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Guy Sucks At Photoshop, Spends 10 Years Mastering Microsoft Paint To Illustrate His Book
Turns out, sometimes our resistance to learn something new and master a new skill can lead to something pretty amazing. Pat Hines, who couldn’t be bothered to learn Photoshop and illustrated his ebook using good old Microsoft Paint, is the proof. “I suck at Photoshop and other programs, and have worked exclusively in Microsoft Paint for over ten years… I honed my craft working long overnights at a hospital reception desk…,” the guy writes. That’s why when it came to choosing the program to create illustrations for his novel Camp Redblood And The Essential Revenge, he looked no further and just went for something he was already good at.
If you still have doubts about Hines using some other program, he suggests you to either download the pictures, and zoom in for a closer look, or go to his Deviantart page where he documents how he makes similar art in step-by-step pics.
The guy says that his self-published e-book is about a summer camp set in the 1980’s. Of course, it’s not just any ordinary camp – it’s surrounded by ghosts and monsters and “filled with goofy campers and counselors, where the teenagers are always trying to get drunk or laid…”.
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“I suck at Photoshop and other programs, and have worked exclusively in Microsoft Paint for over ten years…”
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“…I honed my craft working long overnights at a hospital reception desk…”
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“…Then decided to write and self-publish an e-book about a summer camp set in the 1980’s…”
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“…a summer camp surrounded by ghosts and monsters…”
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“…and filled with goofy campers and counselors, where the teenagers are always trying to get drunk or laid…”
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“…and getting into trouble…”
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“…and breaking into rival camps to carry out elaborate revenge schemes…”
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“…and not always succeeding.”
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The book is called Camp Redblood And The Essential Revenge
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Emily Black 7 years ago
This is amazing! I applaud you and your patience! I will definitely check out the book! The pictures have captured my interest.
Ricky Couture 7 years ago
This is the equivalent of a doctor doing open-heart surgery with boxing gloves on. Amazing!
Alan Smithee 7 years ago
There's an old saying, "tools do not make the tradesman". I'm a woodworker and always chuckle at the people who obsess over spending insane amounts of money on 'ego brand' woodworking tools, yet are fundamentally poor woodworkers and can't execute much with them. Here's a guy who took the most humble graphics program there is (pretty much) and made what looks to be an absolute creative masterpiece. Bravo. Just, bravo.
Othman Ramzi 7 years ago
I felt tired just by looking at them an imagining im using microsoft paint to make them
John Davis Jr. 7 years ago
I dont think I could spend 10 minutes using Microsoft Paint, and I'm a Graphic Designer, lol! Terrible program!
Marko Perätalo 7 years ago
A GOOD graphic designer, like this one, could make great results even with s****y programs! The art comes from the artist, not the tools.
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Valentina Ruz 7 years ago
I think it's easier to learn how to use photoshop than doing those works of art in microsoft paint, but i really liked that he did it this way because it gave them a very special look that makes them unique
Kawaii Lemon 7 years ago
So you're telling me this guy made this on MS PAINT!??! WHOOOOOOOAAAAAA 0.0
Ivan Johnson 7 years ago
Bwahaha! This is absolutely me. I suck at Photoshop, so I mastered Microsoft Image Composer - an old graphics program that came packaged inside Microsoft Front Page from the 1990s. I have managed to find and keep copies of Image Composer on my work and home PCs. I am definitely not as good as this guy though!
Aislynn Bierenga 7 years ago
Oh...my....gosh...I can't photoshop or use paint! How do people do THIS! It's awesome! I'll look for the book!
Sam Hood 7 years ago
Amazing work but why spend 10 years mastering Microsoft Paint when he could've learnt Photoshop in a year and probably cut his work load by a quarter?
Sam Hood 7 years ago
or even better, he should've used Illustrator to create this stylised work
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Sybil Kron 7 years ago
Dang! never knew paint cud be used for art, this is AmaZing. Pat Hines, is he even human or a Weyland creation? Kudos!
Craig Wright 7 years ago
Pretty great work, but I'm puzzled why he didn't just invest some time to learn Photoshop? It's just a gazillion times better than MS Paint.
Craig Wright 7 years ago
I'm not taking away from his craft by any means.
