A collection of my MSPaint Artworks
On a quiet Sunday evening, as I sat in my tiny hostel room, an odd feeling of homesickness was creeping in. I brushed away the tears that had slowly started forming near the corner of my eyes and tried to divert my mind from the unfamiliarity of my surroundings. I used to draw a lot of sketches in those days and had in fact decorated the walls of my room with numerous art works.
My computer was already running, playing the good old songs of the 90s. I opened Google Images to look for some inspiration. After clicking through scores of sites and jpegs, I came across an image that was painted in MS. I remember being stunned, amazed by the sheer talent of the artist. I wanted to be that artist. And that’s how began our affair, in the year of 2004.
Since then MSPaint has been my 4 am friend. It had seen me grow from an impatient student strangling the mouse, to a cautious artist, who carefully picked colors and chose brushes with correct width. I had drowned my heart-break in dark nights spent drawing ‘midnight blue sky’ and a ‘bright yellow moon’. Some very lonely weeks writing poetry after poetry in Times New Roman. On days when I felt fanciful, I used Verdana. 🙂
Even my poetry had found shape in MSPaint.
Jubilantly dancing girls to flying dragons.
Most days, it loved throwing challenges at me. The options weren’t enough and the brush size just won’t make Chibi look right. And yet we stuck together. I don’t know why I never moved to any other software. Maybe I was too emotionally involved.
The announcement by Microsoft has brought back that odd feeling of homesickness again. It did feel like losing an old friend. A friend who knew the meaning behind all my paintings, and saw me through every ups and down.
I am one of those who is extremely jubilant by today’s news that MSPaint lives on even after 32 years. Yes, I AM too emotionally involved. 🙂
nice paining ,really superb Raj
Amazing MS paints!
You are a great artist dear……
You made all this on Paint? Wow! Mind blown 🙂
thank you so much Soumya 😀
I am amazed to realize I had been living under the rock since times immemorial. MS paint could do all of this, I never knew that. Are you for real? Is there anything that you do which the other mortals are capable of doing?
hehehe thank you so much… you are very sweet and kind 😀
Your sketches are awesome. MS paint indeed makes me us all nostalgic
Thank you so much dear 🙂
That’s some beautiful work you’ve done on MS Paint! I used it mainly to do grafitti style backgrounds – I never had much patience to do such intricate work with it. Imagine though – 32 years! It’s the end of an era for sure!
Sure, it did feel like that. Thank you so much 🙂
I was shocked too whwn i heard the news. Too many memories attached with it. Even my daughter loves to use it. Beautiful post. Brought back so many memories.
it’s a pretty cool tool and as I kid I too enjoyed drawing in it 😀 thank you .
Wow! This is so beautiful and amazing. Great work.
thank you so much 😀
Wow! They are beautiful 🙂
thank you so much
You are so good at it, Raj. Who will say these are made using mspaint. Talented woman. You can make a killing as an artist.
thank you so much Naba. So happy to read your comment. 🙂
Your art is as awesome as your yoga, my beautiful co-blogging friend. And by the way, Microsoft is not killing Paint: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/25/microsoft-paint-not-dead.html
thank you so much Vishal. Yeah I got the news as well 😀 really happy.
We all are attached to certain things which we can’t just part our way with that easily. Lovely works, Raj. You are what talent means. I’m so glad that I get to see your works. Loved the shape poetry too. Keep sharing.
yeah, it is surprising how nostalgic I left while writing this post. Thank you so much Vinitha for your kind words.
OMG! You created all these images and shape poetry on MS Paint!! Amazing!
I have used it to edit pictures sometimes and so wouldnt be missing it much. But read that it can be downloaded from Windows Store.
yeah it can down be downloaded. Thank you so much Shilpa 🙂
I use MS paint occasionally .You are supremely talented Rajlakshmi.How beautifully you have used the brushes.Its stunning.The poetry is a picture too!
thank you so much Amrita. Glad you liked them 😀
Those are amazing! I use MSPaint too, but mostly for resizing images and adding text. You are a true artist.
thank you Debbie 😀
I loved reading about your connection to MS Paint over the years, Raj. Loved seeing all your creative artwork and even some fun poems done in amazing shapes. Wow! Never knew Paint could do all those things. I like to use the screen capture feature to quickly change something to a JPEG. I didn’t know it had been around so long. Interesting to learn about.
thank you so much Cat. There was a time when I was obsessed with the software… and would create something almost everyday.
Wow! This is something I am so unfamiliar with. Will now quickly go and check it out.
And you, sweetie, are a born artist! Loved the poetry. …that is simply splendid!
thank you so much Shilpa 😀 Now I want to try the new version 🙂