Being dumb with MSPaint art is probably covered under making non-contributory posts, but making lulz art for someone and then sharing isn't.

I must have been remembering something from a different forum or something. CARRY ON THEN, WHAT HO.

A while back I asked someone to stop posting dumb MSPaint drawings because they were making a lot of them without contributing, but this is just one.

Plus, this is basically historical fiction in art form.

What's the problem with MS Paint?

From what I've heard, it's "horrible looking" and "very mocking".

Bluh Bluh first drawing
That thing on his shoulder is a towel, btw.

All this Zombine talk got me going...



Adorable lit'l bugger ain't he?

*cough*

viewtopic.php?f=61&t=16115 I made it ages ago (pretty much as soon as lua was available), there are some issues with portal placement, like the active face being the one against the terrain so you end up flying into the terrain. I've been meaning to update it for a while... But it still works in the current build and I just made that gif.

edit from the future: the above linked mod is old (2009) I recently (08/2011) released an updated version that is MUCH better, here's a link to the updated version: viewtopic.php?f=61&t=25292

That's like calling a car shitty because the people who drive it are bad drivers. You can't blame the tools for bad art. I know of an artist who paints with coffee stains and menstrual blood.
I know Paint has a Stigma due to all the...fine people... at DA who use it for their creepy fandoms, that's a shame, but anyway I'm not trying to defend Paint, I'm just tired of the old belief that people need certain tools to draw. Same story goes for people who think a drawing tablet will suddenly make them an accomplished artist.

/soapbox

No, but you can get better tools that are more suitable for art. Menstrual blood and coffee are closer in quality to acrylics than MSPaint is to a good graphical editor.

We've had this conversation before, I think.

Graphicsgale increased my productivity by 333%.

For spriting? Graphicsgale.
For painting? Photoshop.

It doesn't have layers or AA, that's about as far as it is from any other program. good renderings can come fairly easily without those two things or any auto-rendering gimmicks like filters. Of course there are more suitable programs but for a quick flash of inspiration MS paint is fast to load and easy to use. Anyway that wasn't the point.

PS, Coffee and blood are probably closer to an ink wash or watercolor IMO.

You're comparing colors to tools.
Stop doing that.