73-year-old turned Excel into art-capable software
Tatsuo Horiuchi, a 73-year-old Japanese man, has developed a rather peculiar method of creating digital drawings with software that was originally designed to do something completely different: Microsoft Excel. Excel is known worldwide for being able to create countless spreadsheets and make the most varied calculations, less for its artistic capabilities. However, in Horiuchi's hands, he gained another purpose.
This Japanese discovered talent only 13 years ago, when he was about to retire. With plenty of free time, Tatsuo decided to look for new skills to learn in an unconventional way. When he saw that many people were charting in Excel, he decided to create true artistic drawings in the tool. He has always had an interest in graphic arts, but did not know which method to use to express his images.
"Graphics software is quite expensive, but Microsoft Excel comes pre-installed on Windows computers and has more features and is easier to use than Microsoft Paint, " said the modern Japanese artist. Tatsuo also tried to do some work with Word, but even preferred to use Microsoft spreadsheet software.
Interestingly, Horiuchi has never used Excel at work; He learned everything when he decided to use the software to draw (60 years old at the time). In 2006, the work of the elderly was recognized with the Excel Autoshape Art Contest award, with images that were considered far superior to the work of their rivals. If you wish, you can download two of his works and view them in Excel itself:
- Cherry Blossoms at Castle Game (2006)
- Kegon Falls (2007)
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