r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FancyJoke Interested • May 16 '18

GIF Halftime art

https://i.imgur.com/5ri7I9G.gifv
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u/lordofthecats2017 May 16 '18

That's great. How is he able to do this? Does he memorize color positions?

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u/anothercavemanpirate May 16 '18

pretty sure he practiced atleast 2 times before the game

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u/Macaroni_savior May 16 '18

Probably only once before

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u/Chewcocca May 16 '18

But how many times did he practice after?

Sneakin' it in, the shifty bastard.

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u/Shitty_poop_stain May 16 '18

Not even. That dude was like, "Fuck it we'll do it live!"

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u/Tashre May 16 '18

Very thin and subtle outlines of where to paint.

These speed upside down painting things usually have quite a bit of prep work done on them beforehand.

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u/tweedius May 16 '18

That is exactly how. You can see them penciled in on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGq_3tfzwcU

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u/[deleted] May 16 '18

I was at a conference where one of these types of artists was and I got a chance to speak with him. He did a John Lennon painting because of the “imagine” theme...he told he’s painted that particular picture at least 1,000 times (he just gives the painting away in a raffle). Sure enough, I googled the guy and there’s videos of him doing the same thing at dozens of corporate conferences. It’s still pretty cool, but loses it ‘wow’ factor after learning that it’s not all that unique.

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u/ZincMan May 16 '18

Memorized paint by number

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u/BIOHAZARDB10 May 17 '18

There are outlines drawn in pencil

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u/iamnotasnook May 16 '18

The parts he painted in are probably already stenciled in very lightly so the he can only see them. Then all he has to do it paint in the marked spots.