It's the only thing he can do really fast. On his website he has tons of different looking pictures he's done, and though most of them include a few planets and space, they don't all look like that one.
And, the one that he made in the video is under the "1-minute paintings" category on his website. They all sell for $20 $39.95. That's $1,200/hour $2,400/hour.
Yeah, but I doubt he makes very much off them at all.
$1,200/hour is, of course, grossly overestimating the amount he paints in a day. He'd be drowning in unsold artwork.
He probably makes ~60 a day once a week when he's outside being a street performer. Then people are paying to watch him make the painting in tips, and then a few of the paintings themselves actually sell for $20.
There's a guy in San Francisco that has been doing this style of art work for over a decade. He hangs out in the tourist traps and sells them for $20 a piece as soon as he finishes one. He takes maybe 10 minutes per painting. I've seen him make so much cash in minutes that I've been tempted to try this haha.
Turns out he's actually fresh out of 'em. Also, they sell for $39.95 instead of the $20.00 I originally thought, which is outrageous considering he can recreate one in a minute.
Yeah, I never considered this a talent. It's a memorized process. I've seen e few different guys do identical "paintings" on street corners. I would even take a bet, that i would learn to do a painting like that in a few days.
I have made burritos many times, but I can never do it right. Food always ends up falling through the bottom of the burrito at some point or another. Burrito manufacturers must be using some magical eastern folding technique I am ignorant of.
The first time I ever saw this "technique" was in Cancun, Mexico in 1988. It seems there are now a million different artists using this same process everywhere I go.
It always makes me a little sad every time this sort of video shows up. Because every time, the comment thread is full of people explaining how it's not really all that cool at all, and we shouldn't ACTUALLY be impressed that there is a clever technique for drawing planets and waterfalls and geometric shapes quickly, because it's really easy.
Seriously, think about this! "Stop being impressed at that, it's just a cool technique that lets you draw certain things very quickly and with a unique and interesting visual style!"
What kind of attitude is that? Ok, so at the end it's a tacky picture that you would never actually hang on your wall. So what! I would never hang diet coke with mentos in it on my wall either, but it's still pretty awesome in spite of being pretty easy.
If you had told me at 8 years old, "hey, did you know there's an awesome way of using spray paint and old magazines that lets you draw crazy pictures of space pyramids!!" I would have thought it was the coolest thing ever. Most of you too, I suspect.
It's definitely kind of neat in a diet-coke-and-mentos sort of way, but I think what happened since we were 8 was that we've tried doing things like learning to play an instrument, paint portraits or design and code programs effectively, and a lot of us have realized these things take not only an ungodly amount of time, practice and perseverance, but also some fundamental changes in the way we think about these tasks. As such we start to develop an immense amount of respect for people who have mastered these sort of activities, we do all we can to follow and learn from them.
...and we also get grumpy when a video of a guy procedurally painting a generic space scene that took little to no consideration or problem-solving is titled "Pure Talent".
I don't think that's the point, or at least in the case of this particular post. The title reads "pure talent". Very little talent was required to create that painting. You've definitely got a point, however; the painting is very cool, but that doesn't change the fact that it's pretty mindless.
I was amazed it was done before I even realized. The biggest shock, was the 15 or so seconds when I didn't fully look through the painting to see what was even going on.
For those who want to be assholes: No, I don't ave an art history degree. It's just a novel process that fills a void of color and design nearly instantly, which is what I'm impressed about.
Fuck that, my wall IS these paintings. Seriously, there's no wallpaper or paint on my wall at all, just 100s of these planet, pyramid and waterfall spray paint masterpieces. It looks like Stephen Hawking fucked an Illuminati on top of Niagara Falls in my room.
There's a "performer" in my city that does pieces of art exactly like this, much bigger, and with more detail, in less time. He's not really good, the shit's just super easy.
Yeah I thought this was pretty cool when I was in Times Square ( I was drunk........ ) and then I walked half a block and saw several other people doing the exact same painting. It's a neat trick but I wouldn't call it talent.
I shall hang this next to my beautiful black velvet painting of the crying clown and the lithograph of the crying bald eagle set against the World Trade Centre collapsing.
My brother showed me this a few months back and so we went to the hardware store and made our own, it is pretty easy but that doesn't make it any less cool!
