---
title: "Be an MS Paint MVP"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/14/be-an-ms-paint-mvp.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/14/be-an-ms-paint-mvp.html"
published: "2005-11-14T07:30:00"
updated: "2005-11-14T07:30:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Note: This whole post is under the assumption that this guy is not sarcastic to the point that nobody gets it. Looks like you can get on the MVP program by drawing a nice icon these days. Seriously, this guy just got…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Be an MS Paint MVP

By Roy Osherove November 14, 2005 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 14, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

_Note: This whole post is under the assumption that this guy is not sarcastic to the point that nobody gets it._

Looks like you can get [on the MVP program by drawing a nice icon these days.](http://weblogs.asp.net/Alex_Papadimoulis/archive/2005/11/13/430478.aspx)

Seriously, this guy just got his MS Paint MVP award, and has been a big help in the MSPaint newsgroups which is what the MVP program is all about - helping the community not matter what tool they use (even though it sounds funny to say that about MS Paint)

So why am I pointing to his post? well, it's funny. Check out the "HOW TO" samples later in his post.

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