73-year old Tatsuo Horiuchi uses the popular spreadsheet program Microsoft Excel not for number calculations or data listings, but to draw elaborate Japanese motifs. In an interview to PC Online, Horiuchi said that he did not use Excel at work, but when he saw other people use it to draw graphs, he figured he could make drawings using the office tool. In 10 years, Horiuchi became proficient enough to issue works in art exhibitions.
According to Horiuchi, graphics software is expensive while Excel comes pre-installed in most computers, and is easier to use than Microsoft Paint. He tried using Word but was limited to the paper sizing and he could draw more freely in Excel.
Horiuchi uses the “Auto Shape” feature in the newer version of Excel that allows users to embed custom shaped objects into a spreadsheet. Each of his portrait is studded with countless “Auto Shapes”, carefully shaped into intricate patterns and colored.
Horiuchi first gained attention when, in 2006, he entered an Excel Autoshape Art Contest. His work, which was far-superior than the other entries, blew the judges away. Horiuchi took first place and went on to create work that has been acquired by his local Gunma Museum of Art.
If you are skeptical, you can download the actual Excel files from the links below:
Cherry Blossoms at Jogo Castle (2006)
Kegon Falls (2007)
via Bored Panda
Unbelievable!
ReplyDeleteWonderfully creative! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is breathtaking & genius with the medium.
ReplyDeleteErm....someone should introduce him to a decent vector drawing package....CorelDRAW maybe?
ReplyDeleteCorel Will eat up all the memory in your system
DeleteCorel, Illustrator, and Photoshop!
DeleteTotally agree! - CorelDraw 3.0 was great - so easy to use. Unfortunately it became difficult to use bloatware like Photoshop.
DeleteThat is one clever dude...
ReplyDeleteSomething new too learn at work
ReplyDeleteWhy not learn "too" spell?
DeleteManners are more important than correcting typos. Please learn some.
Deleteand all this time I thought excel was just good for spreadsheets & reports... I've never seen anything like this! what amazing art!
ReplyDeletewhat a surprise,beautiful
ReplyDeleteStunning artwork. 10/10
ReplyDeletebeautiful work :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome work, what a unique idea
DeleteThis gives me a boner.
ReplyDeleteHow practical, creative and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteTrully remarcable ! I love it
ReplyDeletewhat a talent !! he is 73 year old and i'm much younger than him but i think can not do what he did.
ReplyDeleteAre you serious all these artworks are done in in Microsoft excel?! Oh my God I am way more backward than him. Just brilliant in one word!
ReplyDeleteNot only his artworks with Excel blew all the judges away, They also blew away my old belief!
ReplyDeleteOMG... I've been working using Excel all this time but I didn't get any glimpse that my closest working tool can do something this AWESOME!
I'll make sure to try this at least once in my life, Many thanks to Tatsuo Horiuchi and this blog owner for this shocking and inspiring information!
Dear Tatsuo Horiuchi! You did some exceptional and stunning work. it's again established that never give up.you have a dream you gotta protect it. Appreciate your creative work with MS EXCEL. I will try to do the same. Hope it will working.
ReplyDeleteits really remarkable awesome many thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteExceedingly sophisticated amazing art with using microsoft excel. I never thought excel can help to create tremendous design. I have seen some best Japanese motifs in etsy. Thanks Tatsuo Horiuchi for your creative work.
ReplyDeleteTruly magnificent, Are you genuine every one of these works of art are done in Microsoft exceed expectations?! Goodness my God I am much more in reverse than him. Only splendid in single word!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and mind blowing post it is ,really it is ..thanks
ReplyDeleteIt's really amazing art using Microsoft excel. And it's so tuff to make perfect art using Microsoft excel But You've done, Awesome work.
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