Comments on: Mona Lisa in MS Paint

Mona Lisa in MS Paint

divabat — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:44:57 -0800

People have drawn river landscapes (1, 2) in MS Paint, but how about the Mona Lisa?

By: DU

DU — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:01:34 -0800

Even more incredibly, I've heard that there are a few artists who've even painted scenes such as these using substances smeared on a piece of paper using a brush-like tool.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:08:15 -0800

i think this guy does it better ... or maybe this guy or maybe ...

By: hal9k

hal9k — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:15:53 -0800

Bless you, MS Paint.

By: tastybrains

tastybrains — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:30:40 -0800

That's impressive, but definitely not as impressive as the many video responses to it.

By: rmmcclay

rmmcclay — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:44:41 -0800

Just absolutely AWESOME. What incredible skills. To go from a white canvas to that in less than 3 hours! I like how the original portrait is laid over as the last frame...which is what I hoped would happen. The music really works with the accelerated pace...at least for me. Thanks, divabat.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:43:40 -0800

He seemed to be rushing.

By: hoverboards don't work on water

hoverboards don't work on water — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:16:32 -0800

Wow‽ Good stuff. Truly standards are so high that creating fine art is no longer good enough; you have to create fine art whilst dealing with a major impediment. I wonder if this guy's good enough to paint the Mona Lisa in MS Paint and have me jogging his arm every nine seconds.

By: googly

googly — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:27:48 -0800

Well, I'm impressed, in the same way that I was impressed by the guy who moved a houseful of belongings with his bike.

By: Trochanter

Trochanter — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:54:39 -0800

Eh! She's better in the original ascii.

By: I Am Not a Lobster

I Am Not a Lobster — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:28:56 -0800

That's totally a dude in the painting. The artistic process reveals as much.

By: davehat

davehat — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:43:06 -0800

Thanks to this, I have now seen possibly the best ever response on YouTube, replete with one of the best pleading comments too.

By: clockworkjoe

clockworkjoe — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:03:48 -0800

davehat: unless you're being sarcastic, that's the worst response ever to a youtube video. Although I have to yet to see a response that was actually interesting.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:08:34 -0800

It appears that the first few minutes were spent tracing a photograph of the original Mona Lisa to identify the key points of the face to get the proportions correct. So while the shading techniques are exemplary (particularly so considering how craptacular the MS Paint palette is), I am not nearly as stunned as I feel I should be.