Turns out, sometimes our resistance to learn something new and master a new skill can lead to something pretty amazing. Pat Hines, who couldn’t be bothered to learn Photoshop and illustrated his ebook using good old Microsoft Paint, is the proof. “I suck at Photoshop and other programs, and have worked exclusively in Microsoft Paint for over ten years… I honed my craft working long overnights at a hospital reception desk…,” the guy writes. That’s why when it came to choosing the program to create illustrations for his novel Camp Redblood And The Essential Revenge, he looked no further and just went for something he was already good at.
If you still have doubts about Hines using some other program, he suggests you to either download the pictures, and zoom in for a closer look, or go to his Deviantart page where he documents how he makes similar art in step-by-step pics. The guy says that his self-published e-book is about a summer camp set in the 1980’s. Of course, it’s not just any ordinary camp – it’s surrounded by ghosts and monsters and “filled with goofy campers and counselors, where the teenagers are always trying to get drunk or laid…”. More info: Camp Redblood And The Essential Revenge
“I suck at Photoshop and other programs, and have worked exclusively in Microsoft Paint for over ten years…”
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“…I honed my craft working long overnights at a hospital reception desk…”
“…Then decided to write and self-publish an e-book about a summer camp set in the 1980’s…”
“…a summer camp surrounded by ghosts and monsters…”
“…and filled with goofy campers and counselors, where the teenagers are always trying to get drunk or laid…”
“…and breaking into rival camps to carry out elaborate revenge schemes…”
The book is called Camp Redblood And The Essential Revenge
NotFakeRussian on May 14th, 2017 at 02:46 UTC »
Can't decide if the art style is because of Paint, or if Paint is just the perfect tool for the art style. It just seems to fit.
TheCopperSparrow on May 14th, 2017 at 02:43 UTC »
All of the people saying he should have spent the time learning Photoshop apparently missed the part where the guy said a lot of his time spent using paint was at his overnight desk job at a hospital. It's highly unlikely that the reception desk at a hospital would have had Photoshop installed.
emplah on May 13rd, 2017 at 19:17 UTC »
Using Photoshop is like playing a violin..