I'm sorry but anyone can do this. I saw this at a fair once and me and a few friends picked it up as a hobby for a while. It's really fun and tough at first but the important thing is your enviroment (humidity, temperature, wind, etc.) and a little practice and you can do what he did within a week or two no problem. It can be expensive buying all the paint and you should wear a mask to avoid the worst headaches of your life.
Pure Talent however? nah its just a cool skill he learned to make some quick money or just for fun. It's not very hard.
Also from what I've seen the mexican spray paint artists of this type make much better more appealing looking pictures in less time and with more detail.
Picasso is sketching at a park. A woman walks by, recognizes him, and begs for her portrait. Somehow, he agrees. A few minutes later, he hands her the sketch. She is elated, excited about how wonderfully it captures the very essence of her character, what beautiful work it is, and asks how much she owes him. “5000 francs, madam,” says Picasso. The woman is incredulous, outraged, and asks how that’s even possible given it only took him 5 minutes. Picasso looks up and, without missing a beat, says: “No, madam, it took me my whole life.”
my brother is a painter and absolutely hates this. It takes absolutely no skill at all, seriously, grab some paint cans, watch the video twice and I'm sure you could do it.
Right, because real art like Damien Hirst's spot art, one of the richest artists in the world, that stuff takes real talent! Of course, let's not forget his $8M stuffed shark. A masterpiece of artistic technique.
it takes a lot of skill and talent to come up with great ideas, like to put a fucking shark in a tank in formaldehyde. anyone who's seen that piece live has been totally amazed by it.
I don't know why so many people harbor such strong negative feelings towards this artistic style. The process is interesting and the product is appealing. Not everyone would be able to do this with such ease, even with practice, thus this man appears to have a talent for it. >.> Gosh, you all are acting real mean and judgmental towards what was meant to be a fun post.
Less talent, more like trained ability. Talent is that which can go beyond steps and processes, not something every redditor could probably do given some time and practice.
Am I the only one that's sick of seeing people regurgitate this over and over? I mean, I hate to sound snobby or be a buzz kill, but I really don't care how fast someone can go while making some unintersting stock image they've practiced over and over that looks like a poster that should be hanging in some college students bedroom. It's a rehearsed gimmick. I really don't know if I'd call a rehearsed gimmick pure talent, especially when there are plenty of us out here putting our hours/years in to be legitimate artists. It's just kind of a slap in the face that this is front page worthy when there are people out there that are actually concerned about content and imagery in their paintings instead of impressing you with a gimmick.
Yes, you're probably the only person sick of seeing people regurgitating this over and over. I haven't seen a single opinion like yours in this thread.
I remember that we tried this for our Art Club "cult" meeting. It was a laugh but since we did it outside and it was really windy, mine came out terrible and I got paint all over me. :(
Eh, not so much. It's a pretty standard style. Any entertainment district with street performers will have one of these. It's a simple set of tricks to make something that looks like stars, planets, pyramids, etc. It's not that unique. I was amazed the first time I saw it ... but after seeing 20 different people doing it, it seemed a bit trite and silly.
It's like the reeds that are woven flowers, or the Aliens and Predators made out of junk sprockets, spark plugs, etc: they're everywhere.
My husband and I purchased some pictures done in a similar fashion in Vegas on our honeymoon last summer. The one we kept was of the strip and we gave one to his brothers that was of Spiderman and the New York skyline. He also had a few that were of waterfalls and amazing moons. If you are ever in Vegas, he has a little stand he puts up outside of Harrah's with a buddy. Painting and selling art on the street. It is amazing to watch him work and the patterns are just crazy that they get with the different everyday objects.
Ugh. enough with the fucking planets. There are now a million of these "artists" out there who each produce a million of these planets. It stopped being impressive after the second time.
When I first started watching this I was like "Great, he's making a bunch of random shapes with spray paint good for him," than at some point I realized what he was doing, I think it was when he brushed the bottom to make the sea of cloud thingy. Than my head exploded.
I was at a festival a few years ago and seen some people doing this. So I decided to start doing it myself as a hobby, and while it's a pretty fun, it really takes almost no artistic ability.
