Michael Maitlen
@mmaitlen.bsky.social
Software development by day, arting whenever possible. Using world building as a break from the craziness of this one.
https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelMaitlen
https://michaelmaitlen.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelMaitlen
https://michaelmaitlen.com/
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Michael Maitlen
@mmaitlen.bsky.social
· Dec 14
A bit about me
software developer
currently Dart/Flutter
started on Apple IIe
things that fuel my soul
- world building scifi/fantasy
- pen and ink drawing
- ttrpg
- juggling
- hiking
- outdoors
- trees
- ocean
other random words
technophile
pluviophile
YouTube
software developer
currently Dart/Flutter
started on Apple IIe
things that fuel my soul
- world building scifi/fantasy
- pen and ink drawing
- ttrpg
- juggling
- hiking
- outdoors
- trees
- ocean
other random words
technophile
pluviophile
YouTube
"Cutting foreign aid and science grants CANNOT lead to a meaningful reduction in government spending because it's just to small of a percentage of government spending." - John Green
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
#takeaction #standup #speakout
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
#takeaction #standup #speakout
DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Cutting foreign aid and science grants CANNOT lead to a meaningful reduction in government spending because it's just to small of a percentage of government spending." - John Green
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
#takeaction #standup #speakout
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
#takeaction #standup #speakout
Battle gear for #handsoff #goodtrouble
April 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Battle gear for #handsoff #goodtrouble
Celebrating @booker.senate.gov and his amazing, over 25 hr, hold of the senate floor, breaking the former record stating
"I am not here because of [Strom Thurmond's] speech, I am here despite his speech."
#goodtrouble #standup #speakout #socialimpact
"I am not here because of [Strom Thurmond's] speech, I am here despite his speech."
#goodtrouble #standup #speakout #socialimpact
April 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Celebrating @booker.senate.gov and his amazing, over 25 hr, hold of the senate floor, breaking the former record stating
"I am not here because of [Strom Thurmond's] speech, I am here despite his speech."
#goodtrouble #standup #speakout #socialimpact
"I am not here because of [Strom Thurmond's] speech, I am here despite his speech."
#goodtrouble #standup #speakout #socialimpact
April 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Michael Maitlen
Friends as we transition into 2025 & the unknown please use this for your mental health. Please Worry about what’s in your circle not the stuff outside your circle & outside your control. I promise you’ll be better off both physically & mentally.
December 26, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Friends as we transition into 2025 & the unknown please use this for your mental health. Please Worry about what’s in your circle not the stuff outside your circle & outside your control. I promise you’ll be better off both physically & mentally.
Looking to take my art in another direction, figure out how to inject more meaning
#socialimpact
#socialimpact
March 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Looking to take my art in another direction, figure out how to inject more meaning
#socialimpact
#socialimpact
Reposted by Michael Maitlen
It's time for #tinyworldjam!
Join me and @vidityavoleti.bsky.social in making #TTRPG micro settings that can fit within a few pages - worldbuild on a small scale, keep the scope easy, and have fun with it
Submissions open from now until January 31st at 11:59 pm ET
itch.io/jam/tiny-wor...
Join me and @vidityavoleti.bsky.social in making #TTRPG micro settings that can fit within a few pages - worldbuild on a small scale, keep the scope easy, and have fun with it
Submissions open from now until January 31st at 11:59 pm ET
itch.io/jam/tiny-wor...
January 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's time for #tinyworldjam!
Join me and @vidityavoleti.bsky.social in making #TTRPG micro settings that can fit within a few pages - worldbuild on a small scale, keep the scope easy, and have fun with it
Submissions open from now until January 31st at 11:59 pm ET
itch.io/jam/tiny-wor...
Join me and @vidityavoleti.bsky.social in making #TTRPG micro settings that can fit within a few pages - worldbuild on a small scale, keep the scope easy, and have fun with it
Submissions open from now until January 31st at 11:59 pm ET
itch.io/jam/tiny-wor...
I don't think I have my venn diagram perfected yet. But this is my first attempt at publishing an #ironsworn session. I think my next video will have more art and less of me stumbling along
#worldbuilding
youtu.be/-j3CIN9bTgw
#worldbuilding
youtu.be/-j3CIN9bTgw
World building an epic fantasy adventure with Google Earth
YouTube video by Michael Maitlen
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I don't think I have my venn diagram perfected yet. But this is my first attempt at publishing an #ironsworn session. I think my next video will have more art and less of me stumbling along
#worldbuilding
youtu.be/-j3CIN9bTgw
#worldbuilding
youtu.be/-j3CIN9bTgw
Reposted by Michael Maitlen
January 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
New YouTube #worldbuilding video introducing one of the civilizations I'm developing, the Verdac.
youtu.be/dfw0dzr7Wn4
youtu.be/dfw0dzr7Wn4
Worldbuilding new species and cultures
YouTube video by Michael Maitlen
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New YouTube #worldbuilding video introducing one of the civilizations I'm developing, the Verdac.
youtu.be/dfw0dzr7Wn4
youtu.be/dfw0dzr7Wn4
Frustrating when you're excited about the initial ideas and concept then following piece falls flat 😟
January 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Frustrating when you're excited about the initial ideas and concept then following piece falls flat 😟
Reposted by Michael Maitlen
You could check out my writing blog at wordpress.sharrukinspalace.com. I tag all my entries, so you could filter on "human destiny" and "architect of worlds" without much trouble.
