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P.Sam Yeates的Micael Priest Ortrait
真的分解了这个消息Micael牧师过世了。这样一个甜蜜的男人,如此荒谬的才华横溢,完全是一个褪色的奥斯汀的象征。
He did the early art — like, most of it in the early days before we had an art team — for Ultima Online. He was a famed poster artist for Armadillo World Headquarters, rendering inked versions of Zappa and Willie Nelson and countless others in a detailed, hatched and stippled, bold cartoon style.
他是Cordblind - 我还记得他感谢我们让他知道他通过意外地为UO做了绿色的人。一世remember when he defended us during the run up to alpha, when Richard came to complain about the artwork in the game that Kristen and I had put in as placeholders until we got the real work, and Micael said “it’s not programmer art… it’s designer art! So it’s better!” I also remember walking into his office one day and being surprised by the presence of Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame); I fled in the presence of one of my heroes, and he told me after, “you should have stayed, I’d have introduced you!”
一世thought of him often, but we had lost touch, because I am lousy at staying in touch with people. He wasn’t active online, and these days notifications are what passes for friendships. During UO crunch we all lived in each other’s pockets for months on end, and then… distance, and time.
很难想象这样一个重要的存在消失了,但他留下了如此多的工作,如奥斯汀文化的邮票。甚至有一个Micael祭司,很久以前宣布了市长宣布。
今天也来了这个消息Threadgill的世界总部正在关闭;Micael’s art hangs all over the walls. Everything becomes ephemera, I suppose, to be auctioned off. We are left with the memories of smiles and warmth, of talent, and the unmistakable twinkle in his eyes.