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I'd love to know how long the original artist took to paint that image! I imagine many hours of squinting at a CRT screen, with absolutely nothing better to do
by keyle 2y ago
I'd love to know how long the original artist took to paint that image!
I imagine many hours of squinting at a CRT screen, with absolutely nothing better to do. No internet, no mobile phones, apps, social medias, zit.
- another2another 2y agoThere was always the free copy of Computer Weekly that would arrive in the post to keep you amused for half an hour or so.
- nottorp 2y agoPeople maybe ... went outside ... back then?
- pjc50 2y agoWell, yes, staring at a screen is the digital art workflow just as it is the programming workflow, and deep work (or just most work!) requires not constantly getting distracted. The artist is Avril Harrison. Other than that, seems to be lost to history. https://datagubbe.se/famous/ https://datagubbe.se/famous/ (this is a better process than the 1965 NASA version, which involved doing pixel art by hand on paper. A form of human "shader". https://science.nasa.gov/resource/first-tv-image-of-mars-hand-colored/ https://science.nasa.gov/resource/first-tv-image-of-mars-han... )
- voidUpdate 2y agoNASA didn't have to do it that way, they just couldn't wait for it to be processed on the computers