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Whelp, I'm a lazy-ass guy!!
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I'm reeaaaaaaaaaaaally dang late with submitting any sort of life-signs on this site, ain't I!?
A thousand pardons to everyone who's looked forward to my latest doodles every day for the last one-and-a-half year.
Believe me, I've made loads of drawings. I've just been too busy doing other stuff (Keh, busy, I say
), meaning I've wasted days and weeks on other activities.
My main culprit?
Steam.
Ever since i found it, I've been hooked. Like with all good computer-entertainment, that's easy to understand, right?
It all started with getting Dust: an Elysian Tail (amazing game, by the way, Fidget is teh bomb!), then I fell for Team Fortress 2 (Gabe, you clever devil!), and then it spiraled out of control for me.
No seriously, I went nuts with TF2. Not as in me becoming a crazed gunman, of course (
"I'm not that much of a bloody inspiration, am I!?"). Oh, no, no, no.
It's something almost as bad. I started buying stuff for my inventory. Hats, jackets, pets, keys (lots of keys!) the WORKS. And I didn't know how much I spent, until I got a transaction summary from the bank.
Get this: Throughout 2014, I've spent almost 7000 DOLLARS on miscellaneous in-game accessories!!!
Yeah, you read it right. 7000 flipping U.S. Dollars worth of monetary assets, right into Valve's accounts, for virtual crapoley. Go me.
As said before, I bought keys mostly, and then traded them to an online Steam friend of mine in exchange for things such as unusuals (even netted me a Saxton Hale mask
), but i realize now of course i was a bit too generous, and not thinking about my own economy straight. I'm a wiser man now, after being burnt so harshly.
I can tell you, my parents were NOT amused.
(My cash had better paid off your golden ashtray, Mr. Newell! you're bloody welcome!!
)
Razzafrazzing
micro-transactions...
But anyway, Steam games have been taking up a lot of my life the last year-and-a-half, asides from real life too. (stuff has happened with work, family, a bit of travelling, that sorta stuff)
Of course, that didn't stop me from checking in now and then to see what my fellow and favorite artists have been up to either.
Problem is, with that much time between check-ups, I've let my Message box fill to the thousands with unchecked deviations, and for some reason, this made me get the funny idea to not post another new deviation myself until I had checked everything out of my inbox.
Well phooey on that thought!
Here on out, I'm gonna start posting stuff again, and I'm gonna make damn sure I don't stray from showcasing my stuff no more.
I am an ARTIST, dangit! We don't hold back the picturesque manifestations of our thoughts on the world around us to ourselves, we share them with each other.
It's what DeviantArt is meant for, right!? Call me a shoe if it isn't the case.
PEACE, FRIENDS
Mikal Arnesen
A thousand pardons to everyone who's looked forward to my latest doodles every day for the last one-and-a-half year.
Believe me, I've made loads of drawings. I've just been too busy doing other stuff (Keh, busy, I say
), meaning I've wasted days and weeks on other activities.My main culprit?
Steam.
Ever since i found it, I've been hooked. Like with all good computer-entertainment, that's easy to understand, right?
It all started with getting Dust: an Elysian Tail (amazing game, by the way, Fidget is teh bomb!), then I fell for Team Fortress 2 (Gabe, you clever devil!), and then it spiraled out of control for me.
No seriously, I went nuts with TF2. Not as in me becoming a crazed gunman, of course (
"I'm not that much of a bloody inspiration, am I!?"). Oh, no, no, no.It's something almost as bad. I started buying stuff for my inventory. Hats, jackets, pets, keys (lots of keys!) the WORKS. And I didn't know how much I spent, until I got a transaction summary from the bank.
Get this: Throughout 2014, I've spent almost 7000 DOLLARS on miscellaneous in-game accessories!!!
Yeah, you read it right. 7000 flipping U.S. Dollars worth of monetary assets, right into Valve's accounts, for virtual crapoley. Go me.
As said before, I bought keys mostly, and then traded them to an online Steam friend of mine in exchange for things such as unusuals (even netted me a Saxton Hale mask
), but i realize now of course i was a bit too generous, and not thinking about my own economy straight. I'm a wiser man now, after being burnt so harshly.I can tell you, my parents were NOT amused.
(My cash had better paid off your golden ashtray, Mr. Newell! you're bloody welcome!!
