======All About Mixel======

First of all, if you're interested in commissioning or hiring me, or are more concerned with academic things - I have a more commercial porfolio site at: [[http://www.mfdawes.com|www.MFDawes.com]] - where I present only my best and most relevant work. By contrast - Mixelmagic.com covers pretty much everything I do online, and serves as a dump for all my projects, experiments, social networking and so-on.

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=====Statistics=====
  ***Name:** Michael Francis Dawes
  ***Age:** 28\\ 
  ***Height:** 5'5"\\ 
  ***Eyes:** Green\\ 
  ***Sign:** Scorpio\\ 

=====Previously On Mixel...=====
  * Born in yorkshire, UK.
  * Early schooling in Otley.
  * Moved to Leeds (with parents obviously)
  * School was ok. Didn't do brilliantly, didn't do terribly.
  * 15? - getting into comms and started making friends online.
  * 16 - Diagnosed as having Crohns disease - had surgery for that, now have ongoing treatment.
  * Numerous attempts at college hindered by illness.
  * Met Katherine & got married, moved into our own home. It's nice here!
  * Started work on Creeping Me Out, a web-comic which has eaten big chunks of my life. 

===== Things I can do=====
Web & Graphic design, Contemporary & Fantasy art - digital and traditional. IT - specialist areas being the Macintosh platform, Windows troubleshooting, and general software issues.

=====Blather=====
 I'm a 'frustrated artist' who above all values friendship and creativity. I'm into a lot of computer things, from comms through graphics, design and gaming. I've been making net-stuff since the mid nineties, when I ran a local BBS system. (over dialup.. 14kbps modem! those were the days) I am a dreamer, but not entirely the wishy-washy get nothing done type. I think creation is among the most important things in anyone's lifetime. This covers children, happiness in others, material or conceptual things. I have nothing against people who don't do any of these, they're just something to strive for. 

=====Things I like=====
Apple, OsX. Wacom Tablets. People with ideas. People who create. 'Dark' stuff, especially if intricate. Over the top music. Dressing up. The internet. Online culture. Small fluffy animals. Geekiness. A lot of Anime and Manga. Pretty things. Fantasy. Science fiction. Roleplay gaming. Console gaming. Drawing. Painting. Creativity. Open-mindedness. Pets.

=====Things I don't like=====
Losing things. Unnecessary or blatant dishonesty. Closed mindedness. Almost all poetry. :) Furries/Most furry art. People's inability to see wonder or humour in things. Boredom (in other people).  

=====Hardware Used=====
Macintosh (dual 1.8 G5). Sony PEG-UX50. Wacom Intuos2. Sony Ericsson t610. Gamecube. Amiga 1200/40t. PS2. Nintendo DS. 

=====Software Used=====
Adobe Photoshop CS3. Pixologic ZBrush. CSSedit. TextWrangler. Lost Marble's Moho. Pixen.

=====Favourite Music=====
Rhapsody. Manowar. Fields Of The Nephilim. Blind Guardian. Dir En grey. Malice Mizer. Nobuo Uematsu. Chris Huelsbeck. David Whittaker. Press Play On Tape. Machinae Supremacy.

=====Games=====
Final Fantasy 5,6,7,T. Soul Calibur series. Bust a Move/Puzzle Bobble. Taito stuff. Silent Hill series. DDR. Pikmin. Gitaroo Man. Resident Evil 4.

=====Why "Mixel?"=====
Mixel was originally just a shortening of Michael which people called me online. It is also some sort of weird pixel related thing to do with inaccurate data in bitmap based scans. (a mixel being a "mixed pixel" containing data spread over two squares, causing inaccuracy in the data) Also, I do pixel-graphics, so it seems like a cute nick which has stuck, for better or worse.

====== Mixel Online Elsewhere ======
[[http://mixelmagic.deviantart.com|Mixel's DeviantART Gallery]]\\
[[http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/m/f/mfdawes/mfdawes.html|Mixel's Art On Elfwood]]\\
[[http://www.myspace.com/mixel|Mixel's Myspace Profile]]\\
[[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=223101764|Mixel On Facebook]]\\