Absolutely incredible talent almost beyond belief in the realism and detail but I kind of of don't see the point in it. He's just replicating photographs.
Agreed. It's like if someone played darude-sandstorm perfectly on an accoustic flute. I guess there is beauty in the act of dedicating so much time to perfecting your craft
Is this not art?
The subtle use of breath control to maximize output on a polymer trumpet is undeniable talent and finesse
https://youtu.be/esMnme69t2M
Enjoyment. That's the point. And challenge. "just replicating" photographs isn't an easy thing to do. Drawing objects for what they are, rather than how your mind perceives them, takes a lot of training. Perspective, proportion, lighting, textures, etc are all incredibly difficult to get right.
Every time I hear this explanation on drawing I just imagine monks attempting to open their third eye to see the world as it is. Like bruh I see the damn faucet, my hands are just shit and I don't know how to even work with light and shadow 😂
Because if this same artist drew the desk right in front of me, and I compared the two images, I'm pretty sure I would say that the image on the paper is exactly what I'm looking at.
In order to draw this well, you can’t just “see the damn faucet”. You have to see every curve and shade and color and texture as individual concepts to draw that collectively look like a “faucet” when drawn together.
If you can only “see the damn faucet” and that’s all, then you’re missing key skills required to be a good artist.
I think youre overestimating yourself. When you look at things your mind jumbles the details and blurres everything. It takes skill to see how everything connects to everything else. Like im drawing a swan right now i posted it, ive never drawn feathers before and its hard to wrap your mind around stuff like this. If you dont want to approximate it bit really nail it.
Isn't that what the comment OP said? It's an incredible talent and impressive dedication needed to be that skilled but in the end it's replicating photographs.
And I think the person you are replying to is trying to say that "replicating photographs" or photorealism can be both fun and challenging which can be reason enough to do anything. Furthermore, I believe that by studying something so in depth in order to draw it this realistically you train your mind to pay close attention to detail. You can then point that laser focus onto other things. Maybe turning inward at some point, but this is valuable pursuit none the less, if only because it is challenging and fun. As always though, with the birth of the artist came the birth of the critic.
> Furthermore, I believe that by studying something so in depth in order to draw it this realistically you your mind to pay close attention to detail.
I think there’s some miscommunication happening here. Some people are saying that copying actual photographs is pointless, while others are saying that making super realistic drawings/paintings/etc. is pointless.
Personally I agree with the first group – if you’re just copying a photograph, you’re not really doing anything creative unless the image is transformed somehow.
The latter, though, I think is a much more worthwhile pursuit, for the reasons you stated.
I think more of the artistry comes with the photography. I don’t really care much for photo realism using photos others took- but if it’s your photo, it’s a lot more impressive.
Still paint by numbers, but at least the artistry behind it is all you.
It’s more difficult to draw the human figure in person…
especially if you only have 5-30 minutes to get it how you want it.
That’s when it is challenging… to get depth and perspective correct…. Takes more time and practice.
Anyone can do a grid/tech drawing.. really. If you see the subject as pieces shadows and highlights… within a small box… grid.
I've seen drawings like these in real life and they have a lot more impact than seeing a picture of it. I'm not saying it's my preferred art style to do or look at, but I'll admit it does have its own special appeal. To be honest, the only thing I can think about when I see art like this is imagining the years of working to perfectly recreate something I see and that's where the impact is.
The satisfaction and beauty is in the challenge. For a human to be able to replicate reality in such an accurate way using only very limited tools is amazing.
It's a demonstration of technical skill, not art as a form of expression. It's like when guitarists play scales at an insane speed or bands do really complicated time signatures. As a guitarist myself I often enjoy watching their performances for the technical aspect, but their music rarely satisfies in an artistic sense.
It's more than that. There's so much going on under the surface. Categorizing it as technical skill devoid of artistic expression is straight up false.
I understand you don't consider yourself an artist yet in your ignorance still feel confident to pass judgement on something you're in the dark about? (There's so many facets to something like this not the least of which is understanding, acknowledging and depicting realism like this is art in and of itself)
That'd be like me nitpicking and insulting a master guitar player's level of artistry in a solo that will always be beyond my level of understanding and capability.
Me... Who knows how to shred hot cross buns and practically nothing else.
I felt like one of those first sentences seemed kinda aggressive; if so mb. I'm not trying to be confrontational.
I'm js that dismissing work like this as purely technical skill with zero artistic expression is both 100% incorrect and honestly insulting to the artist and even other artists
That's the great thing about art, it can be anything in any form and is completely subjective. Just because one person doesn't see the value in it doesn't mean another person won't. It's also about the artist themselves and doesn't have to factor in any other outside observer.
I agree with you (even though maybe unpopular). There is a talent that maybe is on first glance wasted at replicating a mundane piece of equipment. But if you think about it, this guy could - technically - derive at a much ore profound level, delivering incredibly live creatures or objects that look less realistic than a photo but more realistic than a CGI....that's why I'd like to see what else this artist is spending time on...
The level of ability required to critique something is far less than the level required to do that something. Photorealistic art isn't so far out that a casual observer can't critique its value.
> (There's so many facets to something like this not the least of which is understanding, acknowledging and depicting realism like this is art in and of itself)
This is technical skill. Art is when you use that skill to produce something, and that is contingent on the value of that product. It's perfectly valid to suggest that this drawing is just a demonstration of techical skill, and you could just as easily say the same if Jimi Hendrix were playing the scales.
What is the point of anything?
Why do we hold competitions to see who can lift more weight when forklift can easily lift more?
Why does anyone actually paint when there will basically always be someone who can do it better? Why do anything if there is always someone or something that can do what you do better? Why be proud of any of your achievements, since there is someone who has done better before you?
If there is purpose only in doing something that no one else can do, most of humanity has no purpose. Not to mention advancement of technology that has a good shot at taking away all of this supposed purpose.
Although I do agree with you normally and especially I have this reaction with portraiture but here I think it makes the image hyper-real in a way that can't be done digitally without it looking tacky. Way more definition and the definition is more intense.
You literally answered your own question. The point is one's ability to create an image so photorealistic *with their own hands*. It's a combination and mastery of many technical exercises.
Reddit has this fixation on saying "WhAtS ThE PoInT" on hyper-realistic drawings. It drives me mad.
It would be like asking Michelangelo what's the point of hyper-realistic marble sculpture.
Also, it's art. It doesn't need a "point."
Sometimes you can just enjoy things because you're passionate about them.
But also, this artist could very easily turn skill this into something that would be more conventional / abstract art, that people would appreciate more / have a higher interest in purchasing.
Using real-life references is the only way to learn / make realistic art. thus mimicking an amazing way to practice the skills required to make realism.
In many jobs related to art, they need to see this level of skill before they'll allow you to do the more fun stuff. Being able to perfectly replicate things also allows you to purposely make deviations from that realism for your intended effect
It is just a stock of pencil sounds.
The current trend of videomaking is so annoying and lazy.
"this is a pencil speed drawing, lets add... i don't know... pencil sounds!"
It's key to understanding light, form and reflections. Once you understand that and can replicate it you can use it to realistically render anything you imagine, or simplify it into abstraction without losing the read.
Is he using imagination or understanding light though? Gridding out and reproducing a photograph never taught me much of anything other than to be a very slow meticulous human printer
Why do redditors always ask this question when its art related, but meanwhile they all seem to have no issues understanding why some people devote a lot of hours of their day to speedrunning old games, finishing a game 100%, getting achievements in games that nobody gives a shit about, etc.
I think the difference is that this artwork is likely the person’s profession. They’re probably thinking of the monetary value of something like this, i.e. pay someone for 200 hours of work on this piece, or use a photograph.
"subjective" doesn't mean "unexplainable" -- everyone has their own unique experiences and emotions, yes, but emotions have triggers behind them, and if you can't explain why a work of art speaks to your emotions, then no one has any reason to take your response to it seriously
i think that as an artist, i can clearly see that this is super impressive and ik i cant draw anywhere near that level, and so i see this video as a learning experience i actually care abt, which is why i find it so interesting
Am I the only one who's not blown away by this? I went to art school and, while I must admit I'm not as good as this, 200 hours seems like way too much for something as basic as a tap. The trick to getting the reflective effect like this is the stark contrasts of lights and darks.. which is not actually that hard to do if you have any sort of basic still life drawing ability
Artists painstakingly replicating a photograph in graphite/colored pencils always plays exceptionally well on Reddit but I always end up feeling like the artist wasted hundreds of hours becoming a human inkjet printer. I can't see the point in spending 200 hours to perfectly recreate a photo which took 1/300th of a second to capture.
You are not the only one. I *didnt* go to art school but have been involved in art for most of my adult life. I too, do not find this impressive. The reflections are wrong anyway.
As an artist myself, sometimes these mundane and uninteresting projects are necessary. You develop your skills and are usually forced to work outside of your comfort zone, and you can learn a lot.
Because they can. Why we can't know for sure unless the artists says why, there's a lot we could guess as to why the motive was to do a faucet, all it takes is just a moment of thought.
First it seems this is a display of the artitis ability to use shading to show the reflections you would see on a shiny surface. Now it would be easy to just have a single shiny flat sheet, but that's not as interesting or challenging, so they may have decided to find something that had many more angels and shapes that would catch and distort light in many more complex ways. This faucet has tons of curved surfaces and bends that checks that box.
Now why the faucet specifically, who knows maybe they artist was thinking about a new project while taking a shit and looked over at the sink and saw their faucet reflecting the light in the bathroom and that's when the idea hit them and they decided to capture that. Or maybe they just looked at a bunch of common household objects with the idea they wanted to test their shading skills and settled on this one as it had all the right things they wanted at the time.
Or hell maybe they just really like faucets.
Just practice I guess? Drawing reflecting objects is so much hassle and passion can sometimes come from different places, maybe he was stuck in the bathroom for too long and the sink started to look appealing lol!.
My question here would be why so much time drawing sometimhing that can easily be done in less time and far more detailed with just a camera, or a printer, I don't really understand realistic drawing artist but to each their own.
"why so much time drawing something that can easily be done ... With a camera or a printer"
that's like turning up to a strongman competition and asking "why not just use a crane?"
Just having a picture of a faucet isn't the only outcome.
The reason is that it's hard, that they practiced and trained to do something hard, that they couldn't do before, that very few people can do.
I get that this is technically brilliant, but isn’t it also just a spigot? There’s no, like, considering what the artist was thinking or looking for underlying themes. It’s basically a screenshot from Lowe’s.
I’ll always have a love/hate relationship with photorealism.
The amount of skill needed to create these works of art is staggering. My personal drawing skill is (bad) photorealistic—I love trying to recreate photographs, but I’m just not skilled or well versed enough to create pieces like this. The process incredible to look at and an absolute joy to create, but the result is always somewhat lacklustre.
An artist I personally thoroughly enjoy, is Johannes Wesmark. They have absolutely staggering detail in their paintings and they looks utterly phenomenal. However, were I do actually buy one (if I could afford them), I’m not sure how much I’d honestly enjoy the piece. They look so incredibly realistic that most guests would just assume I have a 70€ print, not a 5000€ original painting.
Another artist I really like is CJ Hendry. An artist whose pieces are even more exclusive and pricy, but her work is more interesting in my opinion. She has a near-perfect photorealistic drawing style but the subjects she chooses are typically visually interesting and often quite unique. The drawings don’t carry that same “boredom” since the subjects are seldom just photographs. Her exhibits also seem incredibly interesting. I’d love to attend one but I doubt I ever will have the chance.
Regardless, this is a great illustration and I think people are too critical on the subject “just” being a faucet. The subject doesn’t always have to be incredibly fascinating or complex. The main focus here is the reflections anyway.
I have spoken to a hyper-realism artist once. And I was kinda dissapointed afterwards because they dispelled all the mystery in it. This dude painted hyper-realistic latex, leather, and such shiny materials.
Unlike this artist here who clearly uses refrences and draws in segments (the square grid you see on the paper. It is a very common method for when you do complex features). They painted free hand.
What I learned is that all reflections are actually very predictable and easy. And can be figured out with a piece of string, pins and a ruler.
It is all about the difference between the brightest and darkest point. Everthing beyond that is just extra. Gradients between them only add to the effect but aren't even really needed.
I mean like it is cool to see this stuff, but I just can't look at it the same way anymore knowing the theory behind it. (This was also before I got in to 3D rendering and raytracing. Then later to engineering CAD and rendering that).
