The Best Microsoft Paint Creations

Microsoft Paint is one of the oldest graphic illustrators. Many people tend to dismiss the program; others can only create something that looks like a five-year-old's art project. Few however, master its limited capabilities to create true artwork.

We searched the far reaches of the Internet to bring you the 30 Best Microsoft Paint Creations. Just because these artists use an amateur program doesn't make them less skilled. In fact, if you can create a masterpiece on Microsoft Paint, you're probably pretty legit.

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What a cute little guy. Good work, Owlity!

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CaptainRedblood really knows how to depict a worldly waltz.

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Monsters, Inc. meets Andy Warhol in this funky piece by Sven Ruthner.

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Clayscence posted this fantastic fairy on Deviant Art. Since then it has received lots of attention online as one of the best Microsoft Paint creations on the Internet.

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We don't even want to guess how many hours Katelin Henderson spent bringing this pixelated pony to life.

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There is no cheating when it comes to creating this work by Orhun Tastekin.

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DJCoulz of Deviant Art made a Blues Brothers sketch that is just as masterful as the ones on SNL, but there's nothing to laugh at here.

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This artist took MS Paint to the next level by making it look like real paint.

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We enjoy that this futuristic work was created on the age-old Microsoft Paint.

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Artist Bruno Sousa is the Picasso of Pikachu.

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This car looks real enough to drive off the screen and into the street. (Created by rohith291991 of Deivant Art)

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This bird looks legit enough to sing.

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Hizuki24's MS Paint masterpiece feels a lot like paradise.

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We're not quite sure what this was a poster for, but it reminds us of one of Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau posters.

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This is a Marvel-ous depiction of Iron Man.

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Think you've seen Michael Jackson around lately? Maybe it's because the talented Sweeny Dias ressurected him.

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This clever artist goes by the name Snake. He definitely knows how to put two and two together.

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If you think this is impressive, check out martin1424's Flickr account for more of his awesome technicolor works!

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Can you believe that artist Lief created this with only eight colors?

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Wait, is this straight out of a 5th grade textbook? Philip Andrén (deepcore1 on Deviant Art) somehow brought these Jurassic creatures back to life.

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Arjan Westerdiep casually included this piece in a tutorial he made about how to use MS Paint. He's definitely got skills.

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Despite it's name, this work looks like it was created with brush strokes instead of pixels.

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For the Tumblr "Jim'll Paint It," you can ask Jim to paint your wildest (and weirdest) dreams in Microsoft Paint. Someone must have really wanted to see Kanye West in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.

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We give Diamonster major props for this view of Venice's Grand Canal even though he did add some effects in photoshop.

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Shukei20 (of Deviant Art) really shocked us with this realistic rendering.

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We get chills from Flickr user traqair57's snowy cabin in the woods.

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The incredible piece above is a cropped version of a greater masterpiece. You can see the full version of the work here.

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Artist Robert Silver really knows how to use four colors effectively.

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Are you sure this was made with paint? It's incredible.

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The artist who made this and posted it on Reddit may remain anonymous but his work can be found on every corner of the Internet. Other pixel artists refer to this jaw-dropping piece for inspiration.

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