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ITs History!The ZX Spectrum was launched 1983 as <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Timex?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Timex</a> Sinclair 2068 computer on the US market. With a <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Z80A?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Z80A</a> CPU running on 3.5 MHz this beautiful <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/homecomputer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homecomputer</a> was capable to draw electric images on a regular telly. With a resolution of 256×192 <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixels?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pixels</a> even limited to 15 colours it was great for the budget. <a href="https://youtu.be/iemMlbIY1SI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/iemMlbIY1SI</a> Print'n'Plotter sold their <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphics</a> software under the same product name <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Paintbox?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paintbox</a> like <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Quantel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quantel</a>, but for <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Sinclair?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sinclair</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/homecomputers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homecomputers</a>. While <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/colourClash?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colourClash</a> was a serious limitation in the 80s, it's a <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/8bit?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cgi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cgi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/glitch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glitch</a> effect today available in smartphone camera apps. Our <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vector?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vector</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/illustration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustration</a> of this legendary <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrocomputer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputer</a> is a form of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/digital?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lithography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lithography</a>. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/IT?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IT</a>'s made in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/svg?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#svg</a> tech and created with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Inkscape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inkscape</a>, not <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Adobe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Adobe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Illustrator?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustrator</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ai?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ai</a>

MWZThe videos tonight are very "we can use these effects, no one asked if we should use these effects" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TOTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TOTP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaintBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaintBox</a>

Topaz 🐇The full Quantel Paintbox art stream recorded this Sunday is now live! If you wanted to see a Paintbox being used live for illustration work, here's a good opportunity.<a href="https://makertube.net/w/8zGMDzTpczkwuuEHdzCUE7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/w/8zGMDzTpczkwuuEHdzCUE7</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/artstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artstream</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/livestream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#livestream</a>

Topaz 🐇Live now! I'm drawing YOUR REQUESTS on a Quantel Paintbox! There's no live chat on MakerTube at the moment, so if you want to interact, reply to this post!<a href="https://makertube.net/w/eL9f3saQVc5Bboiqq6XDvb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/w/eL9f3saQVc5Bboiqq6XDvb</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArtStream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtStream</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/furryart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#furryart</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Topaz 🐇 📹Drawing YOUR REQUESTS on a Quantel Paintbox from the 90s!<a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/6f709b9b-5c3d-41a7-9e41-9ac2fdb3f238" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/videos/watch/6f709b9b-5c3d-41a7-9e41-9ac2fdb3f238</a>

Topaz 🐇All set for tomorrow at 1pm! <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArtStream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtStream</a>

Topaz 🐇I'm taking YOUR REQUESTS for what to draw on a Quantel Paintbox this Sunday, September 3rd at 1pm Eastern! Read the blog post to find out more and to make a request: <a href="https://theindustriousrabbit.com/blog/2023-08-31-drawing-your-requests-on-a-quantel-paintbox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theindustriousrabbit.com/blog/2023-08-31-drawing-your-requests-on-a-quantel-paintbox/</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArtStream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtStream</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Topaz 🐇Hey, today is Quantel's 50th birthday! Go check out my video as well as <a href="https://mastodon.social/@DextersTechLab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DextersTechLab</a> 's videos where he fixes up Quantel hardware. He contributed footage for my video, and he's done some wild stuff to get these old machines working again.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YouTube</a>

Topaz 🐇New video! A decade before Adobe <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Photoshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photoshop</a>, one company made a bespoke computer whose artistic capabilities helped define the look of 80s and 90s TV shows, music videos, and print media. So why don't we call digital photo manipulation "being Paintboxed?"<a href="https://makertube.net/w/kegieNpTzAbT2ukR7EUMTt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/w/kegieNpTzAbT2ukR7EUMTt</a>Big thanks to DextersTechLab on YouTube (<a href="https://youtube.com/@DextersTechLab" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/@DextersTechLab</a>) and Adrian Wilson (<a href="https://quantelpaintbox.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://quantelpaintbox.com</a>) for their help on this video!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Quantel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quantel</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paintbox</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeerTube</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtHistory</a>

Topaz 🐇 📹Digital photo editing a decade before Photoshop? Meet the Quantel Paintbox<a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/9bb7bb14-e8d4-47f1-9661-cf201b8168fd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/videos/watch/9bb7bb14-e8d4-47f1-9661-cf201b8168fd</a>

Topaz Rabbit Pix 🐇📸I got a chance to use the Quantel Paintbox at <a href="https://pix.hackerbun.social/discover/tags/VCFEast?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VCFEast</a>. This was a Wacom and Photoshop precursor that is ridiculously powerful. I learned it was used for a lot of famous artwork and videos in the 80s and 90s. I made a drawing of Topaz, and the printout is a video capture of the image printed to a photo printer. <a href="https://pix.hackerbun.social/discover/tags/quantel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantel</a> <a href="https://pix.hackerbun.social/discover/tags/paintbox?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paintbox</a>

Kellyb2104It feels odd that I haven't yet posted any <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/crochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crochet</a> pictures as it's my main creative outlet. My main obsession over the last couple years has been designing and making <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/amigurumi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amigurumi</a> bears. I have to be a bit careful with how many I do and break it up with shawls, blankets, jumpers etc as my hands don't love it but here are a few of my favourites (designs are all by me and my go to yarn is <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/paintbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paintbox</a> cotton). Most are made as gifts for family/friends or just because I fancy a challenge

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