On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Mirai Warren wrote: > The notion that a program can improve artistic skills is heavily and > typically misleading. An artist can put together excellent works with > any tool he chooses to use. For instance, Microsoft Paint is > responsible for some of the best creations at pixeljoint.com. > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Rob Antonishen wrote: >> If it's the latter, then a new download of Gimp might just give you a >> drawing program that will improve your skills - as it has with mine. To be honest, that wasn't the point I was hoping to convey ;) I was hoping this: >However, I recently got Gimp and I was pleasantly surprised at my >ability to pick it up, even without an integral help file (which still >won't load ) >I'd heard all sorts of horror stories about how difficult it is to >use, but that isn't my experience. I found it quite possible to use >the basics and ignore the rest. > >My conclusion is that either the scare stories are wrong, or the >latest version of the software is much easier to use than earlier >versions. would be the perceived point. And while I can accept what you say (to a degree), I highly doubt any individual would create something like this: http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/5646.htm using paint. While it is technically possibly to create dither patterns like this using a tool like MS-Paint (which it wasn't in this case - it was Gimp), it is my opinion that an artist would have to either be masochistic, have way to much time on their hands, or just be stubbornly trying to make a point to use such a tool rather than a more suitable one... -Rob A> _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
