Paint Competition

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mintybreath(Posted 2007) [#1]
This idea just came to me. Lets do a competition of who can do the best drawing in Microsoft Paint!

So here is the plan. Paint a picture that you have made purely using microsoft paint tools, and post it here. Lets see who can do best in paint. :)

When we get the enough entries, ill choose best 3 or 4, and youll all vote on who you want to win.
Sound like a good idea?


Get Paintin!


Nathaniel(Posted 2007) [#2]
Sounds fun. Might join if I get some time to make a drawing.
I created this in MSPaint back in July:



mintybreath(Posted 2007) [#3]
pretty good. better than nethingthing i can do


SLotman(Posted 2007) [#4]
Here's mine, just a quick hack :)




SausageOfDoom(Posted 2007) [#5]
LOL! Garfield FTW!


z4g0(Posted 2007) [#6]



mintybreath(Posted 2007) [#7]
Very nice garfield, and z4go, you did that with Paint?

If so that is incredible..


z4g0(Posted 2007) [#8]
tnx :O! yes, did it in ms Paint: here u can see the progression :
<insert http:// here> img235.imageshack.us/img235/4553/iimm22to2.png


ShadowTurtle(Posted 2007) [#9]
It is me ... :)

See below..



(made with paint .net in ~20 minutes ^^)


mintybreath(Posted 2007) [#10]
Lol, nice christmas theme. :)


slenkar(Posted 2007) [#11]
nice alien and santa pics


Blitzplotter(Posted 2007) [#12]
Cool snaps slotman and shadow... Seezy greetz!


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#13]
edit,bothsuck,but....
I did this in less than a minute on my wacom tablet!


This I did over a year ago with just the mouse.
It was originally a bmp, and when I converted it to jpg, it screwed it up.



mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#14]
pretty nice pics


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#15]
Later we should have a photoshop contest to, I would not win it, but I have some pretty cool ones I think


SLotman(Posted 2008) [#16]
So... will there be any kind of voting on this? What's in for the winner? To pick the idea for a next contest? ;)


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#17]
this post makes me miss the gallery


mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#18]
Ummm... I really hadnt thought of a prize...

Any ideas?

That one about chooseing the next idea is pretty good.

EDIT: And yes, once we get a prize in mind, we will be voting. I think it has been a long enough entry time.


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#19]
Come on lets vote or whatever


Gabriel(Posted 2008) [#20]
Who gets a vote? I vote for z4g0, if I get one.


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#21]
Mine sucks! If z4go's was really made in paint, he has my vote.


Chroma(Posted 2008) [#22]
I vote for blitz3dcoder. His is the only one done in the old MSPaint.exe !!!


Gabriel(Posted 2008) [#23]
His is the only one done in the old MSPaint.exe !!!

Not unless you're calling z4g0 a liar.


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#24]
Alright we got some votes, but minty breath has kinda skipped out what the heck?


mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#25]
Sorry, i was gone for a few days. Im back though. So i hear there is some controversy about blitz3Dcoder being the only one in mspaint, is this true?

So far z4go is winning, unless of course his is not done in mspaint.


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#26]
oh its all good!

I used the original,basic,comes with every version of windows,MSpaint. Were we aloud to use paint.net?


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#27]
I don't expect to come close to winning


mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#28]
Well i really dont know what paint.net is, but i was assuming to use the mspaint that comes with every windows.


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#29]
That is what I thought you meant too.


Gabriel(Posted 2008) [#30]
If you mean ShadowTurtle's entry then I thought he meant this :
http://www.getpaint.net/

In which case, I don't think that would be in the spirit of the competition.


mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#31]
No it wouldnt. Anything used in Paint.net is disqualified. Sorry everyone, but paint.net is much more advanced than simple MSPaint.

Who used mspaint, and who didnt though?
if z4go didnt, then he is winning.

...
How do you tell?


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#32]
I did not know what it was, so I looked it up and saw the site Gabriel saw. I was beginning to wonder if I was being stupid.


Gabriel(Posted 2008) [#33]
How do you tell?

Well Z4go's image is clearly pixelled. You can see that it was drawn one pixel at a time. Same with Slotman's image. ShadowTurtle's image shows signs of being blurred, airbrushed and other things which paint doesn't have. It's not 100% conclusive, because you *could* pixel in Photoshop if you wanted to. But to my eye, every image except ShadowTurtle's ( and he admitted he used Paint .NET ) looks as though it *could* have been done in MSPaint.


mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#34]
Ya, good point. So on to voting. All votes will be accepted now.


So far the score is

z4go - 2
Blitz3Dcoder - 1
Nathaniel - 0
SlotMan - 0


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#35]
I actually got a vote! (surprising)
Hey Minty, arent you gonna vote?
And what about the others? when are the polls closing?


ShadowTurtle(Posted 2008) [#36]
from mintybreath:
>> Sorry everyone, but paint.net is much more advanced than simple MSPaint.
I used various sized pens (with activated antialias). The rest is makeable/solveable like in MSPaint.

As use into the background there are selfmade rotated big stars wich are streched into different smaller stars. I think in MSPaint you must now redraw the Stars, occured from lost pixels (smaller scale).

You see, this drawing in MSPaint should not going to be a problem (the only one is the lost of the antialias effect).

Its only the method of drawing, nothing the software. Ok, software make it a lot faster, but there i was not realy in use new drawing-stuff like textured-pen etc.


By the way... PAINT .NET is supported by Microsoft. It is also a official drawing software wich will soon available in Windows 7 (Windows Blackcomb, Windows Vienna) (*inside*).


mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#37]
I am not sure. Really.

I think ill vote later. The polls will close...
At 9:00 Pacific California time tomorrow.. That sound good?

Ill vote later. I am really not sure now. Ill think about it though.


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#38]
6:00(est) an' all's well!


mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#39]
?

Is that what time it would be for easterners?


mintybreath(Posted 2008) [#40]
(Sorry about double post.)

z4go is the winner, with many truly talented runner ups. I can confidently say you ALL did better than i could, although that probably doesnt meen much. :)

Ok, i guess the prize is, well we didnt decide on one. The prize is the pride of being awesome with mspaint!

Congradulations!


z4g0(Posted 2008) [#41]
:O
wow! :D
I've forgotten this topic.. thanks all, and congratulations @ all entries!!

ah, yes! I did it in MsPaint of windows XP

you can see the steps here:
<insert http:// here> img235.imageshack.us/img235/4553/iimm22to2.png


(here http://www.clickitaliansoftware.net/hosted/vgcgroup/Graphics/PixelArt/home.htm other my pixelart drawings)


Blitz3dCoder(Posted 2008) [#42]
you should drop by the photoshop post, you might win that too!