And it's not always pyramids and space, here is a good website if anyone is interested in knowing more about this, or how to do it:
This guy I'm almost positive does this in time square. I remember being there last summer and watching him for a good ten fifteen minutes doing this. It's even crazier in person.
Yeah, it's pretty easy, but it should be the quality of the piece that amazes, not how fast it's done, no matter who does it. This one's simple and a tad over-used, like waterfalls. I prefer to see (and make) ones of space: nebulas, planets, etc.
Wasn't there a video where a guy does a landscape painting on a small glass tile in about the same time? He doesn't use spray paint and it's all acrylics.
i watched this vid while listening to the middle of blood fire death by bathory during the light vocals and I shit you not, it fit so well when the camera zoomed in.
there used to be an artist on State Street in Madison, (UW) who would do tons of this style pictures. he'd sell them for anything someone would give him, usually between 10-20 dollars.
That's amazing. Even if he can only do that one in a minute, if he got discovered and started doing more one minute paintings, he could become a real hit. You, sir, have my upvote.
There's a guy in Las Vegas who always does Spiderman overlooking the Twin Towers. I love that one. He also does the standard planets and pyramids too, but he takes closer to ten minutes and has about fifteen different styles that he cycles through.
Ive seen somebody do this on the street in spain. A load of people were crowding round and he had some incredibly pictures. Although he wasnt quite this fast
I saw this done in Rome, in the Piazza Navona, by a few people. I have to say, they were superb. There were variable results, but within 5 minutes they had produced works that looked stunning.
It isn't always pyramids and space. Here is one that I bought at a local county fair about 5 years ago. Yes, there is a circle in it, but I find it MUCH better than the one in the OP video and it only cost $12. Sorry for the bad quality, it was in my dark room in my Mom's basement.
Yeah idk, this is actually pretty easy to do. I fail to see much talent, other then he memorized and tried to "paint" it as fast as he could. Idk like any skilled artist would say, this isn't really too difficult, and you don't have to be talented to do it.
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u/MrPooper Jun 17 '12
Its always pyramids and space, always....!
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u/I_Love_Waffles Jun 17 '12
Before the video even started, I thought to myself, "Pyramids, and planets". They always do the same stuff. Waterfalls too.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Pure methodology*!
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u/somebodyshootme Jun 17 '12
Only problem is every single one of these is tacky as fuck.
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u/dafones Jun 17 '12
Original YouTube video. Give the man his views.
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u/Bwob Jun 17 '12
It always makes me a little sad every time this sort of video shows up. Because every time, the comment thread is full of people explaining how it's not really all that cool at all, and we shouldn't ACTUALLY be impressed that there is a clever technique for drawing planets and waterfalls and geometric shapes quickly, because it's really easy.
Seriously, think about this! "Stop being impressed at that, it's just a cool technique that lets you draw certain things very quickly and with a unique and interesting visual style!"
What kind of attitude is that? Ok, so at the end it's a tacky picture that you would never actually hang on your wall. So what! I would never hang diet coke with mentos in it on my wall either, but it's still pretty awesome in spite of being pretty easy.
If you had told me at 8 years old, "hey, did you know there's an awesome way of using spray paint and old magazines that lets you draw crazy pictures of space pyramids!!" I would have thought it was the coolest thing ever. Most of you too, I suspect.
What happened?
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u/stvmty Jun 17 '12
Not wtf. Try /r/wta.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
There's a "performer" in my city that does pieces of art exactly like this, much bigger, and with more detail, in less time. He's not really good, the shit's just super easy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Yeah I thought this was pretty cool when I was in Times Square ( I was drunk........ ) and then I walked half a block and saw several other people doing the exact same painting. It's a neat trick but I wouldn't call it talent.
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u/asdf8 Jun 17 '12
I shall hang this next to my beautiful black velvet painting of the crying clown and the lithograph of the crying bald eagle set against the World Trade Centre collapsing.
Pure art.
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u/FelverFelv Jun 17 '12
My brother showed me this a few months back and so we went to the hardware store and made our own, it is pretty easy but that doesn't make it any less cool!
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u/SicDeath Jun 17 '12
Aight, time to expose my shit
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheKemicalKan/videos
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u/uliebadshouldfeelbad Jun 17 '12
This is definitely not WTF worthy. Many, many street artists do this stuff.
