#MacPaint
Digital art journey:

Macpaint->Ms Paint->Photoshop Elements 5->Paint Tool Sai->CSP
Digital art journey:

Macpaint->Kidpix->Ms Paint 98->Oekaki chat-> Photoshop->CSP
digital art program journey

kidpix -> mario paint -> photoshop 7 -> photoshop 2018
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Digital art journey:

Macpaint->Kidpix->Ms Paint 98->Oekaki chat-> Photoshop->CSP
digital art program journey

kidpix -> mario paint -> photoshop 7 -> photoshop 2018
Digital art program journey

MS Paint > Paint.Net > Gimp > PaintToolSai > Photoshop > brief stint in procreate > Clip Studio Paint > Photoshop > back to ms paint lmao

for resume purposes i can also make my way through blender, indesign, substance painter, and unity without destroying something !!
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
macpaint > mario paint > mspaint > ONE PIECE > went legit at CS2

I love that mario paint is one of the most formative creative multimedia experiences out there
digital art program journey

kidpix -> mario paint -> photoshop 7 -> photoshop 2018
Digital art program journey

MS Paint > Paint.Net > Gimp > PaintToolSai > Photoshop > brief stint in procreate > Clip Studio Paint > Photoshop > back to ms paint lmao

for resume purposes i can also make my way through blender, indesign, substance painter, and unity without destroying something !!
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
MacPaint > KidPix > MS Paint > oekaki > PSP > Photoshop CS > CS 2 > Painttool SAI > Clip Studio Paint / Aseprite / Procreate / Affinity, depending on what I'm working on.
Digital art program journey 🖥️

MS Paint -> Gimp -> Corel Painter -> Photoshop (CS versions and CC) -> Clip Studio Paint (best switch I've ever made for pure drawing)
digital art program journey

kidpix -> mario paint -> photoshop 7 -> photoshop 2018
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Digital Art Program Journey

KoalaPaint > MacPaint > TARGA-PAINT > Photoshop 1 > MacroMind Director > Illustrator 88 > Painter > Flash > Clip Studio Paint > Procreate > Affinity Design

At the moment I mainly use Photoshop (work) and Procreate (personal)
MS Paint > Photoshop 7 > OekakiBBS > ArtRage > Photoshop > Coolors on the 3Ds > Corel Painter > Clip Studio Paint

Basically i wanted an art program w a decent blender brush. Corel painter and clip where the ones that lived up to my needs.
Digital Art Program Journey

MSPaint > Publisher Pro Image Editor(???) > some shit i don't remember that came free with my first bambu tablet > Paint Tool SAI > CSP

anyway CSP is great and ive been using it for nearly a decade
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Digital art journey?

MacPaint.

Adobe Illustrator '88.

Painter 7.

Pixelmator.

Pocket Procreate on an iPad mini.

I'm Old, children. ;)
digital art journey!

wacom intuos (the smallest one)
paint tool sai/photoshop

ipad 6
procreate

ipad 7
procreate

ipad 9
procreate
digital art journey!

iPad mini
random free drawing app and stylus

iPad air
same random free drawing app and stylus

Wacom Intuos Pro
Paint Tool SAI 1

Huion kamvas 16/iPad 6th gen
Paint Tool SAI 2/Procreate
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Digital Art Program journey:

MacPaint 2.0 (Grade 6 class computer)
Photoshop V.4 (Highschool)
Photoshop CS (Uni lab & pirated at home)
Artrage (humble bundle)
Bambo Paper (free iOS app for note taking)
Procreate ($20)
Photoshop Elements (Non sub buy outright for basic editing)
Affinity (now free!)
Digital Art Program journey:

Crayola Art Studio
MS Paint
Corel Photo-Paint 3
I had a pirated version of Paint Shop Pro at some point but don't think I used it much
Photoshop 4 (pirated) and then a series of pirated & non-pirated Education versions including 5, 6 , CS, and CS5
Clip Studio Paint Pro
Digital art program journey:
paintbrush (win 3.1)
Oekaki boards
Photoshop... I wanna say 5 or 6? (Bootleg)
Paint Tool Sai
Clip Studio Paint Pro

I definitely played with other software along the way, these are just the major milestones xD
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Digital art program journey
➡️KoalaPaint
➡️MacPaint
➡️CyberPaint
➡️SuperPaint
➡️Corel Photo-Paint
➡️Paint Tool SAI
➡️Clip Studio Paint
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Digital art program journey

> MacPaint / MS Paint (mouse)
> drawr (PS3 Controller, mouse)
> Paint Tool Sai (Touchpad colouring, later everything with graphic tablet)
> Photoshop CS2 (GT, i miss you pixel brush)
- open canvas (GT)
> CSP (GT, kinda abandoned)
> Procreate (ipad is basically dead 😔)
Digital art program journey

