#mspaint art bc its rlly fun :]

[cgtg]

ms paint

theres a very special appeal to fully embracing ms paint art looking like mspaint art . using their tools & brushes & colours in a way that is obviously, distinctly mspaint. that isn't professional & is purely expressive

sometimes ms paint art tries rlly hard to wow u with the fact that it was made in ms paint. like hyper-realistic , hyper-detailed to lose the impression of any of paint's tools. obv that's cool shit. that is technically very impressive, & shows the power of ms paint as a program. but im more moved & impressed whenever paint is used in a way that celebrates its limits & your own. the kind of work that captures n expands upon the amount of joy ms paint brought to kidz like me, as our first digital art programme. i think its a very valuable thing to keep alive. maybe that's a very personal thing, but that doesnt make it any less true.

i think ms paint is a platform that on a baseline of its design invites u to make art for the fun of it. it doesnt inundate u with systems, menus, much of an interface at all rlly. it gives you colours, some shape tools , a couple brushes, & a big empty canvas immediately. you can rlly do anything in that space. as a guy who has spent a lot of time doing digital art, coming back to mspaint is always refreshing & helpz me to feel creative again, bc its a great playground. akin to early art progs for kids such as cosmic blobs or kid pix. make pictures for fun. the more fun you have the better they look. and people will feel that you had fun and they will enjoy it too.

[bastierree]

wondering if ppl can tell i have some new favorites