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I remember the first moments switching from C64 to a 386AT PC with VGA card/screen and be blown away by Deluxe Paint II's included artwork named pueblo (http://

by smetj 2y ago

I remember the first moments switching from C64 to a 386AT PC with VGA card/screen and be blown away by Deluxe Paint II's included artwork named pueblo (http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/anims_ibm/electronic_arts/screenshots/PUEBLO.LBM.png http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/anims_ibm/electronic_a...), kingtut (https://www.datagubbe.se/dpaint/img/kingtut.png https://www.datagubbe.se/dpaint/img/kingtut.png) and of course celtic (https://amiga.lychesis.net/assets/AvrilHarrison/AH_Celtic.png https://amiga.lychesis.net/assets/AvrilHarrison/AH_Celtic.pn...)

Cockbrand 2y ago
That King Tut image was really sensational back then, at least for early teenage me, and for a computer that was within imaginable reach (the Amiga, of course).
- enriquto 2y ago
  By the great Avril Harrison, one of the artists behind the Monkey Island games, whose likeness is said to have inspired Elaine!
  - esafak 2y ago
    It's shame I learned her identity only today! I assume you are referring to Monkey Island's Elaine Marley.
    - enriquto 2y ago
      Is there another Elaine? Avril is also listed as an artist in many other lucasarts games, including Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Also in Prince of Persia (just for the title screen [0], if I understand well). Definitely, she's one of the outstanding pixel artists in history. All the Deluxe Paint demo images are hers and are mind-blowing [1]. You can identify her works by the "AH" signature, often discretely embedded in some texture. [0] https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_galeries.php?id=332&galerie=9 https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_galeries.... [1] https://amiga.lychesis.net/assets/AvrilHarrison/ https://amiga.lychesis.net/assets/AvrilHarrison/
- banish-m4 2y ago
  Back when dithering was standard and modem download times for a single image were measured in 10's of seconds.
stevage 2y ago
Do you mean 286AT? Iirc the types of 386 were sx or dx?

by smetj 2y ago

Cockbrand 2y ago

That King Tut image was really sensational back then, at least for early teenage me, and for a computer that was within imaginable reach (the Amiga, of course).

enriquto 2y ago
By the great Avril Harrison, one of the artists behind the Monkey Island games, whose likeness is said to have inspired Elaine!
- esafak 2y ago
  It's shame I learned her identity only today! I assume you are referring to Monkey Island's Elaine Marley.
  - enriquto 2y ago
    Is there another Elaine? Avril is also listed as an artist in many other lucasarts games, including Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Also in Prince of Persia (just for the title screen [0], if I understand well). Definitely, she's one of the outstanding pixel artists in history. All the Deluxe Paint demo images are hers and are mind-blowing [1]. You can identify her works by the "AH" signature, often discretely embedded in some texture. [0] https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_galeries.php?id=332&galerie=9 https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_galeries.... [1] https://amiga.lychesis.net/assets/AvrilHarrison/ https://amiga.lychesis.net/assets/AvrilHarrison/
banish-m4 2y ago
Back when dithering was standard and modem download times for a single image were measured in 10's of seconds.

stevage 2y ago

Do you mean 286AT? Iirc the types of 386 were sx or dx?