The regular
computer graphics column in monthly editions of
ST Format,
Future Publishing's monthly magazine for users of the
Atari ST family of computers, which ran from 1986(ish) to 1996(ish). Written in
ST/
Amiga/
Mac/
PC Format's trademark sarcastic, cheeky style, it was usually the first thing I read when I got the magazine every month (after the list of
cover disk apps).
Readers were encouraged to mail in
floppy disks (
internet? what's that?) containing their own artwork (their
antivirus software must have had smoke coming out of it) for inclusion in the magazine.
Given that the ST's highest quality resolution was 300x200x16, some of the work was of remarkable quality, with some incredibly detailed, hand-drawn
photorealistic artwork being produced on a regular basis. There was the regular stock of
metallic balls floating above chessboard renders, but a few that I still remember today.
The most popular graphics package on the ST was
Deluxe Paint, a port of the
Amiga product, that (if i remember correctly) ended up becoming Paint Shop Pro.
I've got a big stack of ST Formats lying around somewhere, I think I'll go and dig them out...