About Me
- Resume - For people who want to pay me money.
- Favorite Quotes - A collection of quotes serious and funny, long and short, famous and not.
- Favorite Books - This is a short list of the books on my shelf which I read repeatedly.
- Favorite Movies - My favorite movies and tv shows. I pruned it as best I could, but it's a long list.
- Personal Dictionary - My own specialized vocabulary.
Bio
I am an artist and web developer living in Seattle with my Significant Other and two cats. I am an ex-mormon (since 1997). I dropped out of college two classes shy of a degree. My hair is strawberry-blond naturally, but blue normally. People don't like me much. I have some theories about that, like the fact that I seem incapable of remembering what they look like or what their names are - which leads to awkward moments later. Or the fact that I can't play female politics with any skill whatsoever, and even at times have the gall to suggest other women stop playing those games themselves. But it's probably just that I am not a very nice person and I watch too much Doctor Who.
I've been online since 1996, with my first web page: "The Altar to the Computer Gods," which evolved into "Deal with the Devil," where you could sell your soul online. I got a lot of hate mail for that. This portfolio debuted in 2000 when I got the mleiv.com domain name as a birthday present from the S.O.
I tinker around this site, redesigning it every few years, and adding stuff when I have the time. I don't get a lot of visitors, but I am content just reading it myself when I am lonely or bored at work. It serves as a reminder of my past and (sometimes) an impetus to future ambitions. Since I don't keep a journal and I don't take a lot of photos and I don't have many long-term relationships, it's probably the only accurate timeline of my life to be found.
And for the curious, mleiv is not my online nom de plume, it is my real nickname. I've had it since I was twelve, so don't give me that funny look.
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i LOVED your comic about the womens version of armor in WoW. As a girl player I used to get so pissed off about the ridiculous armor chicks got.. now my main is a male char :) problem solved
I'll have to echo Lisa in that i really appreciated you comic about womens' apparel in WoW. Although i differ slightly in that i am a male player, but i play female characters. I admire strong, confident women, so i play as such, and i am lucky, IRL in that my own spouse is a bit of a tomboy, and possessed of the above-listed qualities i adore. Back to the main subject, i find wearing a surcoat or a nicely colored shirt at all times eliminates the goofy midriff armor look... although it would be nice to show of the texture maps of my chest piece, but *shrugs* oh well.
Haha. I used to think the guys who played female characters were just really weird. Or perverted. But recently one of my oldest male friends picked up a female Blood Elf so I guess I have to shut up now.
Or I can just taunt him more. Hear me Trevor? :P
My BF plays a female character. He feels that if he has to look at a character for hours on end, he'd rather watch a female ass any day. I don't know whether or not to be jealous of a bunch of polygons. I'm gonna stick with no.
I find it funny that everyone is commenting on *this* page regarding my WoW comic. The image in question is here. I don't want to think that this is the only important thing I've ever done, haha.
Your Sketches are unbelievable, if you devoted your spare time to that you could be one of the best. You are upset on a completed sketch that took 3 hours, some famous painters spend months. Look what you could do.
YOUR VERY GOOD, SKETCHES......
I thought your comic was cute. Keep up the sketches, you're getting pretty good. :)
"Getting pretty good"???? That's the understatement of the century. Have you looked over her page? Are you blind?
Awwww. You are both far too nice. :) Although I'm not sure that "cute" is the best term for my comic given its bleak and fatalistic theme. But I'm a Disney fan, so meh, whatever.
I gotta admit, it was your WoW comic that lead me to this site, and I think it's an awesome comic. I have checked out some of your other entries while I was here however, and enjoyed them quite a bit as well. I like the game "The Rapture" and I'm reading your graphic novel in progress, so keep it up. I also live in Salt Lake City, so I think it's cool that your novel takes place there. Good job :)
Thank you. :) I think the comic will be more fun for people who have lived in SLC - some inside jokes. Just don't be too critical if I get some places wrong - it's been a few years since I walked around there.
Hey, just saw that your other WOW comic (the one with the beach) is in the Blizzard comics section now. Gratz on that. Looks like you were in my hometown not too long ago too, yeah SLC's drinking laws are still pretty wierd lol.
Haha - you know, I submitted that in December. That's some backlog they have over at WoW headquarters, LOL. But glad to see it was noticed - I had long since given up on it. :)
I love Holly's expression in page 15 of "The Locked Maze" can't wait to read more. Are you planning on releasing it in actual book format when done?
Well... ummm... maybe for myself! I guess I could put it on Lulu or something, depending on the effort involved. Or I could mail a xerox to the handful of people who might want one, ha. It is a different experience, printed. More the way I intended it, strangely enough.
I was talking with my bro about some old co-workers and we wondered where MLEIV ended up. I said "I'll bet she has a website" and waalaa.
I see you haven't lost your talents. Nice work!
Hope all is well.
This is Carson from IBM? One of "the twins"? OMG that was ages ago. I was such a whiny little prick back then that it's very kind that you looked me up, at least not just to check whether I am unemployed and tole-painting "Jesus Bless This House" plaques out of my basement. LOL.
I am doing great: I love Seattle (apart from the allergies) and my techie job leaves me plenty of "me" time to paint. What's up with you two? And d'ya know anything about the other "EduQuest" alumni? (haha) Looked up Chris B. once but saw no sign of him.
Yes, Carson one of the twins.
I'm glad you are doing well and happy in Seattle.
Cam and I are both art directors at different companys now. I have spent the last 15 years in the video game industry corrupting kids world wide and then decided it was time to grow up so now I do a lot of boring stuff. I still try to keep up with the sculpting and painting though.
As far as the others - I think that Suzi is at BYU and Chris B is out in Boston. His website is www.beckerstudio.com - I think he is doing well.
I don't know what ever happened to Jen or the others though.
Damn, everyone sounds so... successful. :P But we all know I was the poser in that group, so it's only what I expected. I have a late-H.S. niece that wants to get into gaming art. I dunno whether to encourage that or not, ha. I myself prefer to stay on the consumer side of that business. :)