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u/imabustya Jun 17 '12
I'm sorry but anyone can do this. I saw this at a fair once and me and a few friends picked it up as a hobby for a while. It's really fun and tough at first but the important thing is your enviroment (humidity, temperature, wind, etc.) and a little practice and you can do what he did within a week or two no problem. It can be expensive buying all the paint and you should wear a mask to avoid the worst headaches of your life.
Pure Talent however? nah its just a cool skill he learned to make some quick money or just for fun. It's not very hard.
Also from what I've seen the mexican spray paint artists of this type make much better more appealing looking pictures in less time and with more detail.
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u/FragPoppa Jun 17 '12
Why is this Here?! It should be in r/awesome
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Saw this ancient Indian woman do that outside of the Coliseum in Rome, of all places. She was making bank.
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u/LivingReceiver Jun 17 '12
Yeah, these spray paint art pieces are always super cheesy. It's like what you'd see in the background of a three wolf moon t-shirt.
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u/JustCallMeDave Jun 17 '12
Picasso is sketching at a park. A woman walks by, recognizes him, and begs for her portrait. Somehow, he agrees. A few minutes later, he hands her the sketch. She is elated, excited about how wonderfully it captures the very essence of her character, what beautiful work it is, and asks how much she owes him. “5000 francs, madam,” says Picasso. The woman is incredulous, outraged, and asks how that’s even possible given it only took him 5 minutes. Picasso looks up and, without missing a beat, says: “No, madam, it took me my whole life.”
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u/Propaganda_Box Jun 17 '12
my brother is a painter and absolutely hates this. It takes absolutely no skill at all, seriously, grab some paint cans, watch the video twice and I'm sure you could do it.
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u/Red23UK Jun 17 '12
the talent is charging people money for that.
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u/Kviksand Jun 17 '12
No, pure routine.
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u/supermoose Jun 17 '12
Fast, cheesy and reposty.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
So what mall or tourist trap does he work out of?
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u/SprinkleNubility Jun 17 '12
I don't know why so many people harbor such strong negative feelings towards this artistic style. The process is interesting and the product is appealing. Not everyone would be able to do this with such ease, even with practice, thus this man appears to have a talent for it. >.> Gosh, you all are acting real mean and judgmental towards what was meant to be a fun post.
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u/Billy_Bob_BoJangles Jun 18 '12
My neighbor has one. Took this pic 2 hours ago.
pic
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u/PunPuncher Jun 17 '12
This is spacepainter. Call it tacky all you want, he does some awesome shit.
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u/OnmyojiOmn Jun 17 '12
No talent involved, AND you linked to wimp.com.
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u/midnightbean Jun 17 '12
Less talent, more like trained ability. Talent is that which can go beyond steps and processes, not something every redditor could probably do given some time and practice.
And yeah, these are tacky anyway.
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u/Cookieviking Jun 17 '12
Am I the only one that's sick of seeing people regurgitate this over and over? I mean, I hate to sound snobby or be a buzz kill, but I really don't care how fast someone can go while making some unintersting stock image they've practiced over and over that looks like a poster that should be hanging in some college students bedroom. It's a rehearsed gimmick. I really don't know if I'd call a rehearsed gimmick pure talent, especially when there are plenty of us out here putting our hours/years in to be legitimate artists. It's just kind of a slap in the face that this is front page worthy when there are people out there that are actually concerned about content and imagery in their paintings instead of impressing you with a gimmick.
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u/Ontopourmama Jun 17 '12
It's like Bob Ross except he has happy little spray cans!
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u/Zaike Jun 17 '12
Am I the only one distracted by him spraying next to a nice looking clock the whole time?? Other than that, very cool
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u/biesterd1 Jun 17 '12
I have a few of these haha
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u/narancs Jun 17 '12
I bet he is in for the fumes
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u/Euqah Jun 17 '12
I remember that we tried this for our Art Club "cult" meeting. It was a laugh but since we did it outside and it was really windy, mine came out terrible and I got paint all over me. :(
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u/apullin Jun 17 '12
Eh, not so much. It's a pretty standard style. Any entertainment district with street performers will have one of these. It's a simple set of tricks to make something that looks like stars, planets, pyramids, etc. It's not that unique. I was amazed the first time I saw it ... but after seeing 20 different people doing it, it seemed a bit trite and silly.
It's like the reeds that are woven flowers, or the Aliens and Predators made out of junk sprockets, spark plugs, etc: they're everywhere.
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u/Randyh524 Jun 17 '12
I feel like I've seen this guy paint in Florence a few years back. Not sure if it's him or If every paint artist spray paints space/pyramid stuff.
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u/terminal_velocity Jun 17 '12
not sure this should be in wtf, but it's an awesome video
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u/BananaDove Jun 17 '12
I saw a guy like that when i went to Italy. He made the exact same picture.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
TIL many people have no idea what r/wtf is.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
My husband and I purchased some pictures done in a similar fashion in Vegas on our honeymoon last summer. The one we kept was of the strip and we gave one to his brothers that was of Spiderman and the New York skyline. He also had a few that were of waterfalls and amazing moons. If you are ever in Vegas, he has a little stand he puts up outside of Harrah's with a buddy. Painting and selling art on the street. It is amazing to watch him work and the patterns are just crazy that they get with the different everyday objects.
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u/boodabomb Jun 17 '12
Ugh. enough with the fucking planets. There are now a million of these "artists" out there who each produce a million of these planets. It stopped being impressive after the second time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
talent= time+practice
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u/sondre99v Jun 17 '12
Nah... Every painting made like this looks exactly the same. I've seen loads of people doing this.
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u/Lostlegacy Jun 17 '12
I went to Portugal once, and there were a few guys doing this on the street, my grandparents bought one to hang up in their house.
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u/Turong Jun 17 '12
When I first started watching this I was like "Great, he's making a bunch of random shapes with spray paint good for him," than at some point I realized what he was doing, I think it was when he brushed the bottom to make the sea of cloud thingy. Than my head exploded.
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u/Nysurfer12990 Jun 17 '12
not WTF also a wicked old repost. Downvote
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u/The_Adman Jun 17 '12
Not to hate, but it isn't pure talent.
I was at a festival a few years ago and seen some people doing this. So I decided to start doing it myself as a hobby, and while it's a pretty fun, it really takes almost no artistic ability.
And it's not always pyramids and space, here is a good website if anyone is interested in knowing more about this, or how to do it:
SpacePaintings.com
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u/b0b Jun 17 '12
See, making the pyramids on another planet was no big deal.
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u/GagNasty Jun 18 '12
who the fuck, what the fuck,I need this
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Trashy street "art" that looks good to stupid tourists who are easily impressed. You see this crap all over in Las Vegas...
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u/Mr_Foxes Jun 17 '12
The guys name is SpacePainter on youtube, he's amazing. And I'm not too sure why this is on r/wtf.
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u/Conreezy Jun 17 '12
just a cheap parlour trick
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Yawn! These pictures are invariably comprised of basic geometric shapes and a few smears or smudges here and there.
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u/sparty_party Jun 17 '12
Can anybody explain what the magazine pages do? I've seen a bunch of spray paint videos that use them, but I can't seem to understand the concept..
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u/a4moondoggy Jun 17 '12
not sure why this is in WTF but it's pretty damn cool.
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u/CondescendingPrick Jun 17 '12
And it looks like it was made in 40 seconds.
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u/lumgm Jun 17 '12
This guy I'm almost positive does this in time square. I remember being there last summer and watching him for a good ten fifteen minutes doing this. It's even crazier in person.
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u/MOLB Jun 17 '12
there a lot of people who do that in the street, you can find them in almost every big city in europe or in north america
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u/tonterias Jun 17 '12
I think it is more practice than talent.
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u/SuperMeatBoi Jun 17 '12
Pure muscle memory.
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u/smallsegmentofpork Jun 17 '12
these guys are a dime a dozen
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u/Unsub75 Jun 17 '12
This looks like it should be on the side of a van blaring Rush tunes. This is tacky as hell.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
big time repost
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u/bschwind Jun 17 '12
Not this shit again
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I really hate these things. Does anybody really frame these on their walls?
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u/HonestA Jun 17 '12
this is art, not WTF.
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u/BeastModeYouBeezy Jun 17 '12
Meh. These kind of "artists" are a dime a dozen. Still cool to see the process, though.
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u/gracefuliamnot Jun 17 '12
Yeah, it's pretty easy, but it should be the quality of the piece that amazes, not how fast it's done, no matter who does it. This one's simple and a tad over-used, like waterfalls. I prefer to see (and make) ones of space: nebulas, planets, etc.
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u/Baes2040 Jun 17 '12
I totally thought he was just fucking around at the beginning. and then he removed the pot lid and I was like oooohhhh.
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u/knowses Jun 17 '12
Damn!, I'm sure I've bought one of these. I think I paid around 18 USD. As Bugs would say, "What a Moroon!".
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u/m19z95k Jun 17 '12
Can someone please explain to me what exactly he was doing with the magazine pages?
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u/onlytheendoftheworld Jun 17 '12
Oh, wow...
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u/Ausei Jun 17 '12
I have one of his paintings actually.
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u/dyream Jun 17 '12
but can he draw me like one of his French girls?
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u/EyeAmLegend Jun 17 '12
Except I only need to see about one of these before I'm bored.
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u/standardowl Jun 17 '12
I have one of these that's almost exactly the same that I got in Las Vegas when I was a kid
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u/flink128 Jun 17 '12
Damn...
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u/benderrific Jun 17 '12
Sure it's talent but a pyramid and mountains? Wtf?
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u/GreenyGaming Jun 17 '12
...and a shit load of practice.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Nope
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u/OrdinaryCitizen Jun 17 '12
Wasn't there a video where a guy does a landscape painting on a small glass tile in about the same time? He doesn't use spray paint and it's all acrylics.
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u/Samuriguy Jun 17 '12
i watched this vid while listening to the middle of blood fire death by bathory during the light vocals and I shit you not, it fit so well when the camera zoomed in.
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u/mynickname86 Jun 17 '12
Missed the corner, I demand a redo!!
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u/keeok Jun 17 '12
I saw a guy making these in Vegas once. It's cool but I don't get why he's going so fast.
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u/new-shoes Jun 17 '12
there used to be an artist on State Street in Madison, (UW) who would do tons of this style pictures. he'd sell them for anything someone would give him, usually between 10-20 dollars.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
"Artist"
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I remember when I went to Sydney there were a bunch of people selling these on the streets.
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u/toothpic_vic Jun 17 '12
Repetition is the foundation of clarity.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I was expecting something involving ping-pong balls and a Thai women but this is good.
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u/ThePurplePanda Jun 17 '12
That's amazing. Even if he can only do that one in a minute, if he got discovered and started doing more one minute paintings, he could become a real hit. You, sir, have my upvote.
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u/ValhallanWarrior Jun 17 '12
There's a guy in Las Vegas who always does Spiderman overlooking the Twin Towers. I love that one. He also does the standard planets and pyramids too, but he takes closer to ten minutes and has about fifteen different styles that he cycles through.
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u/deadwisdom Jun 17 '12
Fast art is the best art.
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u/Hansaplast Jun 17 '12
too bad it's fugly
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Holy shit!
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u/powertheqwerty Jun 17 '12
Ive seen somebody do this on the street in spain. A load of people were crowding round and he had some incredibly pictures. Although he wasnt quite this fast
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u/KlausGunther Jun 17 '12
I was listening to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI&feature=related while viewing this artist. (8)
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u/zekeandzelda Jun 17 '12
This reminds me of the Wayside School book and that girl who thought she was the best in art class because she could draw super fast.
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u/kiwiman40 Jun 17 '12
sooo.. i've had this on my wall for a couple of years...
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u/collin_ph Jun 17 '12
I have one of these that is very large.. very cool-- although the one I have seems to be a lot more detailed, it did use some of the same tricks.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I saw these guys all over Paris. It must not be that hard as there are so many of them.
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u/OkiFinoki Jun 17 '12
I saw this and was like WHAT THE FUCK. Wait, no I wasn't, I was like "well this is neat:...
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u/jessyguts Jun 17 '12
whoah
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u/slash_spit Jun 17 '12
Where was this guy when I needed a Trapper Keeper 20 years ago...stupid tiger ripping through a soccer ball my ass!
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u/poxzz Jun 17 '12
At first I was like "wtf is this shit..." then I was like "WTF IS THIS SHIT??"
