Exploring 18,000 Vintage MacPaint Images Reveals Impressive 1980s Pixel Art
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Summary
A nostalgic exploration of vintage MacPaint artwork from the mid-1980s, discovered by browsing over 18,000 images on Discmaster. The author highlights the impressive quality of 1-bit pixel art created on 9-inch Mac screens 40 years ago, and expresses interest in tracking down the original artists to see their current work.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI really enjoyed browsing the BMUG's CD-ROM and discovering early 80s art made in MacPaint, so I browsed all 18,000+ MacPaint images on Discmaster to see what gems I can unearth.
Would be cool to try track down some of these artists and see what they're up to these days.
If they could do this type of work on those little 9-inch, 1-bit screens 40 years ago, I'd love to see what they've achieved since.
40 years later and the art people painstaking made in MacPaint on their little Macs still amazes me.
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