I'm starting to post readables at my Ko-fi shop, but you may want to browse through the blog first.
I'm starting to post readables at my Ko-fi shop, but you may want to browse through the blog first.
Sharrukin's Palace
Building fantastic worlds of the mind
wordpress.sharrukinspalace.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
You could check out my writing blog at wordpress.sharrukinspalace.com. I tag all my entries, so you could filter on "human destiny" and "architect of worlds" without much trouble.
I'm starting to post readables at my Ko-fi shop, but you may want to browse through the blog first.
I'm starting to post readables at my Ko-fi shop, but you may want to browse through the blog first.
Reposted by Michael Maitlen
Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
January 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
Reposted by Michael Maitlen
Miles J Breuer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/breuer... was born on this day (3rd), so here's some magazine interior art for his stories 1930-1931 (Artist: 1, 3&4 HW Wesso, 2 Frank R Paul). 1 "The Driving Power", 2 "The Inferiority Complex", 3&4 two sets from "The Birth of a New Republic":
January 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Miles J Breuer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/breuer... was born on this day (3rd), so here's some magazine interior art for his stories 1930-1931 (Artist: 1, 3&4 HW Wesso, 2 Frank R Paul). 1 "The Driving Power", 2 "The Inferiority Complex", 3&4 two sets from "The Birth of a New Republic":
Some concept drawings for an upcoming video on the Verdac civilization for my #worldbuilding project
January 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Some concept drawings for an upcoming video on the Verdac civilization for my #worldbuilding project
I had no idea until just a couple weeks ago that Saturn had a #hexagon shaped storm at it's north pole...HOW FLIP'N COOL IS THAT!!! Just makes me love Saturn and hexagons all that more!!
science.nasa.gov/mission/cass...
science.nasa.gov/mission/cass...
Saturn's Hexagon in Motion - NASA Science
An enormous spinning hexagon in the clouds at Saturn’s north pole has fascinated observers since our first glimpse of it in the 1980s. The long-lived, symmetrical weather system – twice as wide as Ear...
science.nasa.gov
January 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I had no idea until just a couple weeks ago that Saturn had a #hexagon shaped storm at it's north pole...HOW FLIP'N COOL IS THAT!!! Just makes me love Saturn and hexagons all that more!!
science.nasa.gov/mission/cass...
science.nasa.gov/mission/cass...
Redwoods hike to usher in the new year
January 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Redwoods hike to usher in the new year
Reposted by Michael Maitlen
Birrin flying boats: It was a long road to the final painting, the aircraft lifting off in front of one of the great Southern floating cities.
#scifiart
#scifiart
December 30, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Birrin flying boats: It was a long road to the final painting, the aircraft lifting off in front of one of the great Southern floating cities.
#scifiart
#scifiart
Reposted by Michael Maitlen
One who observes and one who's wrestling
December 14, 2024 at 5:34 PM
One who observes and one who's wrestling
Selfies all the way down
January 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Selfies all the way down
Playing with some ideas for how to represent underground levels of a city
January 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Playing with some ideas for how to represent underground levels of a city
Doing some organizing and ran across these guys. Willingham was always one of my fav artists #ttrpg #d&d #themgoodoldays
December 29, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Doing some organizing and ran across these guys. Willingham was always one of my fav artists #ttrpg #d&d #themgoodoldays
New YouTube video posted! Discussing the evolution of the floating sky structure in my #worldbuilding project. Wanted to outline how I moved from one idea to the next to create depth and mature the concept of how and why the structures float.
youtu.be/o5oSkWaSkRo
youtu.be/o5oSkWaSkRo
Give Your Ideas Room to GROW!
YouTube video by Michael Maitlen
youtu.be
December 29, 2024 at 5:13 AM
New YouTube video posted! Discussing the evolution of the floating sky structure in my #worldbuilding project. Wanted to outline how I moved from one idea to the next to create depth and mature the concept of how and why the structures float.
youtu.be/o5oSkWaSkRo
youtu.be/o5oSkWaSkRo
Some concept art with watercolor for latest AlphaCore #worldbuilding video about how the floating sky structures ideas evolved. I mostly like how the piece turned out, certainly won't be looking for a new career, but using watercolor allowed me to be more "abstractie".
December 29, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Some concept art with watercolor for latest AlphaCore #worldbuilding video about how the floating sky structures ideas evolved. I mostly like how the piece turned out, certainly won't be looking for a new career, but using watercolor allowed me to be more "abstractie".
Got a new friend
December 20, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Got a new friend