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Here is an example of some awesome MS Paint art.... This isn't even the best one I've ever seen. So yes MS Paint is acceptable as a tool. It's not acceptable as an excuse though. wink

Edit: Gah Youtube not seeming to want to imbed today.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWqRhReaZk

Link instead.

paint is totally ok, but I don't like when people get credit later just for using it.
example:
"WOW! you made that in paint?"

it's such a strange way to be complimented to, like the picture wouldn't be nice if it wasn't made in paint...

Paint gets a lot of flack for being simple or difficult to use, and because of that people want to use it as a crutch when they draw something poorly. They'll post something with wonky anatomy and blame that on the fact that they used Paint. People doing this certainly do not help the program's image (nor do they help themselves by blaming a program on their own faults as artists).

A lot of pixel artists like to use Paint. I look at the program as not being any different than simple oekaki, and figure as long as you can use masks it's perfectly fine. I used to draw in Paint 16 years ago before my family had a scanner (we didn't get one until I was 19 and in college), and I never once thought about how Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro was better. They're just different, and sometimes a simpler medium is better.