Re: MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s

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From	D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
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Subject	Re: MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s
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Sebastian wrote:
> On 2025-10-07 13:45:20 +0000, D Finnigan said:
> 
>> Sebastian wrote:
>>> Has anyone been involved in creating
>>> this stuff on actual compact Macs back in the 80's and could shed some
>>> light on the actual process? What software would you use? Would you
>>> "draft" stuff up on graph paper? Were Wacom tablets already a thing
>>> back then?
>>> 
>> 
>> Early Macworld magazines had a "Macworld Gallery" feature with MacPaint
>> art.
>> The artists usually described their techniques. All of the 1984 and 1985
>> issues have the Gallery.
> 
> Thank you D Finnigan! I was able to track down old Macworld issues 
> online and found the mentioned gallery. Very cool!
> 
> On a side-note: They were handing out neat prices for at the time, like 
> 500$ for a winning image and 250$ for the 2nd and 3rd. That was a lot 
> of money back then!
>

Indeed! $500 was enough to buy yourself an external 400K drive. :-)

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    Re: MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-10-07 13:45 +0000
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