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    77-Year-Old Uses Excel Spreadsheets To “Paint” His Masterpieces

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    Dubbed as the Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel, 77-year-old Japanese artist Tatsuo Horiuchi impresses the world with his Excel spreadsheet paintings. At first glance, you’ll probably think that his paintings are done with acrylic, oil or watercolor. But you’ll be surprised to know that these intricate artworks are created using Microsoft Excel. Yes, the spreadsheet program that features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables and other useful elements to solve financial, engineering and statistical queries.

    Developed to organize data manipulations and mathematical operations, the spreadsheet program can also display graphical data such as line graphs, charts, histograms and basic shapes. But when it comes to graphics, it only offers very limited three-dimensional graphical features. Needless to say, this software isn’t intended for drawing and image manipulation as there is other software for that such as Microsoft Paint and Adobe Photoshop. But one artist proved that nothing is impossible by creating beautiful art using Excel.

     

    Excel Spreadsheet Paintings

    tatsuo horiuchi blooming in the reaped rice field
    Blooming in the Reaped Rice Field

    When Horiuchi retired, he decided to embrace his long-time passion, which is to paint. But instead of using paints and a paintbrush, he thought of using his PC to paint. With a computer, he doesn’t need to spend money on paints and other painting tools. Furthermore, he was settled on utilizing whatever he has on his computer. So, he opted to use pre-installed programs on his computer instead of buying expensive graphics software.

    excel spreadsheet paintings asake clouds and forest
    Asake Clouds and Forest

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings bamboo with mount fuji
    Bamboo with Mount Fuji

     

    tatsuo horiuchi the dancing girl toward the rainbow
    Dancing Girl Toward the Rainbow

    At first, he tried using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Paint. However, he felt that this software didn’t give him much freedom in drawing. Back in 2000, he saw how people create pretty graphs using Excel and realized that he could also use that feature to draw. He began to tinker with the spreadsheet program to create art. Using the line tool, he draws the subject while taking advantage of the grid of cells as his guide. He then uses the bucket tool to add colors and shading to the image.

    excel spreadsheet paintings burning
    Burning

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings coming spring
    Coming Spring

     

    tatsuo horiuchi woman with parasol
    Woman with Parasol

    Horiuchi found this technique easier than using Word or Paint. He has been painting on Excel since then and was able to discover and apply the software’s unknown artistic capabilities. Inspired mostly by natural landscapes and Japanese cultural motifs, Horiuchi has gained worldwide recognition as a digital artist over the years. One of his Excel paintings also won first prize at the Excel Autoshape Art Contest in 2006.

    excel spreadsheet paintings kite flying over the baltic sea
    Kite Flying Over the Baltic Sea

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings landscape of ookura
    Landscape of Ookura

     

    tatsuo horiuchi warm water
    Warm Water

     

    tatsuo horiuchi comical shinto performance
    Comical Shinto Performance

     

    tatsuo horiuchi the exhibition of chrysanthemum
    The Exhibition of the Chrysanthemum

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings remaining month
    Remaining Month

     

    tatsuo horiuchi rising sun among the woods
    Rising Sun Among the Woods

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings remaining yumeno tomonoura
    Yumeno Tomonoura

     

    tatsuo horiuchi kinkakuji celebration
    Kinkakuji Celebration

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings shiraito waterfall
    Shiraito Waterfall

     

    tatsuo horiuchi myojin-ike pond
    Myojin-Ike Pond

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings snow mountain
    Snow Mountain

     

    tatsuo horiuchi mount chogatake
    Mount Chogatake

     

    tatsuo horiuchi cherry blossom viewing picnic
    Cherry Blossom Viewing Picnic

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings takaiwayama tunnel
    Takaiwayama Tunnel

     

    tatsuo horiuchi boys festival
    Boys Festival

     

    excel spreadsheet paintings water lily
    Water Lily

     

    tatsuo horiuchi kinkakuji temple
    Kinkakuji Temple

     

    Check out the video to see the digital artist in action

    Source: Pasokonga

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