[ Retro Scan of the Week ] Dad’s Christmas Art
December 21st, 2015 by Benj Edwards
A Christmas Tree in the Window
Back in the day, my dad bought a KoalaPad drawing tablet for our Atari 800. Perhaps that very December — in 1984 or 1985, he drew this scene of the front of our house at Christmas time, complete with a view of our Christmas tree through our living room window. So proud was he of his creation that he snapped a photo of it with a Polaroid camera, and that’s the print I am showing to you now.
Discussion Topic of the Week: Did you draw any Christmas art on your computer when you were a kid? Tell us about it.
December 21st, 2015 at 8:13 am
I remember programming snowfalls on my Amiga 2000 (in GFA Basic). Don’t know if that can be called art, though
December 21st, 2015 at 12:23 pm
I sure tried, but I made lousy holiday art. What yo’ pops did was the bees knees.
December 21st, 2015 at 2:00 pm
KoalaPad, Atari 800, Polaroid… 80s overflow! 😀
Have a great holiday!
December 21st, 2015 at 8:47 pm
Shortly after discovering MS Paint for the first time on a Win 95 machine I found myself deeply and inexplicably engaged in creating a picture of Marvin the Martian.
Not related to Christmas, but thinking back the idea of “painting” on the computer screen, with such a variety of tools and color palette, was pretty novel then.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Oh, and I used to make Christmas cards with MS Word and clip art.
January 11th, 2016 at 10:14 am
Great artwork by your dad. And captured with Polaroid; nice touch.