AMKitsune: Ok, not a work of art, but a novelty with a story.
I was flipping through stacks of my old CDs the other day, and came across my old copy of kidpix studio (only 90's kids will remember).
Of course, it goes without saying that it wouldn't run on a modern windows 10 installation, so in an effort to get this, and a few other old programs running, I installed a windows 98 virtual machine, got it all working, installed kidpix, and ta-dah! Quite possibly the first Katia ever drawn in software from the 90's. (that isn't being constantly updated to work today. actual 90's software)
Fun facts: The undo button (no keyboard shortcuts here) undoes once, then back forwards again when pressed. You get one undo, so it pays to not be too fast and loose with your strokes.
And secondly, due to the limited colour palette, some of the lighter shades of colours are just 'regular' coloured, mixed with white in varying dither patterns to give the illusion of lighter shades. Unfortunately, the fill bucket tool doesn't understand this, and will only fill in solid areas of the same pixel colour. That means good lock trying to change any areas that were previously filled with a dithered pattern!
It's so easy to forget how good we have it these days, software wise.
GrizzlyBear: Not quite a 90s kid but I remember this! Of couse I was so young all I did was mash buttons. It’s not nearly as memorable as the 2004 version though
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I was flipping through stacks of my old CDs the other day, and came across my old copy of kidpix studio (only 90's kids will remember).
Of course, it goes without saying that it wouldn't run on a modern windows 10 installation, so in an effort to get this, and a few other old programs running, I installed a windows 98 virtual machine, got it all working, installed kidpix, and ta-dah! Quite possibly the first Katia ever drawn in software from the 90's. (that isn't being constantly updated to work today. actual 90's software)
Fun facts: The undo button (no keyboard shortcuts here) undoes once, then back forwards again when pressed. You get one undo, so it pays to not be too fast and loose with your strokes.
And secondly, due to the limited colour palette, some of the lighter shades of colours are just 'regular' coloured, mixed with white in varying dither patterns to give the illusion of lighter shades. Unfortunately, the fill bucket tool doesn't understand this, and will only fill in solid areas of the same pixel colour. That means good lock trying to change any areas that were previously filled with a dithered pattern!
It's so easy to forget how good we have it these days, software wise.
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