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MS Paint is a subgenre of Old Web. The visual of the aesthetic applied to digital drawings that use solid colors and lines, or use Windows' built-in image editor, Microsoft Paint.

History

MS Paint was released on 1985, alongside the first version of Microsoft's Windows as an art software. The program was, and still is, very popular, since it comes bundled with all versions of Microsoft Windows. The tool has recently been deprecated in favor of Paint 3D, though it is still accessible today and even received a UI revamp for Windows 11.

Visuals

As is the name, these are usually made in MS Paint, with its limited tools compared to other image editing or art software. Due to these limitations, a lot of the drawings that are made with it low quality (whether it's intentional or not); flat or not, colors with thick, wavy lines, simple features, and some mistakes here and there. A lot of the time, text is done with the text tool and the default font. Thus, these made up the aesthetic. Visuals can be anything, but very popular things are as follows:

People
Faces
Everything being in a white void
Existing pictures (such as stock images or game sprites) pasted in with others or original art
Comics
Memes/memey imagery
OCs and existing characters

Media

Due to its easy accessibility on many computers, MS Paint was very popular to use in the early days of YouTube; anywhere from video comics to full animations.

Video Games

Space Funeral
Booby Tales (no boobs are in the game, it's SFW)
Mundoland 2 (Spanish RPG Maker game)
Pizza Tower (despite the fact its sprites were made using Aseprite)
Undertale & Deltarune (many sprites use default MS Paint colors)
Doom & Doom II Hell on Earth (despite the fact its sprites were made using Deluxe Paint)
Mortal Kombat (despite the fact its sprites were made using the actors)

Television

Adventure Time
Homestar Runner
The Big Lez Show

Webfiction

Homestuck
Tails Gets Trolled
Sonichu
Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls
Eggsanta and Mop
My Jungle Book, Your Year
Mike and Melissa

Videos

breakcore fans (2022)
YouTube MS Paint Joker drawing videos (2008-2019)

Subgenres

Oekaki

Oekaki (お絵描き) is Japanese for "drawing". On the internet, it is the term for a simplistic drawing tool used on message boards. It is similar to the MS Paint aesthetic due to the lack of advanced features.

Silly

Joyful and silly characters made with simple shapes having a circle for a face, became popular in the 2020s. Most of the time there is an emoticon on this face =D, OWO and =3 are the most used emoticons on the face. This also includes the "TBH creature".

Resources

External links to help get a better understanding of this aesthetic.

Pinterest Boards

Doodlecore/Scribblecore/MSpaintcore by Michiru

YouTubers

BlazetheMovieFan's skit videos (YouTuber)
GradeAUnderA (YouTuber)
Some of PilotRedSun's Videos (YouTuber)
bloomacncheez (YouTuber)
Mari Mari Cutie (YouTuber)
AlvinFan32105 (YouTube animator)

