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About Me Premium Member Digital Artist MalaveldtMale/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 5 Years
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A Season in Vegas.

Journal Entry: Wed Nov 18, 2009, 7:04 AM
Yesterday marked the three month anniversary of me being with Petroglyph Games here in Las Vegas. It's always strange moving someplace new, but the experience has been both positive and absolutely surreal. Mostly I do concept art for production, but I've found myself doing 3D often enough as well. I will always miss Simutronics and working on Hero's Journey, but the current hush-hush title I'm working on is letting me use a different set of eyes than I used for a fantasy game.

I also have a house with a garage. It's taken me this long for it to really sink in that I actually have space to work on stuff, for the first time in about ten years. I've been buying a bunch of woodworking tools, as well as getting stuff together to do stained glass. I'm even almost done with that dummy MG42 I've wanted for so long. Damned if there isn't someone I miss so much it's like losing a limb, though.

When you move like this, there always seems to be additional mental overhead associated with even the simple stuff, so I apologize for not updating more often. I'm pretty much done with freelance for now, but I'm working on my book project again. This place has been really good to me, and I'll be updating more often in the future.

Edit: Also, I'm on Facebook now. God help us all. 'Mike Doscher' if you would like to stalk or be stalked. Derp.

  • Mood: Content
  • Listening to: Doctor Steel
  • Drinking: Diet Mountain Dew

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: St. Louis
  • Favourite band or musician: Van der Graaf Generator
  • Favourite genre of music: Prog Rock
  • Favourite artist: Albrecht Durer
  • Favourite poet or writer: William Burroughs
  • Operating System: Windows XP
  • MP3 player of choice: computer (what, me move?)
  • Shell of choice: armor piercing incendiary
  • Wallpaper of choice: yellow
  • Skin of choice: human
  • Favourite game: Kingdom of Loathing
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC
  • Favourite cartoon character: Captain Murphy (R.I.P.)
  • Tools of the Trade: mechanical pencil, Wacom Intuos3, caffeine

Comments


:icondeath-machine:
heya, i saw your mg42 prop.
how much did you have to spend for it?

i am a collector myself and want to aquire such a piece,
but in europe its seems a bit pricey, if its made out of metal.

around 1.500 euro and up...

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todo
:iconmalaveldt:
I spent about $450 or so on it, and I'll probably be spending more for various additional parts/fixes. Most of my dummy gun is actually made from a demilled Yugo M-53. There are some prop and airsoft MG42s that look really nice, but this turned out to be the most cost-effective way to go. Best of luck finding what you're looking for.
:icondahque:
Great retro-futristic designs.

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My "impending doom" sence is tingling :omfg:
:iconlioschulze:
wow!!! I do really love all your stuff, it's so fucking amazing!

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Go crazy!!! create worlds!!! design your room!!! write a book!!!! and Enjoy!
:iconorigin21:
All I can say is, you are undoubtably a genius
:iconmavhn:
great stuff. watch!

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Sick liasons raised this monumental mark, the sun sets forever over Blackwater Park
:iconcheesy-peas-please:
Your artwork is top banana.

Regards
:iconkcziolkowski:
just a question. i notice the style of mecha, and wonder. Have you ever played the PS2 game Ring of Red?
:iconmalaveldt:
I get asked that every once in a while, and I'm afraid I haven't. I really wasn't into games when that came out, but I came across some concept art on the web last year and really enjoyed the look they were going for.

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