>MS Paint
>Paint Tool Sai
>Fire Alpaca
>Clip Studio Paint
Digital art program journey

> Photoshop 5.0
> Photoshop CS3
> Photoshop CS6
> Photoshop 2018
> Clip Studio Paint

(You can guess which one I paid for)
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Digital Art Program Journey:

>Logo (not technically an art program but I made it one)
>macPaint
>ClarisWorks
>Photoshop 7
>Paint Shop Pro
>Paint Tool SAI
>Clip Studio
>Procreate

Also a Mac kid when most people had Windows. Those were hard days.
Digital Art Program Journey! Maybe these are a bit obscure, but we always had Macs in the family, not PCs.

➡️Kid Pix
➡️Claris Works
➡️Graphic Converter
➡️Dabbler
➡️Adobe Photo Deluxe
➡️oekaki boards
➡️Adobe Photoshop (many, many versions)
Digital Art Program Journey?

➡ Microsoft PaintBrush (Windows 3.1)
➡ Microsoft Paint
➡ Jasc Paint Shop Pro 6
➡ Photoshop 6.0
➡ Photoshop CS5
➡ Photoshop CC
➡ Photoshop 2021
➡ Photoshop 2022
➡ Photoshop 2023
➡ Photoshop 2024
➡ Photoshop 2025
➡ Procreate

What's yours?
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Holy fuck, man. I know I couldn’t possibly pull these off but god daaaamn the MacPaint vibe.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Be the friends that are electric.
MacPaint Mono Ultraflare Joggers

[ https://dustrial.net/products/macpaint-mono-ultraflare-joggers ]
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Just introduced my daughter to MacPaint via the incomparable https://infinitemac.org. She started drawing right away, then asked how to change the paintbrush.

Without thinking, I double-clicked on the brush tool, and the brush picker overlay appeared.

Then my […]

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November 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
⬜⬛ MacPaint Mono Kimono
Chiffon, Peachskin Jersey or Silk!
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I remember trying it out at the electronics store, closing MacPaint and then trying to quit Finder.

Me: “How do you quit this program?”
Sales rep: “What program?”
Me: “This one, with the menus.”
Sales rep: “That’s the Finder. You can’t quit it, it’s always running.”
Me: “Well, that’s stupid!”
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
MacPaint Mono Throw about to be used in couch fort construction.
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Those fill patterns have sent me hurtling backwards in time. I am four years old again, playing around with MacPaint on the family Macintosh. “Social media” and even “the World Wide Web” do not impinge on my little world.
"How Do Adventurers Die?"

Source: QuestBusters, March 1988.
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
ClickArt Effects for MacPaint

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/clickart-effects-macpaint

Finally found this on MacGui, which is a truly wonderful site.

#macgarden #businessproductivity #1985 #billparkhurst #parkhurstdevelopmentcorporationtmakercompany
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I never set out to be an artist.

When I was little, I drew random stuff on paper. I changed mediums, from pencils on notebook paper, to MacPaint on the computer at school, to MS Paint, then trueSpace and GIMP, upgraded to Photoshop, and now I've gotten comfortable with Blender.
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Seeing the @adafruit.com #FruitJam Mac emulator, I am reminded of that time I won 2nd place at the MacPaint Olympics in college. The prize was an Apple mug, which I still have. From the June 4, 1984 issue of InfoWorld. books.google.com.fj/books?id=vi4...
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
- Save clean screenshots of the Macintosh display. Save in MacPaint and name your drawing, the screenshots use that name (in-browser OCR).
- Save a timelapse of your drawing as a super-light MP4 (in-browser ffmpeg). Easiest MacPaint timelapse I know (I used it to make the video in this post.)
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It uses the insanely great Infinite Mac as the embedded emulator—and adds useful tools around it:
- One-click shortcut to open MacPaint
- Crisp fullscreen by default, perfect for the original 1-bit UI.
(more below!)
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
MacPaint is a key step in the history of UX (and visual design!)

I built a super simple way to use MacPaint 1.0 in workshops and lectures. Try it: juliendorra.com/macintosh/
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Playing around with some texture brushes and decided to sketch my favorite Bug Boyz, Zuckuss and 4-LOM.

(No-one shake my head canon of them as grouchy gruff dad and exuberant wiseass son.)

#zuckuss #4lom #starwars #bountyhunters #empirestrikesback #fanart #blackandwhite #procreate #macpaint
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I made this Lynch portrait months ago and colored it using only original MacPaint swatches from 1984. I write more about my reasons and the why on my site but essentially it was an itch I needed to scratch. His art has been on my mind lately.
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM