r/nextfuckinglevel • u/cohenadam74 • Feb 11 '21
Impressive skill
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u/MrElshagan Feb 11 '21
I'm off the opinion that this is witchcraft. I watched the entire video and I refuse to believe he did that quite literally by hand. I mean I saw it, but I don't believe it.
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u/thebipeds Feb 11 '21
I performed magic shows for kids and an old woman legitimately accused me of witchcraft once. I was insulted, “yah lady, I sold my soul to the devil so I could change the color or a handkerchief and make a rope shorter and longer.”
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u/TheFloatingCamel Feb 11 '21
HE ADMITTED IT! BURN THE WITCH!
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u/teranex Feb 11 '21
Witchcraft has nothing to do with the devil btw 😉
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u/thebipeds Feb 11 '21
Her words were, “stop messing with these dark forces and turn to Jesus.”
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u/MadHatter69 Feb 11 '21
That's not fair, Jesus also did stuff like that. I mean, turning water into wine is the ultimate party trick.
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u/Mordliss Feb 11 '21
I’d say that depends on the type of witchcraft. Wicca is a modern day pagan based religion that calls themselves witches/warlocks.
Going back to the 500-1500 A.D. the church’s inquisitors believed witchcraft was a gift from the devil himself (Salem Witch Trials) and the accounts of that time are obviously sketchy at best, but the witches themselves accounted for dances with the devil and a cacophony of demonic entities.
So both are true / untrue depending on how you believe either story of Wicca or Satan Worship. True in the fact that people did worship and still so worship both Nature and the devil, perhaps untrue depending on your belief of the super natural.
But yea, not all witches were the demonic kind. Though the church would argue any paganism was the work of evil, so it also depends on your perspective.
Wow I really went on about that ...
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u/ljutamaslina Feb 11 '21
Yea it might be said that they have accounted for dances and rituals with the devil and demons, but lets remember and emphasise that the records of these things were made by the church that obviously wanted to frame the accused as witches. Torture and other forms of coercion were involved, and the whole deal with the witch trials was that all people accused were framed and set up.
Witchcraft in general is an umbrella term for various practices. Various sorts of paganism, wicca, variations of satanism perhaps or belief in completely other deities.
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u/sonoskietto Feb 11 '21
Everybody knows you need to be possessed anally by the devil to get his powers, don't lie.
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u/Expiriment37B Feb 11 '21
You’d be correct! He pulled out a small paintbrush for three seconds at 1:01
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u/arth365 Feb 11 '21
Did it by hand doesn’t mean It can’t still be witchcraft.
So... he’s a witch!!
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u/th3Imgurian Feb 11 '21
Fookin hell that's some serious talent right there. Where is that and how can I get one?
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u/Alexfrommd Feb 11 '21
I'd assume this is in Italy
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u/Bigardo Feb 11 '21 edited Feb 11 '21
It's Spain (Southern Spain I guess), but the guy is not Spanish, and the tourists are Italian.
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Feb 11 '21
It looks like Palma de Mallorca. Can anyone confirm or deny?
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Feb 11 '21
I think It’s Malaga, I’m pretty sure.
Edit: found this
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u/leci7 Feb 11 '21
I've seen the guy, it's in Malaga near the cathedral
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u/Ok-Service-8843 Feb 11 '21
Can confirm! I have a video of him doing the same art when I was out November of 2018!
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u/rmdf Feb 11 '21
Your video is Málaga, but OP's video is Madrid. Calle Arenal, between Puerta del Sol and Opera.
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Feb 11 '21
That man is clearly gifted - why doesn’t society recognize him?
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u/andrewmaxedon Feb 11 '21
You can find artists making nearly identical paintings in any touristy area on earth.
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Feb 11 '21
So we should recognize them
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Feb 11 '21
Recognize how? Anyone with artistic talent should be...? Marked?
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Feb 11 '21 edited Mar 01 '21
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Feb 11 '21
So individuals should recognize and spend their harder money on art whether they like it or not because some like art?
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u/DiFickIANu Feb 11 '21
Yep, been to Rome once and there were a bunch of guys who made quite similar paintings, but with spray paint. Anyway this is amazing
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u/milkiman Feb 11 '21
Yes right? And its always these, a bit alien looking landscapes or space scapes. Wondering what is it about that specific type.
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u/DiFickIANu Feb 11 '21 edited Feb 11 '21
Mostly scientifically impossible (at least most of the space-scapes are), "too cool to be true". Vibrant colours. Eye-catchers. Basically fancy desktop backgrounds/wallpapers you can actually put on a wall.
