decryption’s blog – MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today

July 12, 2025

I really enjoyed browsing the BMUG’s CD-ROM and discovering earliy 80s art made in MacPaint, so I browsed all 18,000+ MacPaint images on Discmaster to see what gems I can unearth. Here is some what I found – I’ve got so many more cool icons/smaller drawings kept aside for the next time I’m bored and feel like making a blog post.

Would be cool to try track down some of these artists and see what they’re up to these days. If they could do this type of work on those little 9-inch, 1-bit screens 40 years ago, I’d love to see what they’ve achieved since.

The Amiga was another computer around the same time that could do similar (arguably better) levels of computer art at home, so I think I’ll explore that soon. Could be some cool stuff there!

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