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ms paint. you know her. u used her age 8 to make loads of rainbow ovals all over the canvas and then scramble it with selection tool. now u will know her true powers with my handyrandy tips under the readmore. some will be pretty basic and others are very special.

this post has 8 cool trix to learn for you. enjoy and i may do another in the future if i remember/learn more stuff

some of it might be common knowledge. but its got some deep cuts. all tips have gifs to show process easily.

🙂 enjoy and i hope this encourages you to fuck around in mspaint more

soundtrack for this post (loop it while you learn for advanced learning experience)

TIP 1) the right click trick

left and right mouse click correspond to col1 and col2 respectively, which u can see in the top bar. this applies to all brushes and the fill tool like above. when using shapes col2 will be the fill colour (if you have solid fill selected). right clicking with shape maker will reverse the colours use on the shape.

TIP 2) right click eraser

this one is extremely helpful for lineart or add shading. the eraser always uses col2. so your eraser can technically be any colour. but here's where you get powers: right clicking with eraser will only erase onto col1, with col2.

TIP 3) transparent selection change a guy destination

the beloved transparent selection tool works based on what is selected as col2. so long as you have the correct colour as col2 you can make any image transparent and put it on top of anything else. and yes this works with photo bg as you can see.

TIP 4) the gradience

this one is a little more complex. you want to start off with any canvas size, and make as many diagonal coloured bands as you want. (protip: holding down shift makes a perfectly diagonal line with line tool)

then you need to resize the canvas to a width of 1px (make sure you resize by pixels, and do not maintain aspect ratio). then resize again back to its original width (or a different width i cant stop you). you will have your lovely gradience.

TIP 5) superimposter

so. you got a cool gradient and wanna put a guy on it. heres what i do:

i open a 2nd mspaint with same canvas size and draw whatever i want on there. i then pick a completely unrelated colour to my entire piece, and set that as the bg. you could use white, pink, geen, whatever you want as long as it doesnt appear somewhere else in ur drawing. copy the guy.

go back to your gradient tab. ensure that col2 is set as that bg colour you picked (lilac for me). have "transparent selection" enabled. paste your guy in. cue fanfare

TIP 6) advanced superimposter

the great thing about this method is u can put multiple gradients in multiple areas of the image. this is where it gets all japanese printmaking type of shit. ukiyo-esque

all you need to do is make another canvas with a new gradient, ensure col2 is set as the colour you want to replace, then paste your original piece onto the new gradient. now my guy has a soft fade. you can do this as much as you want. (you could even make a canvas with a texture or photo and paste your drawing onto there)

TIP 7) "sketch layer"

so as you now know, col2 is what is removed when you click "transparent selection". which means you can also remove any instance of a colour from ur drawing. which means you can have a unique colour for sketch layer and remove it from the drawing later. i admittedly dont do this but it is a great trick to have.

now combine this with lowering your dpi for smoother lines. may seem obvious but it helps. its like a free stabiliser whenever u want.

TIP 8) rainbow art

now this is where you can get dizzee rascal "bonkers". check out my small and shitty rainbow trick. you can select anything and hold down shift, then drag with left mouse, to turn that selection into its own brush. i even did it with a guy. and you can of course do this with a photo as well.

🙂well that it for now. hope you liked it thanks for reading now back to your regularly scheduled tgcg programming

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how to rotate text in mspaint

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wanna make it punblically known:

oldschool ms paint within your very own browser

i use this sometimes

great time capsule and 100% functional

have fun

#randytime #idk how popular this is so im gonna spread the word

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youre amazing thanks for existing

thanks for existing too

#randytime #cool people #dave strider #homestuck

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I’ve just been scrolling through your blog and I keep coming back to it. Legit you have my favorite version of Davekat and I can’t get enough of it. I love all of the doodles and comics and answers to asks, and you are such an awesome artist and writer! You genuinely inspired me to try and make some comics and doodles of my own :3 I don’t typically make fanart (very ironic username I know), but seeing all of your stuff really makes me want to.

omg... dude, do it. make watever u want 4ever. put it on the internet if that maekz u happy. im so stoked 2 be an inspiration to ppl in that regard, art is a playground so u can do anythin (& plz do)!