Gallery

References

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/ms-paint

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+'''MS Paint''' is a subgenre of [[Old Web]]. The visual of the aesthetic applied to digital drawings that use solid colors and lines, or use Windows' built-in image editor, Microsoft Paint.
-'''MS Paint''' is a subgenre of old web. The visual of the aesthetic applied to digital drawings of a lowish quality or made with tools the program of the same name has.
 == History ==
-MS Paint was released on 1985, alongside the first version of windows as an art software.  Over the years, as with newer versions of Windows, The program evolved from producing black and white 1-bit MSP files to colorful modern image formats. The program was, and still is, very popular, since you already had it for free if you had Windows. It has been discontinued for windows 10 and has been replaced with Paint 3D, which has a similar aesthetic but with 3D added to the mix. It is still possible to get MS Paint on 10 however.
+MS Paint was released on 1985, alongside the first version of Microsoft's Windows as an art software. The program was, and still is, very popular, since it comes bundled with all versions of Microsoft Windows. The tool has recently been deprecated in favor of Paint 3D, though it is still accessible today and even received a UI revamp for Windows 11.
 == Visuals ==
-As is the name, these are usually made in MS Paint, with it's limited tools compared to other image editing or art software. Due to these limitations, a lot of the drawings that are made with it are, of a low quality (whether it's intentional or not); flat, or no, colors with thick, wavy lines, simple features, and some mistakes here and there. A lot of the time, text is done with the text tool and the default font. Thus, these made up the aesthetic. Visuals can be anything, but very popular things are as follows:
+As is the name, these are usually made in MS Paint, with its limited tools compared to other image editing or art software. Due to these limitations, a lot of the drawings that are made with it low quality (whether it's intentional or not); flat or not, colors with thick, wavy lines, simple features, and some mistakes here and there. A lot of the time, text is done with the text tool and the default font. Thus, these made up the aesthetic. Visuals can be anything, but very popular things are as follows:
 * People
 * Faces
 * Everything being in a white void
-* Existing pictures (stuck as stock images or game sprites) pasted in with to others or original art
+* Existing pictures (such as stock images or game sprites) pasted in with others or original art
 * Comics
-* Memes/memey imagary
+* Memes/memey imagery
-* OCs and Existing Characters
+* OCs and existing characters
 == Media ==
+Due to its easy accessibility on many computers, MS Paint was very popular to use in the early days of YouTube; anywhere from video comics to full animations.
-=== Videos ===
-MS Paint was popular to use in the early days of youtube. Anywhere from video comics to full animations.
+=== Video Games ===
-* BlazetheMovieFan's skit videos (Youtuber)
-* Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls (Webseries)
-* Eggsanta and Mop (Webseries)
-* GradeAUnderA (Youtuber)
-* Some of PilotRedSun's Videos (Youtuber)
-*bloomacncheez (Youtuber)
+*Space Funeral
-=== Games ===
+*Booby Tales (no boobs are in the game, it's SFW)
+*Mundoland 2 (Spanish RPG Maker game)
+*Pizza Tower (despite the fact its sprites were made using Aseprite)
+*Undertale & Deltarune (many sprites use default MS Paint colors)
+*Doom & Doom II Hell on Earth (despite the fact its sprites were made using Deluxe Paint)
+*Mortal Kombat (despite the fact its sprites were made using the actors)
+=== Television ===
-* Space Funeral
+*Adventure Time
-=== Music ===
+*Homestar Runner
+*The Big Lez Show
+=== Webfiction ===
-* Ninja Tuna - Kalimba by Mr. Scruff
+*''Homestuck''
-=== TV Shows ===
+*''Tails Gets Trolled''
+*''Sonichu''
+*''Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls''
+*''Eggsanta and Mop''
+*''My Jungle Book, Your Year''
+*''Mike and Melissa''
+=== Videos ===
-* The Big Lez Show
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGXJiJbxmWo breakcore fans] (2022)
+*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ms+paint+joker YouTube MS Paint Joker drawing videos] (2008-2019)
-=== Other ===
+== Subgenres ==
+=== Oekaki ===
-* Homestuck
+Oekaki (お絵描き) is Japanese for "drawing". On the internet, it is the term for a simplistic drawing tool used on message boards. It is similar to the MS Paint aesthetic due to the lack of advanced features.
-*Tails Gets Trolled
-* http://www.mspaintadventures.com
-== Activities ==
+=== Silly ===
+Joyful and [[silly]] characters made with simple shapes having a circle for a face, became popular in the 2020s. Most of the time there is an emoticon on this face =D, OWO and =3 are the most used emoticons on the face. This also includes the "TBH creature".
-MS Paint activities include:
+<gallery>
-* Doodling
+File:98e91bde6a0eb79dd2de0dc5b3bf0df6.jpg
-* Strange humor
+File:44bab77429d39857cd9a0fcfb05df275.jpg
-* Complaining about everything
+File:056f7b4b4dbf449d4c075090ea6f532a.jpg|The TBH creature; art by @acmeiku on X/Twitter.
+File:Cda4e29910f0195ff4a3fcc91b2362c0.jpg
+File:D37eb62b0b6ca7af5093265bb057774a.jpg
+File:3444f20388a7e585cc03e88960f602d1.jpg
+File:8c1c6ea0efaae985f5f9368fbccf3629.jpg
+File:5bcd479ccb1930a2a40cf121b552e945.jpg
+File:538c4ace664bbd9c88cb9ad077c30d7e.jpg
+</gallery>
+== Resources ==
+External links to help get a better understanding of this aesthetic.
+=== Pinterest Boards ===
+* [https://id.pinterest.com/IamanEGGU/doodlecorescribblecoremspaintcore/?invite_code=0f753cff994d4ef694044278d262a042&sender=591519869715983829 Doodlecore/Scribblecore/MSpaintcore by Michiru]
+=== YouTubers ===
+*BlazetheMovieFan's skit videos (YouTuber)
+*GradeAUnderA (YouTuber)
+*Some of PilotRedSun's Videos (YouTuber)
+*bloomacncheez (YouTuber)
+*Mari Mari Cutie (YouTuber)
+*AlvinFan32105 (YouTube animator)
 == Gallery ==
+<gallery widths="130" orientation="landscape" bordersize="small" captionposition="below" captionalign="center" captionsize="medium">
-<gallery>
 File:Over 9000 hours in mspaint by faustcol.png|A meme about MS Paint
 File:Yer-baby.jpg|Art by Ringo Starr
 File:Windy-anime-girl.jpeg
 File:97-year-old-pixel-painter-paints-ms-paint-3.jpg
+File:Mundoland2scene.png|Mundoland 2 in game scene
 File:Sneepo.PNG|Art by Grayskyman
 File:Bloomacncheez.jpg|Bloomacncheez
-File:Meowpower.png|art by xxxmeowpowerxxx
+File:Meowpower.png|Art by xxxmeowpowerxxx
-File:Kalimba.jpg
+File:Kalimba.jpg|Ninja Tuna cover
+File:Abstractmspaint.png|Art by Grayskyman
+File:Ms paint 1.webp|Art by YellowKitsune
+File:Ms paint 2.webp|Art by YellowKitsune
+File:Eaw.png|MS Paint art of Ten from Numberblocks. Art presumably made by  Natan130920.
+File:Peter-keenan-astrademon-final.gif|An edited GIF of the Cacodemon sprite made with Deluxe Paint.
+File:Hallowiki.jpg|31 Days of Hallowiki! (2018); Art by Rh390110478.
 </gallery>
-== Refrences ==
+==References==
 https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/ms-paint
 [[Category:Visual]]
 [[Category:Needs work]]
-[[Category:Needs images]]
+[[Category:Art]]
+[[Category:Bright]]
+[[Category:Cute]]
+[[Category:Design Aesthetics]]
+[[Category:Electronic]]
+[[Category:Images]]
+[[Category:Internet Aesthetics]]
+[[Category:Old web]]
+[[Category:Pastels]]
+[[Category:Rainbow]]
+[[Category:Vintage]]
+[[Category:Web]]
+[[Category:Youthful]]