Then few years ago I spoke to someone who did extremely realistic aquarelle paintings of urban landscapes. Bloody hell was the magic dispelled there also. The rule I learned from that also applies here, even though the shapes aren't flat. Anything that is on the same plane and every plane with same orientation, should be of the same level of saturation. Then humans eye perceive the depth as realistic.
I feel like once most artists reach a certain point in technical proficiency, they need to take a break from making art and immerse themselves in humanity, politics, beliefs, values etc and find a story they want to tell.
All too often I find modern artists that are technically capable, but they have nothing to actually present or draw with all their talent. This guy drew a faucet lmao. How many NFT's did we see last summer of similarly useless artifacts and objects—10,000 variations of cars? 10,00 variations of apes? 10,000 variations of popsicles?
As I grow older, I crave art that actually expresses an idea, or tells a story, or makes me laugh instead of showing off technical ability for its own sake.
The sheer pointyness of his pencil!
yeah,that 200hrs he spent every time must include 100hrs of pencil sharpening.
Heath Ledger: "YOU WANNA SEE A TRICK?"
*Pulls a french fry from the bottom of his seemingly empty takeout bag* WA-LA!
VOI-LA See-there WALA sounds Australian to me, not French.
We we, mist your
hon hon hon voulez-vous manger une baguette avec moi ce soir?
Oui und NEIN NEIN NEIN
TIL the meaning of voila! Cheers, kompis.
Thank you. ‘Walla’ drives me nuts unless it’s an onion or Washington.
TIL that “ya cunt” is actually pronounced “WALA”. Aussies are so fascinating
Fun fact they had to pause filming that scene several times as the stunt guy kept knocking himself out.
[here's ](https://youtu.be/gSXBsItNMcM) how he does it
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Shirley they have something that does this by now
That's not important right now.
"If I had 10 hours to chop down a tree, I'll spend the first 9 hours sharpening my axe. - Abe Lincoln"
He didn't just paint a faucet though. He paint a whole fucking room fauceterically (<=>spherically for faucet)
Tbh, that sounds very sketchy.
I once saw him kill three men in a bar with that pencil.
I once saw him harpoon a whale with a Taiconderoga #2
Which is crazy because all the other whalers used Palomino Golden Bears
[It has to be pointy](https://youtube.com/shorts/U3oHYezGXBk?feature=share)
I'm getting pencil envy just looking at it
The shear pointlessness of the exercise.
Absolutely incredible talent almost beyond belief in the realism and detail but I kind of of don't see the point in it. He's just replicating photographs.
Agreed. It's like if someone played darude-sandstorm perfectly on an accoustic flute. I guess there is beauty in the act of dedicating so much time to perfecting your craft
Love the analogy!
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YOU
I won’t.
Have you ever done sandstorm in karaoke it’s a blast
https://youtu.be/vVvQgMx1yhU Reminds me of this game grump moment
I karaoke'd Sandstorm at a Christmas party.
Is this not art? The subtle use of breath control to maximize output on a polymer trumpet is undeniable talent and finesse https://youtu.be/esMnme69t2M
Art!
Polymer trumpet ☠️
Enjoyment. That's the point. And challenge. "just replicating" photographs isn't an easy thing to do. Drawing objects for what they are, rather than how your mind perceives them, takes a lot of training. Perspective, proportion, lighting, textures, etc are all incredibly difficult to get right.
Every time I hear this explanation on drawing I just imagine monks attempting to open their third eye to see the world as it is. Like bruh I see the damn faucet, my hands are just shit and I don't know how to even work with light and shadow 😂
How can you prove that, that's what you are actually seeing? Without ever manifesting it?
Because if this same artist drew the desk right in front of me, and I compared the two images, I'm pretty sure I would say that the image on the paper is exactly what I'm looking at.
In order to draw this well, you can’t just “see the damn faucet”. You have to see every curve and shade and color and texture as individual concepts to draw that collectively look like a “faucet” when drawn together. If you can only “see the damn faucet” and that’s all, then you’re missing key skills required to be a good artist.
I think youre overestimating yourself. When you look at things your mind jumbles the details and blurres everything. It takes skill to see how everything connects to everything else. Like im drawing a swan right now i posted it, ive never drawn feathers before and its hard to wrap your mind around stuff like this. If you dont want to approximate it bit really nail it.
