For anyone that has used simplistic applications like Microsoft Paint, you’ll know their deep limitations, and their usually rudimentary results. However, there are some patient artists who use these tools to their advantage, spending hours creating mini masterpieces that defy expectations. Indeed, the creators of Microsoft Paint probably had no idea that professional level images could come from their simple programs.

Artist Christian Young is such an artist, his landscapes made entirely on Paint, and showing great use of shadow, depth, and color. It goes to show that the right artist can use just about any tool to create beauty.

See more of his work on Instagram.

 

Edited by Ben VanderVeen · About Moss & Fog

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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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