MacPaint Interface

The Apple software, MacPaint, revolutionized digital art with its use of tool icons in conjunction with a mouse or graphics tablet. 

This image shows the sort of graphic that could be made using the application. A black and white image using a 72 dpi interface. To our standards today this is a low reslotution image, but in the 80s, this was breaking the mold for what computers could do. 

The aim was to make a digital drawing software available to the masses with intuitive design. To the left is the general tools we use to day in photo editing software, like the eraser tool, the paint bucket tool, and shape tools. The bottome left corner showcases lineweights. The bottom right hosts an array of patterns.