Dpainter's Deluxe Paint Gallery

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 07:44

It's true, I did buy Deluxe Paint and Deluxe Paint II and I used them. Here are some very old pictures I drew on my Amiga.

This one I drew for a Christmas graphics contest at my local Amiga users group. I placed 2nd. The first place winner drew some really elaborate fonts. In .IFF form, the snow on the little monitor cycled.

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 07:47

This one was more an exercise in drawing very small, but as most of us know, pixels blend better on an older monitor.

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 07:51

This one shows just how serious I was about making a Deluxe Paint fonts disk that would make me a small fortune. I never made the disk after realizing that fonts disks don't make fortunes. (Side note: I once met "KARA" of Kara Fonts fame and discovered that she is actually a he, and I mean make-up, dress and all.)

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 07:53

"Homeless for the Holidays" which I drew rather quickly using the "squiggly-fill" tool or whatever it is called in Deluxe Paint. Notice the date: 1989.

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 07:56

Forgive me if this one is way too large, but this was my vision of Workbench 3.0 during the 1.3 days. I was going to send this to the JumpDisk magazine but I think they went under by then.

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 07:59

Believe it or not, I drew this Workbench prompt by hand from looking at a photo! This was before any tool existed, that I knew about, which could rip the image from memory.

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 08:05

If you have the June 1988 issue of Commodore magazine, you can find this picture on page 71. I was one of the runners-up and won $100, which I think I spent on games. (Original image was 320x400)

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 08:11

A very enthusiastic lawyer and "game developer" convinced me to join up with him to do the graphics for what was going to make us rich -- a virtual online community where users walked about a town. I think it really was a great idea, just too ambitious for the existing technology. I worked my little tail off, photographing buildings and drawing detailed tiles and panoramas. I didn't earn a cent. The programmers got scared off and I learned an important lesson: Get as much money as you can up front.

Twistin'Ghost · 20 January 2002, 11:25

DAMN, dude! Excellent stuff! Now I know who to call when I need gfx work (my old artist, The Tapeworm, has temporarily disappeared...I may post some of his work soon, though).

If you have more, by all means post them. Were any of these spread on BBS's back in the old days? My guess is no, or I would already have them...

20 January 2002, 12:49

Your work is brilliant!!! Ah you already know it don't you

Your workbench 3.0 looks wonderful. It's so..."AMIGA" unlike os 3.9 or AIAB or MagicWB or Newicons. I want that desktop!!!

Paul · 20 January 2002, 13:02

Thats why you are called DPainter.

WOW

great work.

MethodGit · 20 January 2002, 13:45

Great job, DPainter!

You must be the Deluxe Paint Master by the looks of it.

You've played around with all the Deluxe Paints?

Your prediction of Workbench 3.0 looks so treeeemendously COOL, man! I wonder why Amiga never noticed your work though? They could've made WB3.0 into something like that!

RCK · 20 January 2002, 15:35

Really nice work

DPainter · 20 January 2002, 22:12

Hey, thanks for all the compliments! Wish I could say I did this game and that game, but the only thing I worked on was the Disney Animation Studio (splash screen and icons). There was a CDTV demo I worked on but I don't know if that saw the light. It featured a kid walking through a museum, and he had a remote control that brought art objects to life. Here's a Paradox logo I drew back when I fancied I could be a scene artist:

Amiga1992 · 21 January 2002, 21:30

fecking awesome, me mate. You could have been a scene gfx man IMO, that Paradox logo kicks arse.

keep'em coming... I wonder where MY old DP pics are???

Djay · 21 January 2002, 23:43

dpaint - your vision of Workbench 3.0, had way too much STYLE for commodore... :-)

can you remember how long roughly how much time did each image take to design?

my pics disk, has long since died, so it's a shame i can't up some of my pics :-(

anyway much respect!

Minuous · 22 January 2002, 00:34

Reminds me a bit of the look of ProjectD and/or PowerPacker...

DPainter · 22 January 2002, 07:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Djay
can you remember how long roughly how much time did each image take to design?

my pics disk, has long since died, so it's a shame i can't up some of my pics :-(

It took me a very long time, because I was always struggling to make pixels do what I wanted them to do in just 32 colors.

I think I recall Jim Sachs saying once that it took him about 24 hours to draw one of his masterpieces. I'm sure it took me at least that long, and I have very few completed pictures to show for it.

Too bad you didn't save yours! I transferred mine to PC back in 1992, otherwise I would have lost my pics too.

DPainter · 22 January 2002, 07:24

Quote:

Originally posted by Minuous
Reminds me a bit of the look of ProjectD and/or PowerPacker...

Yeah, I always liked those crisp and clean GUIs that many Amiga programs had, not to mention the slick and colorful copiers like X-Copy.

