Andy Warhol's lost Amiga art found

[TEG]

Originally Posted by BigD

That's a photo of a screen not the original iff or similar!

Pretty good quality for the photo of a screen. But if so, who took it? For me it cannot be from the Amiga introduction ceremony video because I already tried to do it some years ago, and in my memories it was impossible to extract such a clean picture and so the why of my initial remark.

So a screenshot of ProPaint running in an emulator with the original file and released by the person organizing the sale?

Anyway the quality is perfect and this why I think it's an image we never saw before but it's true we can see the scanlines, which is part of the image rendering for me. I'm not sure it will be the same fun without.

[giantclam]

..personal tangent ~ before this was done, I'll always remember Debbie Harry throwing up at a Brisbane venue (the curry shop) in '79...priceless mental image, everyone was really smashed at the time... =)

[acidbottle]

So Wharhol just converts a digital photo of Deb and used the fill bucket tool in DPaint

[TCD]

Originally Posted by acidbottle

So Wharhol just converts a digital photo of Deb and used the fill bucket tool in DPaint

'Just'? In 1985 that was state of the art (pun intended).

[TCD]

Related - Working with Andy Warhol: Jeff Bruette’s recollections

[Rotzloeffel]

Originally Posted by acidbottle

So Wharhol just converts a digital photo of Deb and used the fill bucket tool in DPaint

No, it was PaintGraph which was more buggie, deluxepaint did not exist in these early days. Paintgraph Was extreamly buggie with the fill Operation

Or graphicCraft was the name?

[TEG]

Originally Posted by Rotzloeffel

No, it was PaintGraph which was more buggie, deluxepaint did not exist in these early days. Paintgraph Was extreamly buggie with the fill Operation

Or graphicCraft was the name?

PaintGraph? The picture display ProPaint V27 Release 14.

[acidbottle]

Oh indeed it was a very early alpha of Propaint which was very buggy. Seems Warhol was very fortunate that the stunt went without hitch.

I was being a bit flippant with the use of the tech of course, it was very impressive in 85 and the image itself is utterly iconic for us Amigians

[fxgogo]

Originally Posted by acidbottle

…I was being a bit flippant with the use of the tech of course, it was very impressive in 85 and the image itself is utterly iconic for us Amigians

You raise a good point though. I have found that when new tech comes around, established artists do flirt with the new toys, but they lack the skill or understanding to produce anything meaningful. It is all obvious and simple executions that almost anyone can produce.

It takes time to learn and understand the new tools, and often the ones who end up making great art are the ones new to the entire art game, not the establishment.

[Rotzloeffel]

Originally Posted by TEG

PaintGraph? The picture display ProPaint V27 Release 14.

Ah thanks Did not saw this

[Thorham]

Originally Posted by acidbottle

the image itself is utterly iconic for us Amigians

You really think so?

[CCCP alert]

By Nov 1985 IIRC it was 64 EHB colours in 320x400 which is insane.

[acidbottle]

Originally Posted by Thorham

You really think so?

Yes, Wharhol's work was always highly sought after, to be there at the Amiga's launch event was a big thing.

Maybe not quite $26m worth of iconic but something that stands out for me in Amiga history.

[AmigaBill]

Thanks for the kind words about the interview. I am glad you guys enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun speaking with Jeff. I am still blown away that they swapped portraits and faked it for the Launch of Amiga Video. Mind blown! Jeff let me know that his official site for the collection is now live https://www.digitalandyart.com/

Enjoy!

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by AmigaBill

Thanks for the kind words about the interview. I am glad you guys enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun speaking with Jeff. I am still blown away that they swapped portraits and faked it for the Launch of Amiga Video. Mind blown! Jeff let me know that his official site for the collection is now live https://www.digitalandyart.com/



Enjoy!

Are you putting in a big for the $26 million? Maybe a crowd funding project on your next broadcast lol

[Havie]

Could be slightly overpriced - maybe they should be on eBay!

The second article in the orignal post is very interesting.

[AmigaBill]

LOL! I wish I had that kind of coin. Maybe I will raffle off a few AmigaBill bottle opener/keychains this Sunday and see how far I get If I had $26 mil I would probably retire and open up an Amiga museum or something

[Havie]

Originally Posted by AmigaBill

LOL! I wish I had that kind of coin. Maybe I will raffle off a few AmigaBill bottle opener/keychains this Sunday and see how far I get If I had $26 mil I would probably retire and open up an Amiga museum or something

And it would be the best Amiga museum - go for it Bill, we'd all visit.

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by AmigaBill

LOL! I wish I had that kind of coin. Maybe I will raffle off a few AmigaBill bottle opener/keychains this Sunday and see how far I get If I had $26 mil I would probably retire and open up an Amiga museum or something

After watching your videos, you did a tour of your mancave and it was a museum!

The name of this museum is "AMIGA"

Amiga Bill's
Museum
Immerses
Gamers in
Amiga!