Today seemed like a great day to play with Microsoft Paint. For awhile I had been wanting to try to ink a cartoon rough using MS Paint if only to see what was possible within the limitations of the dot matrix structure.
It was a bit tedious, but also surprisingly interesting. My initial thinking as I used the pen and brush tools was that being one of those people who have mastered the Etch-A-Sketch would have been handy, as a steady hand and boatloads of patience are required.
The version of MS Paint I have is the one installed with Windows XP (I have Windows 8 on the laptop, but I was on the desk top, which is an antique in computer years, so I had to make do with Windows XP's version). The big difference between this version of MS Paint and the newer version is the ability to re-position text (not being able to reposition the text is annoying), and the effects brushes available via the added ribbon GUI.
I like the end results as the bitmap grid added character to the line. A little more practice and I could become a master of the raster.
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