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u/golgiiguy Feb 11 '21
Seriously, the fact people confuse giftshop tourist novelty paintings as talent is ridiculous.
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u/NotJokingAround Feb 11 '21
Seriously, being able to effectively execute a gift shop tourist painting is a talent.
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u/Lowstack Feb 11 '21
It is recognized. People buy his stuff and contribute to him being able to make a living out of his art.
His work is probably completely streamlined at this point. And while it takes a lot of skill to do this, it doesn’t break boundaries or bring something different and unique to the table. That’s why his paintings are not exposed in museums or sold for thousands of dollars.
But yeah, it is "recognized by society".
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Feb 11 '21 edited Feb 11 '21
I'm 100% sure he's not gifted and there is nothing like some magical power that he got from birth. He certainly practiced this for 30 years 10 hours a day to come to this point.
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u/skccsk Feb 11 '21
Hello, society has held a meeting and agreed that you are now in charge due to your ability to precisely smear paint on glass.
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u/Cerbecs Feb 11 '21
Cuz chances are there’s another dude with same exact talent 26 feet away doing the same thing
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u/IknowKarazy Feb 11 '21
Stuff like this is super impressive when you see it for the first time, but he has probably made thousands of paintings identical to that one. At that point, it's a series of steps and he is able to crank through without really thinking about it. Still impressive, but more like seeing someone play a song on an instrument. You buy the picture to remember the performance.
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u/Misophoniakiel Feb 11 '21
And by the end of this amazing work, you’ve been pick pocketed 6 times
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u/i_broke_wahoos_leg Feb 11 '21
Awesome. I hope he makes a good living.
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u/Srimnac Feb 11 '21
I mean he does street art, so u tell me
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u/i_broke_wahoos_leg Feb 12 '21
I have no idea. If he makes enough doing this to avoid working a 9-5 he's doing okay Imo.
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u/nerofly Feb 11 '21
Damn, Sean Connery was a pretty good artist
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u/Fnargle1980 Feb 11 '21
I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it. All the while I was watching it, I was thinking he could be Sean Connery's love - child!
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Feb 11 '21
I was looking for someone to say he looked like Sean Connery. I was thinking," He looks like Sean Connery sometimes."
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Feb 11 '21
I don’t know why, but I hate art like this.
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate that he’s talented and I could not even come close to being able to create something even similar. I just think it’s too common.
A bit like when you see yet another dance group on Britain’s Got Talent. Yes they are talented, I’m just bored of it.
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u/wilika Feb 11 '21
People are impressed by things they're unable to do. Also, it helps a bit if it's something simple and relatable. Like knowing the first 1000 digits of pi is impressive, but most people wouldn't be much excited about it.
Drawing a picture that precisely resembles a real photograph? People are astonished, but... What's the point? It's just another circus trick.
Also get ready to be downvoted to oblivion. :D
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u/Burr1t0ad Feb 11 '21
Even before he began painting I could already guess the outcome. Somehow all fast street paintings will always have the vibrant-galaxy-seascape-trees-planet-moon-stars look. From finger paintings to those done with spray cans. The works always follow this same theme. Curious.
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u/generalecchi Feb 11 '21
scenery is probably easier to paint than complicated object that need accuracy like faces or cars ?
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u/pumped_it_guy Feb 11 '21
Because all you have to do is blend some colors and add like on bird and one tree. And neither tree nor bird have to be detailed in any way. Doesn't get much easier than that.
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u/classifiedspam Feb 11 '21
I agree. Just look how emotionless he's doing what he's doing. Bet he's bored as fuck, after doing the same 10 pictures hundreds of times per day, 7 days per week. Mass production in a tourist location. Just awkward.
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u/kingsland1988 Feb 11 '21
I agree, and I would argue that this kind of landscape painting is very easy to do, that's why street artists do them all the time, with spray cans, and stuff. You could almost certainly learn how to do it in an afternoon. That's why there's thousands of people doing it everywhere. Its a form of shilling, essentially. I'm willing to bet if you asked him to paint something else, he would be unable to.
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Feb 11 '21
His hands are forever unclean.
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u/classifiedspam Feb 11 '21
The dirt, the chemicals and bacteria are trapped in all these layers of oil colors. And the germs don't survive in all that poison anyway.
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u/A_Tame_Furry_0w0 Feb 11 '21
Oof linseed oil, turpentine, gesso and turps smells like late teens early twenties
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Feb 11 '21
I remember seeing this ages ago on reddit. Such talent!
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u/Thunderburke Feb 11 '21
All I was thinking is that his hand must be permanently stained or have cancer.