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Jeremiah De Asis 7 years ago
reminds me of my friend rely. hes also an outstanding artist using MS paint. you guys are awesome <3 I think my friends art is worth sharing check him out. you wont regret it https://www.facebook.com/ArtofRely/videos/1464745966882627/
Christine Knopp 7 years ago
Learning Photoshop could have taken just a couple months, and it actually has the tools to re-create work that looks just like MS paint (aka, pixels) but with significantly less headache xD I mean, go this guy, but at the same time, it's like a person being too stubborn to learn to use a paint brush, so they paint with toothpicks. While you CAN certainly do it, it's kind of a waste of time. Tbh, learn the better program, and produce 10x the work, so you can show off your story and hard work faster. A master can paint murals in the sand, but if they're out to share their idea, they should use the best tools they have.
Jerry Mathers 7 years ago
The skill and patience to produce this is exceptional. This guy proves that it's not the tool but the person that weld it. Excellent!
varwenea 7 years ago
If I read the PB descriptions correctly, he learned to doodle using the SW that was readily available to him while he was at work, presumably using a work computer, which was mspaint. This explains why he never bothered to switch to photoshop because that SW wasn't necessarily available to him during his work hours. (I guess a person can get bored working the night shift desk job.) Regardless, this is certainly an accomplishment. The art quality reminds me of "King of the Hill".
missie Torrance 6 years ago
AH, S---, "wimmen's comix" were better,during the 70's;funnier too,Heck. HEY,,T.V.,PUT WIMMEN'S COMIX ON T.V.!!Bring back the 70's.hah hah. 312png-cat...c2ec7d.png 
missie Torrance 6 years ago
I think we women drew,wrote,and published much better "Wimmen's Comix"during the 70's,in San Francisco,CA, and a lot of us were better cartoonists and writers than this guy;and ours were a lot FUNNIER MOSTLY.All Women,We HAD our own women's lib.--And we practiced it in our comic books--now most of the copies are owned by collectors. This "Robot Chicken" and Family Guy,and South Park,Rick & Morty, on cable now,we finally allowed to do wild and funny cartooning--I guess South Park hit the right era,and went for the money--T.V.--not comic books.sigh.OH YEAH, I FORGOT,these shows were all created by MEN--SO NATURALLY they are taken seriously--$$$$$
Elizabeth Sagala 7 years ago
Awesome! I thought I was the only one who's getting crazy with Microsoft Paint. I am a Microsoft Paint caricaturist, you can check my gallery on instagram @anakpaint.design. Hope one day I can calloborate with this great painter! :)
Efraim Ondrej Kubik 7 years ago
This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life.
Kira Thesloth 7 years ago
That hospital must have been in a small town! When i worked hospital reception, I barely got a chance to take a restroom break! Maybe the artist was a supervisor, that would explain the free time, lol.
Jonathan Garisto 7 years ago
With this amazing work, Photoshop would be much easier for him to edit the images with layers and move things around to his liking. Beautiful work!
Geoff Jackson 7 years ago
How on earth do you even manage to create the detail in pictures such as this in MS Paint...? Incredibly impressive!
just a thought 7 years ago
That Donald Trump's drawing looked so much like him ... But I guess it's easier to draw people who have nothing inside them ...
Petri Häkkinen 7 years ago
I like the style and the limited tools used to achieve it makes it really impressive.
Charles Madsen 7 years ago
Truly amazing! Decades ago I found out the many hidden powers and secrets of Paint to get many everyday tasks done because Photoshop brought my "Blazingly Fast" to its knees every time I loaded it. I still use paint for many simpler tasks because it's faster than Photoshop for some things.
AspieGirl88 7 years ago
Wish I had skills like this, even if it is just Microsoft Paint. This is quite impressive. The detail is just so perfect. I'll definitely have a look at the published book, as I'm curious to know what it's like. Who knows, I might even use some of my birthday money to get it (if I like it well enough)... 💕✨🎨✨💕
Rory O'Flaherty 7 years ago
I used to do microsoft paint drawings in my lunch break when I worked in a callcentre. I did a whole series of star wars characters working in callcentres answering horrible customers and losing their will to live. Wish I'd saved them.
Sathatha Conceit 7 years ago
Check my page too.. I did one in ms paint and it took me 4 months to finish it. Check www.sathatha.com
Jan Virtue 7 years ago
Holy S**T! You are THE MASTER. Open up your company, teach and write a book about your skills, you're going to be a MILLIONAIRE! Wonderful. You actually deserve it. Bless.
Cookie 7 years ago
Wow, seriously? You can?? Gradients, even! Stunning!! Incredible attention to detail. This must've taken a zillion hours to create.
