He found the unusual use of the program.
For many users, Microsoft Excel is associated with lots of boring tables and tiring schedules. But there is a man who broke all the stereotypes about the program. Meet Tatsuo Horiuchi (Tatsuo Horiuchi), 77-year-old artist from the land of the rising sun “painting” in Excel detailed Japanese landscapes.
For 15 years the Japanese artist Tatsuo Horiuchi creates subtle details mountain scenery and cherry blossoms with an incredible tool — a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
When Tatsuo Horiuchi retired, not to be bored, he decided to take up computer graphics. But why Excel?
“Graphics software is usually quite expensive, but Excel comes pre-installed on most computers, — explained Mr. Horiuchi. — It has more features and easier to use than Paint”.
Using simple vector tools, designed primarily for plotting, She instead draws a panorama of Japanese life in the countryside.
“I never used Excel at work, but saw other people doing it quite beautiful charts and graphs, and I thought that, perhaps, will be able to draw with it”.
Tatsuo bought a computer and began to create paintings with a traditional Japanese motifs: cherry blossoms, mount Fuji, pine trees, the carp in the waterfall… over the years, they have become incredibly complex. Today, Tatsuo Horiuchi is a recognized master of digital art, his “canvas” to win competitions and shown at exhibitions, and he opened a drawing course in Excel.