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ABOUT

ABOUT

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Michael Alexander, also known as MEK.txt (b. 1990) is an Indonesian visual artist, typographer, designer, and developer. MEK.txt is a pseudonym for Michael's personal explorations in pixel art,

typography & design, and general dev pursuits. Professionally, I'm a Principal Designer in SANROK Studio, which I co-founded from 2011.

PIXEL ART
MEK.txt started his pixel art journey in 2022 by drawing daily for 3 years straight. This experience have been the foundation of his explorations in other places as well; in design and dev. He is also active in the fine art scene within blockchain communities— primarily in Tezos, Ethereum, and Solana. MEK.txt's works has been actively exhibited worldwide, both in group shows or solo. The full list of the exhibition can be found here.

DESIGN & TYPOGRAPHY
As a graphic designer, MEK.txt has been focusing his practices in the field of typography. He started to make fonts in 2013. Most of his fonts are licensed under CC0, and the collection could be found in MEK.type collection on OBJKT and also DaFont, which are all free to download and use. Ever since his pixel art exploration in 2022, he has since focusing his font creation effort in pixelated fonts.

DEV & BUILD
Apart from being a website developer in his professional work, MEK.txt also co-founded DOGGODOG Labs in 2024 for all of his experimental dev works. DOGGODOG is a two-person lab and playground co-founded by MEK.txt and JackTezos, with him acting as the Lead Product in the lab. DOGGODOG has shipped two products; SBJKT and Bandog.pet, both webapps that works as a power tool in Tezos blockchain.

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PIXEL ART

PIXEL ART

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One of MEK.txt's main body of work is manually hand-drawn pixel art. Taking a big inspiration from old masters of Japanese woodcut (Shin-Hanga technique), and also Romanticism-era engravings.

He's mainly working with Aseprite app. Drawn with the help of wacom, you could check the timelapse of his drawings on the links below:
Timelapse 1/Timelapse 2/Timelapse 3

MEK.txt also sell his digital artworks on various art-focused blockchain, which could be find on the links below:

OBJKT (Tezos)/SuperRare (ETH)/OpenSea (ETH)/ExchangeArt (SOL)

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DESIGN & TYPOGRAPHY

DESIGN & TYPOGRAPHY

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Before MEK.txt's pursuit in art, he has been professionally working as the Principal Designer for 14 years in SANROK Studio, a studio he co-founded back in 2011.

His long experience in directing and also executing design-related works shaped his perception in art and also personal/experimental design works. SANROK's Web/SANROK's Instagram

Coming from typography-focused background in design, he has always been interested in typography art and font creation. He created CC0 fonts that you could find in OBJKT's marketplace: MEK.type (OBJKT)

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DEV & BUILD

DEV & BUILD

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MEK.txt also do UI/X, web dev, and product design in SANROK Studio. In 2024 he co-founded a dev/product studio, DOGGODOG Labs along with an artist & dev friend, JackTezos to push further his experiments in dev/product direction.

Since 2024, DOGGODOG Labs have been shipping 2 products; SBJKT (a power app for fine art collectors on the Tezos' blockchain),

and BANDOG.pet (a power dashboard to track wallet activities, and to prevent scams by several validation tools).

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CONTACT ME

CONTACT ME

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