Wei Chen 7 years ago
Great patients, but if youre not good with programs, then use your hand and a pen instead, using ms paint is a bad choice of tools , the work is pretty average, specially for 10yrs of work and development. Its like, if i use 10yrs to learn to draw with a pen from my a*****e, and manage to make average work with it, it still is a stupid thing.
Irit Juviler 7 years ago
guys.... this is indeed impressive BUT at the same time... this should not be encouraged =) wasting 10 years on mspaint due to stubbornness ? take 4 months to learn photoshop and get x10 results since you're clearly talented. it's like going to war with sticks and stones just coz you dont want that new "gun" technology. or riding a camel to work instead of that voodoo magic on wheels we call a car. you get my point
Nicollo Francisco 7 years ago
would you tell a painter to use a camera and a printer instead?
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Martin Wenzel 7 years ago
Are you nuts? Exactly, submit your MS Paint art...or any art for that matter for inspection.
Load More Replies... Emily Black 7 years ago
This is amazing! I applaud you and your patience! I will definitely check out the book! The pictures have captured my interest.
Ricky Couture 7 years ago
This is the equivalent of a doctor doing open-heart surgery with boxing gloves on. Amazing!
Alan Smithee 7 years ago
There's an old saying, "tools do not make the tradesman". I'm a woodworker and always chuckle at the people who obsess over spending insane amounts of money on 'ego brand' woodworking tools, yet are fundamentally poor woodworkers and can't execute much with them. Here's a guy who took the most humble graphics program there is (pretty much) and made what looks to be an absolute creative masterpiece. Bravo. Just, bravo.
Othman Ramzi 7 years ago
I felt tired just by looking at them an imagining im using microsoft paint to make them
John Davis Jr. 7 years ago
I dont think I could spend 10 minutes using Microsoft Paint, and I'm a Graphic Designer, lol! Terrible program!
Marko Perätalo 7 years ago
A GOOD graphic designer, like this one, could make great results even with s****y programs! The art comes from the artist, not the tools.
Load More Replies... Valentina Ruz 7 years ago
I think it's easier to learn how to use photoshop than doing those works of art in microsoft paint, but i really liked that he did it this way because it gave them a very special look that makes them unique
Kawaii Lemon 7 years ago
So you're telling me this guy made this on MS PAINT!??! WHOOOOOOOAAAAAA 0.0
Ivan Johnson 7 years ago
Bwahaha! This is absolutely me. I suck at Photoshop, so I mastered Microsoft Image Composer - an old graphics program that came packaged inside Microsoft Front Page from the 1990s. I have managed to find and keep copies of Image Composer on my work and home PCs. I am definitely not as good as this guy though!
Aislynn Bierenga 7 years ago
Oh...my....gosh...I can't photoshop or use paint! How do people do THIS! It's awesome! I'll look for the book!
Sam Hood 7 years ago
Amazing work but why spend 10 years mastering Microsoft Paint when he could've learnt Photoshop in a year and probably cut his work load by a quarter?
Sam Hood 7 years ago
or even better, he should've used Illustrator to create this stylised work
Load More Replies... Sybil Kron 7 years ago
Dang! never knew paint cud be used for art, this is AmaZing. Pat Hines, is he even human or a Weyland creation? Kudos!
Craig Wright 7 years ago
Pretty great work, but I'm puzzled why he didn't just invest some time to learn Photoshop? It's just a gazillion times better than MS Paint.
Craig Wright 7 years ago
I'm not taking away from his craft by any means.
Load More Replies... Jeremiah De Asis 7 years ago
reminds me of my friend rely. hes also an outstanding artist using MS paint. you guys are awesome <3 I think my friends art is worth sharing check him out. you wont regret it https://www.facebook.com/ArtofRely/videos/1464745966882627/
Christine Knopp 7 years ago
Learning Photoshop could have taken just a couple months, and it actually has the tools to re-create work that looks just like MS paint (aka, pixels) but with significantly less headache xD I mean, go this guy, but at the same time, it's like a person being too stubborn to learn to use a paint brush, so they paint with toothpicks. While you CAN certainly do it, it's kind of a waste of time. Tbh, learn the better program, and produce 10x the work, so you can show off your story and hard work faster. A master can paint murals in the sand, but if they're out to share their idea, they should use the best tools they have.
