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Hal Lasko, who was better known as Grandpa, worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. His family introduced him to the computer and Microsoft Paint in his 90s, long after he retired. He would spend ten hours a day moving pixels around his computer paintings. His work is a blend of pointillism and 8-bit art. Here’s some bits I’ve read, collected and written about Hal, The Grandpa.
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“You know I do a lot of my painting with my eyes shut?” Grandpa spent his entire working life as a graphic artist, creating ads and hand-drawn typographic guides. At the beginning of his career, he left civilian life to serve in WWII, drafting directional and weather maps for bombing raids.
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When he retired in the 90s his family showed him the computer. He didn't find much use for it until he discovered Microsoft Paint. He was hooked. Since then, Grandpa spent ten hours a day placing pixels around his computer paintings. His work is like a collision of pointillism and 8-Bit art. "When I started to go blind, I wasn’t able to get the brush quite where I wanted it. So when I got into the art program on the computer, I appreciated that I could blow it up eight hundred times [larger] and be sure that I was hitting the right spot."
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