It has spawned memes. It has spawned jokes. It has also spawned creativity. It is MS Paint. Most joke about the humble program that comes with all Microsoft-based operating systems, but talented artists have harnessed its simplicity and used it to further the agenda of new and innovative art forms. One such aritst is Steph Glenford, known on dA as ~horseluvr04. Her Paint artwork on dA is widely hailed as some of the most original and finely made on the entire site, and we have an exclusive chance at an interview with Stephanie.

Thanks for coming to this interview, Steph. How are you today?
pretky gud! i just go ptof the phone w/ may mothre adn she r comingg hoem sun so i got 2 do tis qudkl 4cuz shel' n eed the compyyy~

SPEKUL8: triks rbit is horcux, her most recent deviation, by ~horseluvr04

Tell us about your drawings.
wel i do themsm on sometprograms znd it is oretpygod! i ususly drew them of thigns my freinds dink of during skewl, or tinsksk is e, or even thhiings i not se ever bef4! one of tehehm is a think, sometimes peoeple aske me 2 do a drawng 4 dhem 2. ieveer work w/ peorplepe liek ~j2n4m3mj33 , ~neckangle007 ~reckmn2 + sother!

TEH ALL OF TEM WTF OMG LOL, one of ~horseluvr04's most well-known deviations.

When did you first get started in MS Paint?
wlell 1 day in liek 1999 i tisnk on a tapleene witm/ my fiaemly. and My dsaf; ehe get a new laptOpeowrpe! it was shieny but low, and i hade a boredds so i go do2 a thdrawthign! the reirst 1 was 4 ohoto of tewh wtsewradress, bu i no haevthee.

gohstman, ~horseluvr04's first deviation.

Are there any MS Paint artists who you looked up to during this time?
oyehs! ~mr. shuck steka + ~barthelona they asre all very gud darwingguys.

sonicku, a deviation by ~horseluvr04

You're known best for your MS Paint drawings, but you've done other things too. Tell us about some of them.
ohhhh k! som uf them r don in prhhtoshop wen my bros is not in the haus. thosee r usualy guder then mai eyether 1 s but the subject lacks composition and attention to line. tother t3ims: i rote peotry and a fanfictin, but sthat wa/s a long tiemsago and no i do dhtet anmymre. 0h and 1 time o did a tinisng using arfmage: a craezy photowordd thet is liek real pant! i do a loot of paperand pensil drawng 2 but i no havee a way w/ scanr and my dda no everlet me photsoususe.

a beauntiful fallmornog snuris, a deviation by ~horseluvr04 featuring ArtRage.

One of your recent deviations mentions your band, Tubatiem. It even links to an MP3. Tell us more about that.
wlel tbautiem is a inventionn frum when I thinnk about a frends and musc. a frend naemd cheladf was lern 2 tuba on firth grad, and we rote a sogn! my fredn wokak poxks [of the band Flan F] agon do drusm but then sotp. now new drumer: nekangl! a e-frend askt 1ce if we do a album, and no yet, but we wil be doing at aDavesfst tshi year. DO NOE MSSS.

mai band: TUBATIEM by ~horseluvr04

What are we doing to pigs?
u no thet nuse articel sen on faarck awhil ago? were a wumn set a rapsest on fire? [Mother sets fire to her daughter's gloating rapist] iz just liek thet.

LOLL TACOS by ~horseluvr04

Are there any works of art in progress?
yaeh! it r opart of a 2-par series feat. frute, and it has dkrcor oxcotpus. it is ss no dund, but i wil maybe next 2eseday.

desent 4f menkind , a preview of ~horseluvr04's upcoming deviation

Is there any similar artwork to yours you'd like to feature?


Any tips for aspiring MS Paint artists?
plsn ur shoosts in aevdnace: tiem + liteing r most rimpirtant 2 forotrher. warmfth and defpht, textuse cotnrassst and clor are efected by snulightt and tiem. thsoting in early or lste hour r best 4cuz lite issi lo and gold and magyslc.