im also rly glad ppl enjoy my interp of dk, its rly important 2 me heheh. these guys r a huge comfort 2 me.

thank u so much 4 the kind words, if u do do anything i hope u have a grate time & take care of urself <3

ik im taking a break rn, but ur message made me rly happy, so have a it 🙂

#randytime #cool people

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my friend asks whether you have drawn dave and karkat kissing LOL

if not, do it plz

#randytime

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thats about 4,413 more than i expected so thanks

#randytime #shaking crying throwing up

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yall are FAKE i fucking LOVE adam sandler. I have seen and loved EVERY MOVIE. I SAW HIM LIVE. I will not stand for adam sandler slander. HES A GOOD GUY AND FUNNY!! YALL HATE TO SEE A FUNNY LOOKING JOKER THRIVE!! Im an adam sandler lover til the very end

#randytime #i pooped you 4 fun #not mean spirited i just alwas wanted 2 do this and ur ask is funny

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SEEN UR PIC AT THE HOMESTUCK CAFE… soo pleezed to see tgcg art in real life… blessed keep up the good work

<33 i had some bros plant em 4 me... heheheh i wish i cud go myself but alas uh

n thanx hehehe

#randytime #tentacledwizard n chthonicarcher got my back

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y’all wanna know sumthin crazy

#randytime

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alrige, w that i am gonna force myself in2 a break. im kinda struggling a lot w my mental health & i gotta”get a grip” etc

thanx u 2 everyone who has followed me so far & left kind words or messages 4 me, supported me in any way, i appreciate it more than i can put in2 words… i will likely still be hoverig arnd on @cgtg a bit but ya… much love

#randytime #Youtube

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOH! I get it now, your name are both Karkat and Dave usernames

im on a rampage

#randytime #ive been keepig track of how many times ppl tell me they just got my url haha #i didnt realise it wus so. not obvious? #i dong mean this in a bad way #i just take it for granite bc its the reason i have the url #surprises me haha

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When I was a small child my dad forced me to watch every single Adam Sandler movie with him. It sounds funny but I am being 100% serious he actually did do that to me and I still haven't recovered. I can't see that egg-shaped head without instinctively recoiling

thats the saddest shit i ever heard get said

#randytime #i would never recover from that #you brave soldier

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do you think dave would listen to tyler the creator

fuck yeah. tho personally i associate tyler da creator more with dirk, that kinda sound. same w stuff like childish gambino. but i do think dave would like tyler da creator bc he rules objectively & i think dave and dirk could bond over music a lot.

otherwise i persanally hc hed be more into relatively earlier hip hop w heavy sampling & record scratch shit. & more underground/unconventional kinds of stuff, w a lot of punch&crunch on the percussion. been compelled 2 make another playlist 4 this shit bc ive been thinking abt it sm. sorry 4 hijanking the ask l0l, thanx for asking me...

#randytime #headcamon #i mention open mike eagle sm in relation 2 him but i just think he’d be a big fuckin fan of #the album unapologetic art rap #i think itd be one of his fav albums #also this ask is so old i juszt remembered i had it saved 2 answer

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youve definitely heard this so many times by now but, your art genuinely makes my day each and every time. it speaks deeply to my soul. (my kk fictive really loves it too).

your art is so impressive to me for being drawn on paint with a mouse. and really inspiring!!! so! thank you!!

awh man thank u so much. i rlly enjoy ur art as well, so that meanz a lott

ms paint is rlly such a versatile art tool if u know how it thinks, thats wat i think. and drawing with a mouse is actually rlly fun. its like freeing. idk. i love it.

kind wordz never lose their punch. and u socked me in da jaw.

karkatsmile 4 u. thank u!🙂🧡

#randytime #karkat vantas #homestuck #cool people

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i need what they have. how did they get that and how do i do it.

1. fail to conform to societal standards u strictly enforce for yourself

2. decide you’re totally a big deal (have massive self esteem issues)

3. find someone else who is doing the exact same thing

4. talk too much

5. ???

6. profit

#randytime #oh and be bisexual #probably