpaintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/03\/guild-wars-2-speedpaintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Guild Wars 2 Speedpaintings | March 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9138\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.17-Stuart-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9138 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.17-Stuart-web.png\" alt=\"Speedpainting of a fiery charr surrounded by flames and wielding an oversized wrench-like tool over his shoulder. \" width=\"672\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.17-Stuart-web.png 672w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.17-Stuart-web-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guild Wars 2 &#8220;speedpainting&#8221; commission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3YJTtMY8hbg?si=KkGgpjItpLyGDT8e\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to occasionally update this blog with some art I haven&#8217;t posted here before! Starting with a few Guild Wars 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/commissions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tier 3 &#8220;speedpainting&#8221; commissions<\/a> from a while back. These are 3 of my favorites from 2023!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The other reason I wanted to post these is because I took timelapses of several pieces from the 2023 batch of &#8220;speedpaintings.&#8221; I&#8217;m planning to post the timelapse for the first and third artworks in this post (the fiery charr and the confident-looking sylvari).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I recently finished editing the timelapse videos for those two, and will post them to YouTube soon. <strong>I&#8217;ll update this post when those process videos are up!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9137\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.06.20-Luke-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9137 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.06.20-Luke-web.png\" alt=\"Speedpainting of a Guardian-like character wielding an Ascalonian greatsword erupting with blue flames. \" width=\"1280\" height=\"905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.06.20-Luke-web.png 1280w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.06.20-Luke-web-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.06.20-Luke-web-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.06.20-Luke-web-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.06.20-Luke-web-1140x806.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guild Wars 2 &#8220;speedpainting&#8221; commission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6VBph9uJ_0?si=V5BfgcaH8Y6KKfwK\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m undecided about whether I&#8217;ll post the timelapse for the middle artwork (with the Ascalonian sword &#8211; one of my favorite weapon skins!), even though this is personally one of my favorite speedpaintings (I learned much about brushwork doing this one). I discovered while editing the clips that there&#8217;s a small portion in the middle that didn&#8217;t record. It&#8217;s very short, but it&#8217;s one of the parts I personally would want to see drawn (it&#8217;s when I draw the shoulder shapes), and I feel like it&#8217;s less interesting without this portion in there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9139\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.30_Rae-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9139 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.30_Rae-web.png\" alt=\"Speedpainting of a sylvari engineer wielding an angular sword accented by a red glow. \" width=\"950\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.30_Rae-web.png 950w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.30_Rae-web-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.30_Rae-web-768x543.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvari Engineer | Guild Wars 2 &#8220;speedpainting&#8221; commission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IXOYPPBqbqQ?si=v-jabOEor1_am9ae\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Timelapse video above<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I searched all through my frames and sadly it is nowhere! It&#8217;s just lost. I&#8217;ll look at the video again to see if it&#8217;s still interesting to watch, but argh! I wish I had it there, because that one was so fun to draw, and I&#8217;d have liked to see that part drawn too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll again update this post with the process videos when they&#8217;re up!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>April 1, 2026<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Added timelapse video for the &#8220;GW2 Charr Engineer&#8221; Speedpainting.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March 30, 2026<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Added timelapse video for the &#8220;Guild Wars 2 Guardian&#8221; Speedpainting.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March 25, 2026<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Added timelapse video for the &#8220;Sylvari Engineer&#8221; Speedpainting.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.17-Stuart-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9138 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.17-Stuart-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.17-Stuart-web.png 672w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2023.07.17-Stuart-web-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a> Guild Wars 2 &#8220;speedpainting&#8221; commission<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to occasionally update this blog with some art I haven&#8217;t posted here before! Starting with a few Guild Wars 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/commissions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tier 3 &#8220;speedpainting&#8221; commissions<\/a> from a while back. These are a selection of my favorites from 2023!<\/p>\n<p>The other reason I wanted to post these is because I took timelapses of several pieces from the 2023 batch of &#8220;speedpaintings.&#8221; I&#8217;m planning to post the timelapse for the first and third artworks in this post (the fiery charr and the confident-looking sylvari).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I recently finished editing the timelapse videos for those two, and will post them to YouTube soon. <strong>I&#8217;ll update this post when those videos are up!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[408,5,340,422],"tags":[413,386,387,410,388],"class_list":["post-9136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commissions","category-digital-art","category-finished-art","category-guild-wars-2","tag-charr","tag-guild-wars-2","tag-gw2","tag-gw2-commission","tag-sylvari"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Landy","author_link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/author\/liz\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/commissions\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Commissions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/finished-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Finished Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/guild-wars-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Guild Wars 2<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Guild Wars 2 \"speedpainting\" commission I've been meaning to occasionally update this blog with some art I haven't posted here before! Starting with a few Guild Wars 2 Tier 3 \"speedpainting\" commissions from a while back. These are a selection of my favorites from 2023! 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