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Sheryl Knowles

Kickstart

The first Amigas stored their Kickstart on special Kickstart floppy disks.

Kickstart10

This Kickstart version (1.0) was only available for the Amiga 1000.

Kickstart12

Kickstart 1.2 was the first version used for the A500 and A2000.

Kickstart13

This Kickstart version (1.3) was used in all available Amigas at that time (A500, A1000, A2000 and even the CDTV).

Kickstart
Kickstart10
Kickstart12
Kickstart13

SAK_Athena

SAK_MonaLisa

SAK_NightFlight

SAK_Shadowed

SAK_Shuttle

SAK_SnowScape

SAK_VermeerGirl

SAK_VermeerGirl_wip1

First, I roughed out the picture using Line-Draw and Fill.

SAK_VermeerGirl_wip2

Next, I blocked in major areas of light and shadow.

SAK_VermeerGirl_wip3

Third, I switched to Freehand Draw and "loose pixel" brushes, and modified the color palette.

SAK_VermeerGirl_wip4

Finally, over two more days, I worked on the details using Magnify-Pick Position mode to complete the image.

SAK_VermeerGirl
SAK_VermeerGirl_wip1
SAK_VermeerGirl_wip2
SAK_VermeerGirl_wip3
SAK_VermeerGirl_wip4