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- The author discovered early Macintosh digital art creation was akin to using an Etch-A-Sketch, accessible only to a few due to its mouse-based, black-and-white interface in MacPaint.
- They produced popular clip art, comics, and spoke at trade shows, with pixel-by-pixel artwork requiring exact scaling. Later, they taught artists and worked for major companies like Disney and Paramount.
- The Brazen Images series started on the first color Mac in 1989-1990, using Studio 8 with 256 colors and taking months per piece, later enhanced with Photoshop and Wacom Tablet for millions of colors.
- The author emphasizes that art comes from the artist's unique ability, not the software, and rejects the notion that computers can autonomously create art like a tiger drawing, highlighting the irreplaceable role of human creativity.