Having a small color palette actually forces the artist to make better use of color and contrast. You can tell right away when comparing Amiga stuff with the early 256-color SVGA stuff on IBM.

Miggy2TheMax · 22 January 2002, 07:56

Dpainter your gallery is very impressive, I do like you version of WB3.0 .. _very_ slick indeed!

Out of intrest what sort of paint programs do you use today?

20 January 2002, 07:44	#1
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	Dpainter's Deluxe Paint Gallery It's true, I did buy Deluxe Paint and Deluxe Paint II and I used them. Here are some very old pictures I drew on my Amiga. This one I drew for a Christmas graphics contest at my local Amiga users group. I placed 2nd. The first place winner drew some really elaborate fonts. In .IFF form, the snow on the little monitor cycled. Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2002, 07:47	#2
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	This one was more an exercise in drawing very small, but as most of us know, pixels blend better on an older monitor. Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2002, 07:51	#3
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	This one shows just how serious I was about making a Deluxe Paint fonts disk that would make me a small fortune. I never made the disk after realizing that fonts disks don't make fortunes. (Side note: I once met "KARA" of Kara Fonts fame and discovered that she is actually a he, and I mean make-up, dress and all.) Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2002, 07:53	#4
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	"Homeless for the Holidays" which I drew rather quickly using the "squiggly-fill" tool or whatever it is called in Deluxe Paint. Notice the date: 1989. Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2002, 07:56	#5
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	Forgive me if this one is way too large, but this was my vision of Workbench 3.0 during the 1.3 days. I was going to send this to the JumpDisk magazine but I think they went under by then. Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2002, 07:59	#6
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	Believe it or not, I drew this Workbench prompt by hand from looking at a photo! This was before any tool existed, that I knew about, which could rip the image from memory. Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2002, 08:05	#7
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	If you have the June 1988 issue of Commodore magazine, you can find this picture on page 71. I was one of the runners-up and won $100, which I think I spent on games. (Original image was 320x400) Attached Thumbnails

20 January 2002, 08:11	#8
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	A very enthusiastic lawyer and "game developer" convinced me to join up with him to do the graphics for what was going to make us rich -- a virtual online community where users walked about a town. I think it really was a great idea, just too ambitious for the existing technology. I worked my little tail off, photographing buildings and drawing detailed tiles and panoramas. I didn't earn a cent. The programmers got scared off and I learned an important lesson: Get as much money as you can up front. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by DPainter; 20 January 2002 at 08:22.

20 January 2002, 11:25	#9
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	DAMN, dude! Excellent stuff! Now I know who to call when I need gfx work (my old artist, The Tapeworm, has temporarily disappeared...I may post some of his work soon, though). If you have more, by all means post them. Were any of these spread on BBS's back in the old days? My guess is no, or I would already have them...

20 January 2002, 12:49	#10
oldpx Posts: n/a	Your work is brilliant!!! Ah you already know it don't you Your workbench 3.0 looks wonderful. It's so..."AMIGA" unlike os 3.9 or AIAB or MagicWB or Newicons. I want that desktop!!!

20 January 2002, 13:02	#11
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	Thats why you are called DPainter. WOW great work.

20 January 2002, 13:45	#12
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Great job, DPainter! You must be the Deluxe Paint Master by the looks of it. You've played around with all the Deluxe Paints? Your prediction of Workbench 3.0 looks so treeeemendously COOL, man! I wonder why Amiga never noticed your work though? They could've made WB3.0 into something like that!

20 January 2002, 15:35	#13
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 45 Posts: 3,084	Really nice work

20 January 2002, 22:12	#14
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	Hey, thanks for all the compliments! Wish I could say I did this game and that game, but the only thing I worked on was the Disney Animation Studio (splash screen and icons). There was a CDTV demo I worked on but I don't know if that saw the light. It featured a kid walking through a museum, and he had a remote control that brought art objects to life. Here's a Paradox logo I drew back when I fancied I could be a scene artist: Attached Thumbnails

21 January 2002, 21:30	#15
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	fecking awesome, me mate. You could have been a scene gfx man IMO, that Paradox logo kicks arse. keep'em coming... I wonder where MY old DP pics are???

21 January 2002, 23:43	#16
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	dpaint - your vision of Workbench 3.0, had way too much STYLE for commodore... :-) can you remember how long roughly how much time did each image take to design? my pics disk, has long since died, so it's a shame i can't up some of my pics :-( anyway much respect!

22 January 2002, 00:34	#17
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,630	Reminds me a bit of the look of ProjectD and/or PowerPacker...

22 January 2002, 07:56	#20
Miggy2TheMax Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Australia Age: 45 Posts: 381	Awsome Graphics!!! Dpainter your gallery is very impressive, I do like you version of WB3.0 .. _very_ slick indeed! Out of intrest what sort of paint programs do you use today?

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