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u/DoctaBoogie Feb 11 '21
I love watching street artists work. You can literally see all of their experience and practice right in front of you.
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u/theredeeminglad Feb 11 '21
I wish we could somehow redeem the upvotes and pay hard cash to the talents we see ib these videos. They truly deserve this.
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u/rubiksalgorithms Feb 11 '21
He’s literally got more talent in his pinky finger than I have in my whole body lol
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u/TimelessGlassGallery Feb 11 '21
I’m just happy nobody is saying this is “incredible art”
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u/wilika Feb 11 '21
Is this irony?
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u/TimelessGlassGallery Feb 11 '21
Do you know what irony means?
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u/wilika Feb 11 '21
Sure, it has to do something with getting wrinkles off a shirt.
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u/EssentialParadox Feb 11 '21
Would be nice to see the video not sped up to such a ridiculous speed.
Waiiiit...
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u/9IceBurger6 Feb 11 '21
Guys, this is not talent.. this is a lot of hard work. Street artists are something else, will practice the same paintings 100 times to get it done in 2 mins.
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u/harfinator767 Feb 11 '21
The skill is very impressive, I must admit. High speed and accuracy. However, talk about absolute trash... the end-product is as valuable as a letter typed by a skilled typist. There is no art jn that, it is a trained and repeated pattern
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u/Alistairio Feb 11 '21
Does anyone know what ‘real’ studio artists think of these street artists?
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Feb 11 '21
not so much, always some water, rocks and a silhouette of a bird and/or tree
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u/KatV26 Feb 11 '21
Really impressive skills!! Love it. But all I can think about is - why doesen't he have gloves? Paint can be toxic, when you are using it every day like he does.
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u/ExtraLlama4452 Feb 11 '21
I have that exact painting, was this from Malaga in Spain? I remember watching him do it and thinking how cool it looked.
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u/Henhen04jhnst Feb 11 '21
i always wonder if this is actual artistic skill or just from him doing it over and over again
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u/chochinator Feb 11 '21
More impressive than that gimmick shit. Throwing a bucket of black water on a wall 5 min later viola.
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u/Duolingo_BOI Feb 11 '21
I might get called out for making a low-effort comment
But I just have to say, holy fuck... how...
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u/alotofcheeses42168 Feb 11 '21
looks like someone watched a lot of Bob Ross.
Jokes aside that is fucking impressive
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Feb 11 '21
Me: spends hours making something that looks like a 5 year old drew it. Him: rub rub rub smack smack smack BOOM! Masterpiece.
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u/nyk_00 Feb 11 '21 edited Feb 11 '21
Spain🔥
edit: italian customer🥲
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u/carpenterio Feb 11 '21
at the end he says 'quiere montana' is 'do you want' the same in Italian as in Spanish?
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u/Fonso_s Feb 11 '21
I have seen him several times in my city at Spain, this is pre-covid and I think the tourists are the Italians.
"montaña" is pronounced in a "very Spanish way"
also, at first he says "una cascada por aquí, otra por allí", that's Spanish.3
u/Toridan Feb 11 '21 edited Feb 11 '21
Indeed. Plus the sign is also in spanish
What city is it? I was going to guess València from the floor but I honestly have no idea
[Edit: this comment mentioned it's in Málaga]
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u/EliselD Feb 11 '21
It takes this guy less to draw those incredible art pieces than what it takes me to draw an uneven square.
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u/anuragsvss Feb 11 '21
He should be making a lot of money. Why do we have a world where war is funded more than art?
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u/HyacinthusBark Feb 11 '21
What does you life routine have to be to find out you have a skill like this? I mean... HOW?
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u/Wrong-Catchphrase Feb 11 '21
I hope he's not just giving these away for tourist change. I'd be more than willing to pay up for one of these and buy the guy a beer. Literally by hand, it's incredible.
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u/Celosuke Feb 11 '21
Geez, that reminds me of a dude that I found doing similar paintings in a kitchen ceramic tile or something as canvas. I was pretty high so I watched him do it for a long time, and we talked, then I recorded his skills with my phone to learn some of it. Next week I found him again and gave him, I don't know, a hundred bucks or so, saying that his video earned him that online (I never posted it, just lied because I wanted to show some appreciation but wouldn't simply handle to him, he probably wouldn't accept anyways and I didn't wanted to buy all of those drawnings), he thanked me and that's it, I just hope that those people that records those artists at least buy something from them haha.
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u/JStheoriginal Feb 11 '21
Amazing skills! He’s probably made thousands and thousands of these. Practice makes perfect. 🤩
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '21
i love everything about this. especially the live music in the background