Does anyone remember this? I think it was a grayscale image. It was head shot, or upper body (at most) of a woman in a white top. She might have been wearing a hat.
We used to open it in Paintbrush and marvel at how easily we could mess it up with just a few pixels, but could never draw anything like it. I think it was a low-res photo. Any help appreciated!
It is not the picture sometimes described as "jennifer poses in golden shirt".
Edit: It did not appear to be a scan, either. It likely only had about three or four colours (white, grey, black).
Edit 2: I think I"ve found the model: Ashley Montana. I wasn't sure if it was a real person or pixel art. It was part or all of this image, minus any text: https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/mKDBF_mMShvBUG92qG6R5Q_6-ps/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/02/11/926/n/1922398/758f5e1e3ceb3026_0211_large/i/1991.jpg
The colour palette was significantly reduced too. Thanks for the replies! I'd still like to find the original BMP/GIF that was distributed, if anyone knows it.
Edit 3: Here’s my edit to make it look like how we had it, at least to the best of my memory: https://ibb.co/WN8wZ1K3
16 Comments
drspod@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 1y
Was it Lenna?
toast@retrolemmy.com · 14 pts · 1y
For those who haven't seen the full image (NSFW)
Link is not https, so your browser may flag it or throw an error, but it is a working link
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That is not it, but the composition is similar! Thank you and that’s a great guess! The one I have in mind, we don’t see the back of her shoulder.
dosboy0xff@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 1y
I'm looking at your description and the link included and wondering if you're not actually thinking of this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It’s definitely not, but thanks for the suggestion. I even remember the file name Ashley.bmp (or .gif), but I didn’t mention it because I had my doubts. The model in the photo I found is named Ashley and has the same very unique pose (although the version we had was grayscale, low res and likely cropped ).
51dusty@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
this one?
everett@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
You found her. Good job, gumshoe!
lefaucet@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
Where in the world is she?
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
PastaThief@indiepocalypse.social · 2 pts · 1y
@FarraigePlaisteach Was it this one?
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That really matches the description! But it’s not the same one. I’ve updated my post with a link to the picture (it’s hi res and in colour, but when I saw it in the 90s it looked like the picture you shared: grayscale and low res. They’re even dressed similarly. Thanks for the response!
etherphon@midwest.social · 1 pts · 1y
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Sorry to hear that :/ I found a version of the photo (see my post edit). But the version I saw in the 90s was grayscale, low res and had no text. But if you visit the new link in my post you can see it.
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Nice list, thanks. I’ve actually found it and updated the post with a link.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 1y
Wow, I don't remember this at all.
I'll have to dig out my old Windows cds
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It seems it was not bundled with Windows. That opens up all kinds of questions about how my friend got it on his computer :) I’ve added the link to my OP.
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
I was also thinking of Lenna but seems like it's not. Do you remember where you saw the image? Some sample image installed?
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I saw it on a friends computer before we had CDs or internet. This is Ireland so internet and CDs were possibly a big thing elsewhere like the USA. I’ve found the hi-res colour version of the exact photo (linked in my OP now). Would still love to find the actual file. I remember it being called Ashley.bmp (or .gif).