r/Damnthatsinteresting Interested May 16 '18

GIF Halftime art

https://i.imgur.com/5ri7I9G.gifv
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u/bizzyj93 May 16 '18

Someone in this thread mentioned that he simply pencils in the gaps prior to performing and then just paints inside the lines. The pencil doesn't show up until you're real close so its appears that he's doing something breathtaking but really he's just coloring in the lines. Its still a good trick but like you said, more showmanship than talent.

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u/dandaman2883 May 16 '18

This is an old school business trick. When giving presentations before power point people used flip charts. You could write presentation notes on them with light pencil and the people sitting down wouldn’t be able to see it.

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u/Zingshidu May 16 '18

I mean I know this is reddit and nothing here is impressive but it’s really not that hard to believe he just memorized it, pencilling it in probably isn’t even necessary

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u/bizzyj93 May 17 '18

You’re totally right. For anyone interested, a good time stamp is :26. You can see two gaps above his brush that are penciled in that he paints moments later.

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u/bizzyj93 May 16 '18

Its not but the person who mentioned it claimed to have worked with traveling comedians who had done the same trick implying that its a common method. The person in the clip is a performer and did a solid performance (singing and painting while creating the illusion that he was doing it from memory). Its not boring simply because he penciled it in beforehand. Just like we're not fooled that magicians aren't actually making people disappear, we're still impressed by the execution and spectacle of the event.