User:Master of Zelda

Michael Loyd is currently producing 3D art for Nintendo 3DS at his blog MoZ3D. Michael was also the Art Designer for Zelda Reorchestrated (2005-2012), developing album art for each coinciding game, from The Legend of Zelda to Skyward Sword.

Michael was introduced to the online Zelda community through ZHQ. His visits to ZHQ would inspire him to search for more Zelda sites, leading him to HTLOZ, where he visited the main site as a visitor for months, before he considered joining the forums.

After careful consideration and knowing nothing about how forum communities worked, Michael joined HTLOZ in June 2001 as 'Master of Zelda' or  MoZ. However, his first forum experience did not last very long. HTLOZ shut down and as a result, he fled to the Gamers Talk Elite forums.

It was during this time when MoZ began his work as a staff member on various Zelda fan sites, aiming to eventually work up to a large-scale Zelda site like those that inspired him. His work has generally been focused on graphic design and writing, and those skills were honed through his experiences at Zelda Vault (2003), Zelda Prime (2004), and Memories of Zelda (2004-2005) as a game reviewer and/or article writer.

In 2004, on the eve of HTLOZ II's launch, MoZ was asked to join the staff of HTLOZ II as News Correspondent. He gladly accepted!

In 2005, MoZ was contacted by FireGS of ZREO, in the hopes of creating an affiliation with HTLOZ II. The outcome was much bigger than either of them had expected. Master of Zelda became so incredibly inspired by FireGS's work, and followed where ever ZREO led him. With no CD covers to accompany the project yet, MoZ decided to create the visual aspect that would fill the visual void and accompany ZREO for the next seven years.

His influence extended ZREO's reach to social media websites such as MySpace and Facebook. He helped launch the online radio network World Zelda Music Radio, and hosted a talk show called The New Hyrule.

MoZ started to consider 3D art more seriously shortly after Nintendo 3DS was announced. After two years of experimenting with 3D art by trial-and-error, the first set of 3D images to appear on his blog was the entire conversion of the 2006-2012 ZREO album art. Since then, he has embraced the 3DS as his canvas!

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MoZ3D (2012 - Current) - Web Design, Graphic Design, 3D Art for Nintendo 3DS

Symphony of the Goddesses (Benaroya Hall, 2012)- Production Assistant

ZREO (2005-2012) - Art Design, CD/Wallpaper Design, Forum Moderator

WZMR (2005) - Co-Director, Graphics, DJ

ZeldaMusic (2005) - Co-Webmaster, Forum Administrator, Graphic Design

HTLOZ II (2005 - 2008) - News Correspondent, Forum Moderator

Memories of Zelda (2004 - 2005) - Article Writer, Forum Moderator, News Correspondent

Zelda Prime (2004) - Co-Webmaster, Article Writer, Forum Moderator, Graphic Designer

Zelda Vault (2003) - Article Writer