Although most of us see Excel as endless cells and columns, there are others who see it as a way to express their artistic concerns.
From paintings to depictions of our favorite video game characters, Excel can be used as a means of expression, pushing the program to its limits.
1. Japanese art by Tatsuo Horiuchi.
Tatsuo Horiuchi, 74, started experimenting with Excel when he saw his colleagues using the program. He learned to use the program's automatic options very well and created amazing drawings of Japanese art.
In 2006, he won an Excel autoshape contest, and became known to the general public.
2. Mona Lisa.
Even the Mona Lisa looks impressive in Excel, but don't think it takes hours and days to do something like that. Amit Agarwal used a program that automatically converts an image into pixels in a very short time.
3. Avatar.
The scene from Avatar was made in the same way as the Mona Lisa, with a script that converts images into pixels.
4. Drawings by Danielle Aubert.
The drawings above were published in Danielle Aubert's book, "16 Months Worth of Drawing Exercises in Microsoft Excel." She says she made these drawings simply by changing the formatting of cells and inserting comments, words, and letters.
5. Nyan Cat.
Nyan Cat is particularly popular on YouTube and was also ported to Excel by Michelleasaurr, where it represents the famous cartoon flying in space.
6. Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario scene created exclusively in Excel by Michelleasaurr.
7. President Obama.
Kata888, from Indonesia, can even create portraits in Excel, using pixels for a detailed portrait of Obama.
8. Batman.
From Indonesia again, Batman, hanging from his rope, by Kata888.
9. Pikachu.
From VagabondGiraffe, the famous Pokémon, Pikachu.
10. Grand Theft Auto.
Chilean Felipe Velásquez, nicknamed Shukei, uses vectors and automatic shapes to create various images and uploads them to YouTube. Grand Theft Auto took him 12 hours to finish.