)Razzafrazzing
micro-transactions...But anyway, Steam games have been taking up a lot of my life the last year-and-a-half, asides from real life too. (stuff has happened with work, family, a bit of travelling, that sorta stuff)
Of course, that didn't stop me from checking in now and then to see what my fellow and favorite artists have been up to either.
Problem is, with that much time between check-ups, I've let my Message box fill to the thousands with unchecked deviations, and for some reason, this made me get the funny idea to not post another new deviation myself until I had checked everything out of my inbox.
Well phooey on that thought!
Here on out, I'm gonna start posting stuff again, and I'm gonna make damn sure I don't stray from showcasing my stuff no more.
I am an ARTIST, dangit! We don't hold back the picturesque manifestations of our thoughts on the world around us to ourselves, we share them with each other.
It's what DeviantArt is meant for, right!? Call me a shoe if it isn't the case.
PEACE, FRIENDS
Mikal Arnesen
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New DA name (WOO-HOOOOO!)
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Finally, I changed my username!
Took some thought, but I did it.
Now, go look at something interesting, okay?
Took some thought, but I did it.
Now, go look at something interesting, okay?
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Oh yeah, 2012. Now let's see if the world really ends this year or not.
My money's on "not".
Anyways, it seems like my last entry was conceived to soon, as I has yet to make something digital arts here.
I hope to make amends on that promise during this year. That's my New Years resolution!
Now, to finally unpack my Bamboo tablet for real...
My money's on "not".
Anyways, it seems like my last entry was conceived to soon, as I has yet to make something digital arts here.
I hope to make amends on that promise during this year. That's my New Years resolution!
Now, to finally unpack my Bamboo tablet for real...
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Well, I am finally able to post stuff up again.
I got to apologize to anyone out there who missed me doling out half-good crap they could have a gander at on an un-regular basis.
My reason for not posting any art at all for half a year?
My scanner-combined-printer wouldn't scan.
All because the color-sockets were empty after my second-older sister had borrowed it and I, the big numbskull that I am, hadn't the faintest idea how to fix it. (we don't have a workshop around where I live where you can get your computers and such fixed. No one I know about, that is...
)
...And it's first NOW I fix it!
Something so simple, and I had to be a moron and try to figure it out myself the really, REALLY hard and long way!
...
Anyhow, I'm pleased to inform you guys who care to read this that I'm no longer on the sidelines, but back in the field and burning to give it my best.
And now I have the tools to make my art stand out more: a new computer, Photoshop, and a Bamboo tablet!
Now I only need to practice with them, and then, watch out!
Michael is BACK!!
I got to apologize to anyone out there who missed me doling out half-good crap they could have a gander at on an un-regular basis.
My reason for not posting any art at all for half a year?
My scanner-combined-printer wouldn't scan.
All because the color-sockets were empty after my second-older sister had borrowed it and I, the big numbskull that I am, hadn't the faintest idea how to fix it. (we don't have a workshop around where I live where you can get your computers and such fixed. No one I know about, that is...
)...And it's first NOW I fix it!
Something so simple, and I had to be a moron and try to figure it out myself the really, REALLY hard and long way!
...
Anyhow, I'm pleased to inform you guys who care to read this that I'm no longer on the sidelines, but back in the field and burning to give it my best.
And now I have the tools to make my art stand out more: a new computer, Photoshop, and a Bamboo tablet!
Now I only need to practice with them, and then, watch out!
Michael is BACK!!
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A sloooooow journalist......
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I'm really not that much of a journal-user, that much I bet you folks have noticed.
Why, my last entry was almost half a year ago!
...and to think of all the stuff I could've written for your entertainment here. (or of your nonexistent interest at all.)
Anyways, I'm just babbling here. What I really meant to write, was that I think it's about time I began posting stuff again, both journal-entrys and art(Finally!).
Hope some of you guys still wants to see what I have.
Well, Ciao!
Why, my last entry was almost half a year ago!
...and to think of all the stuff I could've written for your entertainment here. (or of your nonexistent interest at all.)
Anyways, I'm just babbling here. What I really meant to write, was that I think it's about time I began posting stuff again, both journal-entrys and art(Finally!).
Hope some of you guys still wants to see what I have.
Well, Ciao!
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