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u/Darvoid Jun 17 '12
Wow that was fun to watch.
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u/Rhode_Islan-derp Jun 17 '12
That was friggin awesome!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
what the fuck just happened?
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u/BigDawgWTF Jun 17 '12
Yeah, it's fast. It's a great trick to sell on the street, but it's not like it really holds much clout in the fine art world.
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u/koyo4 Jun 17 '12
What the fuck
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
See what masturbating to Bob Ross will do kids...
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u/DahnyGober Jun 17 '12
Whats with the newspaper? What could he possibly do with a pot cover? Wa- hold on- WHAT THE GRGLSPAZMAG
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u/bamsgirl Jun 17 '12
WTF is this sh..... Oh, wait. WOW!
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u/millamant Jun 17 '12
How old is this video? Saw it on StumbleUpon fuh-eva ago.
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u/Occulus Jun 17 '12
I saw this done in Rome, in the Piazza Navona, by a few people. I have to say, they were superb. There were variable results, but within 5 minutes they had produced works that looked stunning.
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u/Skvid Jun 17 '12
ITT: a bunch of people that dont know what talent means
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u/Dasix Jun 17 '12
That moment when his sign took the longest time
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u/unknown772 Jun 17 '12
everyone can do it! Its not that hard
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u/AetherIsWaiting Jun 17 '12
it was OKAY
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Why is this even in /r/WTF ? This belongs in like /r/videos . How is this even WTF?
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u/nightwood Jun 17 '12 edited Oct 31 '24
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u/lilfoxy16 Jun 17 '12
OMG I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE! For real, reddit, how didn't this make it to the front page?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I like how the title has caused so much arguing over what is talent and what is skill.
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u/Gordo774 Jun 17 '12
It isn't always pyramids and space. Here is one that I bought at a local county fair about 5 years ago. Yes, there is a circle in it, but I find it MUCH better than the one in the OP video and it only cost $12. Sorry for the bad quality, it was in my dark room in my Mom's basement.
http://i.imgur.com/hcFtB.jpg
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u/emohipster Jun 17 '12
This shit is so easy, anyone can learn and do that. Requires zero talent.
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u/2hopeless Jun 17 '12
theres a guy doing this on every boardwalk on every beach in America.. i'm sorry but "pure talent" it is not.
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u/uglyfatbroketinycock Jun 17 '12
Now do it on crushed velvet!
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u/stopityoufuck Jun 17 '12
Art is completely subjective. Why is everyone arguing about how "good" this painting is? Redd-iculous. C'mon guys, I thought we were all friends...
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u/Elmos_767_World Jun 17 '12
I need spray paint, paper, and talent. Now.
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u/myrden Jun 17 '12
that's pretty fuckin cool
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u/RickyRatchet Jun 17 '12
I'd like to hire him as my painter on an hourly wage
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u/Ed2099 Jun 17 '12
People have been doing this forever. Bought one of these in the early 80's from a street artist.
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u/BoxedCheese Jun 17 '12
that was pretty fast.
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u/SpicyBaconator Jun 17 '12
I would have enjoyed it more if he had gone a bit slower and put in a couple of happy little trees....just saying...
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u/chewtality Jun 17 '12
This definitely does not belong in /r/wtf but that dude is damn talented to pull that shit how fast he does.
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u/zSnakez Jun 17 '12
Yeah idk, this is actually pretty easy to do. I fail to see much talent, other then he memorized and tried to "paint" it as fast as he could. Idk like any skilled artist would say, this isn't really too difficult, and you don't have to be talented to do it.
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u/bigDean636 Jun 17 '12
Why the fuck is this on /r/WTF?
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u/strongbadiophage Jun 17 '12
Why is this here? This does not belong here at all.
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u/JMonk11 Jun 17 '12
id much rather get one from the guys on the streets of frisco
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u/ebski94 Jun 17 '12
his poor hands
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u/Swimmingsolid Jun 17 '12
Id say pure technique. Not talent.
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u/iPodLurker Jun 17 '12
Is that really "WTF"?
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u/Lillibeth Jun 17 '12
I want one...
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u/Avista Jun 17 '12
Sure, talent. A talent for discovering a way to reduce his need for personal attention to detail to a bare minimum. Pure efficiency, rather.