Mike Doscher Illustration

2011-10-03T22:52:00.000-07:00

Consider that for the few moments in between losing everything and the lights going out, you are immortal.

A nameless encounter in a forgotten place during the 2090 Troubles. Speedpaint, done in Photoshop.

Blog, rise from your grave.

2011-08-21T22:41:00.000-07:00

Social media makes me antisocial.

Let's see: We've got Facebook, where you get to call coworkers, distant relations, and people you're stalking 'friends'. Then you've got Twitter, which is optimized for tracking the mood swings of b-list celebrities and seeing what parts of London are burning at the moment. Tumblr is like being hosed down with sparkling unicorn poo.

Hello blaaaawwgosphere, I missed you. Sorry to have bored or otherwise disappointed the five or six very nice people who have clickified on some piece of Berners-Lee magic or another and come here. AS YOUR REWARD: Here's something large and rusty, along with a promise to update more often- regularly even.

Eve Online contest

2010-10-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

I took time off from working on the book project to make something for the 'Design an Eve Online Spacecraft' contest that Deviantart was having.

I tried exploring a few different ideas for the design, mostly involving trying to make something with elements of 'classic' space opera vessels while experimenting with shapes that pushed the center of mass forward a little.

I also wanted to explore the tension between a (somewhat) smooth hull and the really baroque machinery and pressure hull underneath it. This is the reason for the 'cracked lava' look.

I started with a loose sketch of my idea, then made a low poly 3D proxy model to explore the basic massing. Once satisfied, I made a very light printout and drew my final linework over it. I did this for both the ortho and plan drawings.

The vessel is designed for a strike role, sacrificing armor for speed and firepower. The vessel name is a sort of comment on the vulnerability of the critical areas. =P

Not dead. Just in Vegas.

2010-10-05T13:07:00.000-07:00

Oh hey, still alive- Working for Petroglyph out in Vegas doing concept design for a game of theirs. Also working on a book idea or three. This is what I'm working on right now:

2009-03-09T23:11:00.000-07:00

Almost done! I should have it done tomorrow.

Back from... well, somewhere.

2009-03-04T15:10:00.000-08:00

Awright, I'm going to start updating this again. Check out what I'm working on right now:

More vehicle concepts

2007-07-23T11:42:00.000-07:00

Vehicle concepts

2007-07-20T16:14:00.000-07:00

Some vehicles I designed for a game pitch that never went anywhere.

Ballpoint Illustration.

2007-04-22T23:51:00.000-07:00

Kind of a throwback to an earlier style of mine, but it's a surprisingly restful medium to work in.

Another mech concept

2007-04-22T23:49:00.001-07:00

Trying to paint a little bit more.

2007-04-16T23:45:00.000-07:00

First Post! is the new 'Hello World!'

2007-03-23T17:29:00.000-07:00

Okay, how about a few current pieces of my concept art?

I'll add some more stuff and set this thing up properly this weekend.