How to Draw on 9front: A Guide to paint(1) and the Art Machine
I Did Not Kill Stanley Lieber: How to Draw (With 9front)
I guide you through drawing on the 9front operating system using the paint(1) tool, exploring hardware like ThinkPad tablets and input methods from mice to fingers. Forget modern digital art conventions; here, we embrace a raw, analog-like experience with no pressure sensitivity or layers, proving that simple click-and-drag mechanics can still create compelling art.
Forget what you know about digital art. Forget what you know about drawing. Working with paint(1) is much closer to drawing with physical paper, ink, and colors than any other digital drawing program.
- yjftsjthsd-h
> 2.3.5 Straight Line
> Use a ruler.
Somehow, in spite of noting the unusual physicality of this approach, I was profoundly unprepared to see a physical ruler being used on a touchscreen. Nice.
- Y_Y
The author of this, pmjv, is also the champion of unix surrealism, which some of you may recognize and others may enjoy.
- Alien1Being
When mankind comes to the final judgement, the existence of 9front will be one of the three things keeping us from destruction....
Apropos Pirkei Avot Chapter 1, Verse 2...
- rakel_rakel
People creating things that didn't exist before is so refreshing, and Prahou is such an amazing artist.
Making it look easy (or for the untrained eye like silly scribbles on old thinkpads) he created a whole world around his characters, and the talent and rigor is super impressing.
I would recommend anyone to dive into it!
- minusLik
> Wacomized laptops with pens.
> Crack the screen open and draw on it.
I don't think "crack the screen open" is the best choice of words here …