Jerry Mathers 7 years ago
The skill and patience to produce this is exceptional. This guy proves that it's not the tool but the person that weld it. Excellent!
varwenea 7 years ago
If I read the PB descriptions correctly, he learned to doodle using the SW that was readily available to him while he was at work, presumably using a work computer, which was mspaint. This explains why he never bothered to switch to photoshop because that SW wasn't necessarily available to him during his work hours. (I guess a person can get bored working the night shift desk job.) Regardless, this is certainly an accomplishment. The art quality reminds me of "King of the Hill".
missie Torrance 6 years ago
AH, S---, "wimmen's comix" were better,during the 70's;funnier too,Heck. HEY,,T.V.,PUT WIMMEN'S COMIX ON T.V.!!Bring back the 70's.hah hah. 312png-cat...c2ec7d.png
missie Torrance 6 years ago
I think we women drew,wrote,and published much better "Wimmen's Comix"during the 70's,in San Francisco,CA, and a lot of us were better cartoonists and writers than this guy;and ours were a lot FUNNIER MOSTLY.All Women,We HAD our own women's lib.--And we practiced it in our comic books--now most of the copies are owned by collectors. This "Robot Chicken" and Family Guy,and South Park,Rick & Morty, on cable now,we finally allowed to do wild and funny cartooning--I guess South Park hit the right era,and went for the money--T.V.--not comic books.sigh.OH YEAH, I FORGOT,these shows were all created by MEN--SO NATURALLY they are taken seriously--$$$$$
Elizabeth Sagala 7 years ago
Awesome! I thought I was the only one who's getting crazy with Microsoft Paint. I am a Microsoft Paint caricaturist, you can check my gallery on instagram @anakpaint.design. Hope one day I can calloborate with this great painter! :)
Efraim Ondrej Kubik 7 years ago
This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life.
Kira Thesloth 7 years ago
That hospital must have been in a small town! When i worked hospital reception, I barely got a chance to take a restroom break! Maybe the artist was a supervisor, that would explain the free time, lol.
Jonathan Garisto 7 years ago
With this amazing work, Photoshop would be much easier for him to edit the images with layers and move things around to his liking. Beautiful work!
Geoff Jackson 7 years ago
How on earth do you even manage to create the detail in pictures such as this in MS Paint...? Incredibly impressive!
just a thought 7 years ago
That Donald Trump's drawing looked so much like him ... But I guess it's easier to draw people who have nothing inside them ...
Petri Häkkinen 7 years ago
I like the style and the limited tools used to achieve it makes it really impressive.
Charles Madsen 7 years ago
Truly amazing! Decades ago I found out the many hidden powers and secrets of Paint to get many everyday tasks done because Photoshop brought my "Blazingly Fast" to its knees every time I loaded it. I still use paint for many simpler tasks because it's faster than Photoshop for some things.
AspieGirl88 7 years ago
Wish I had skills like this, even if it is just Microsoft Paint. This is quite impressive. The detail is just so perfect. I'll definitely have a look at the published book, as I'm curious to know what it's like. Who knows, I might even use some of my birthday money to get it (if I like it well enough)... 💕✨🎨✨💕
Rory O'Flaherty 7 years ago
I used to do microsoft paint drawings in my lunch break when I worked in a callcentre. I did a whole series of star wars characters working in callcentres answering horrible customers and losing their will to live. Wish I'd saved them.
Sathatha Conceit 7 years ago
Check my page too.. I did one in ms paint and it took me 4 months to finish it. Check www.sathatha.com
Jan Virtue 7 years ago
Holy S**T! You are THE MASTER. Open up your company, teach and write a book about your skills, you're going to be a MILLIONAIRE! Wonderful. You actually deserve it. Bless.
Cookie 7 years ago
Wow, seriously? You can?? Gradients, even! Stunning!! Incredible attention to detail. This must've taken a zillion hours to create.
Wei Chen 7 years ago
Great patients, but if youre not good with programs, then use your hand and a pen instead, using ms paint is a bad choice of tools , the work is pretty average, specially for 10yrs of work and development. Its like, if i use 10yrs to learn to draw with a pen from my a*****e, and manage to make average work with it, it still is a stupid thing.
Irit Juviler 7 years ago
guys.... this is indeed impressive BUT at the same time... this should not be encouraged =) wasting 10 years on mspaint due to stubbornness ? take 4 months to learn photoshop and get x10 results since you're clearly talented. it's like going to war with sticks and stones just coz you dont want that new "gun" technology. or riding a camel to work instead of that voodoo magic on wheels we call a car. you get my point
Nicollo Francisco 7 years ago
would you tell a painter to use a camera and a printer instead?
Load More Replies... Martin Wenzel 7 years ago
Are you nuts? Exactly, submit your MS Paint art...or any art for that matter for inspection.
Load More Replies...
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