Jim'll Paint It is an internet blog featured on
Tumblr and other
social networking site
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s, started on 21 February 2013. The blog consists of mostly humorous and surreal artwork painted using only
Microsoft Paint, by request from his online followers.
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BBC TV series ''
Jim'll Fix It''.
Background
Jim'll Paint It is a
speed painter from
Bristol, England.
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[{{cite web, url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/jimll-paint-it-the-man-who-drew-too-much-8510607.html , archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/jimll-paint-it-the-man-who-drew-too-much-8510607.html , archive-date=8 June 2022 , url-access=subscription , url-status=live, first=Simon, last=Usborne, title=Jim'll Paint It: The man who drew too much, date=25 February 2013, accessdate=4 May 2014, work=independent.co.uk, publisher= The Independent] The only tools he uses for his works are
Paint XP and an
optical mouse.
[{{cite book , last=Paint It, first=Jim'll, date=2 October 2014, title=Electric Dreams: The Collected Works of Jim'll Paint It, publisher=Faber & Faber Ltd, page=foreword, isbn=978-0-571-31555-0] In October 2014, he published a book on his works, with 17 paintings made especially for the book. In February 2015, he began a new blog called 30squared.
See also
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Digital painting
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Surrealism
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References
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Further reading
''Electric Dreams: The Collected Works of Jim'll Paint It'' (2014)
''Of Mouse and Man: The Best of Jim'll Paint It'' (2019)
External links
*{{URL, https://www.facebook.com/JimllPaintIt
Internet properties established in 2013
2013 establishments in the United Kingdom
Blog hosting services
British blogs
Artists from Bristol
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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