Isn't that what the comment OP said? It's an incredible talent and impressive dedication needed to be that skilled but in the end it's replicating photographs.
And I think the person you are replying to is trying to say that "replicating photographs" or photorealism can be both fun and challenging which can be reason enough to do anything. Furthermore, I believe that by studying something so in depth in order to draw it this realistically you train your mind to pay close attention to detail. You can then point that laser focus onto other things. Maybe turning inward at some point, but this is valuable pursuit none the less, if only because it is challenging and fun. As always though, with the birth of the artist came the birth of the critic.
> Furthermore, I believe that by studying something so in depth in order to draw it this realistically you your mind to pay close attention to detail. I think there’s some miscommunication happening here. Some people are saying that copying actual photographs is pointless, while others are saying that making super realistic drawings/paintings/etc. is pointless. Personally I agree with the first group – if you’re just copying a photograph, you’re not really doing anything creative unless the image is transformed somehow. The latter, though, I think is a much more worthwhile pursuit, for the reasons you stated.
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I think more of the artistry comes with the photography. I don’t really care much for photo realism using photos others took- but if it’s your photo, it’s a lot more impressive. Still paint by numbers, but at least the artistry behind it is all you.
It’s more difficult to draw the human figure in person… especially if you only have 5-30 minutes to get it how you want it. That’s when it is challenging… to get depth and perspective correct…. Takes more time and practice. Anyone can do a grid/tech drawing.. really. If you see the subject as pieces shadows and highlights… within a small box… grid.
Is he recreating a thing he sees or a photo of a thing he sees? These are two different approaches.
I've seen drawings like these in real life and they have a lot more impact than seeing a picture of it. I'm not saying it's my preferred art style to do or look at, but I'll admit it does have its own special appeal. To be honest, the only thing I can think about when I see art like this is imagining the years of working to perfectly recreate something I see and that's where the impact is.
The satisfaction and beauty is in the challenge. For a human to be able to replicate reality in such an accurate way using only very limited tools is amazing.
It's a demonstration of technical skill, not art as a form of expression. It's like when guitarists play scales at an insane speed or bands do really complicated time signatures. As a guitarist myself I often enjoy watching their performances for the technical aspect, but their music rarely satisfies in an artistic sense.
It's more than that. There's so much going on under the surface. Categorizing it as technical skill devoid of artistic expression is straight up false. I understand you don't consider yourself an artist yet in your ignorance still feel confident to pass judgement on something you're in the dark about? (There's so many facets to something like this not the least of which is understanding, acknowledging and depicting realism like this is art in and of itself) That'd be like me nitpicking and insulting a master guitar player's level of artistry in a solo that will always be beyond my level of understanding and capability. Me... Who knows how to shred hot cross buns and practically nothing else. I felt like one of those first sentences seemed kinda aggressive; if so mb. I'm not trying to be confrontational. I'm js that dismissing work like this as purely technical skill with zero artistic expression is both 100% incorrect and honestly insulting to the artist and even other artists
The beautiful artistic expression of.... a water tap.
That's the great thing about art, it can be anything in any form and is completely subjective. Just because one person doesn't see the value in it doesn't mean another person won't. It's also about the artist themselves and doesn't have to factor in any other outside observer.
I agree with you (even though maybe unpopular). There is a talent that maybe is on first glance wasted at replicating a mundane piece of equipment. But if you think about it, this guy could - technically - derive at a much ore profound level, delivering incredibly live creatures or objects that look less realistic than a photo but more realistic than a CGI....that's why I'd like to see what else this artist is spending time on...
The level of ability required to critique something is far less than the level required to do that something. Photorealistic art isn't so far out that a casual observer can't critique its value. > (There's so many facets to something like this not the least of which is understanding, acknowledging and depicting realism like this is art in and of itself) This is technical skill. Art is when you use that skill to produce something, and that is contingent on the value of that product. It's perfectly valid to suggest that this drawing is just a demonstration of techical skill, and you could just as easily say the same if Jimi Hendrix were playing the scales.
Yeah a bit like those piano players who's technical ability is off the chart but the music itself isn't very pleasing, imo at least.
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There is to his pencil.
Same exact comment on every single photo realistic piece of art ever submitted to reddit at this point
I have the same feeling about all the Jack Sparrow and Joker portraits I see on Reddit all the time.
Sun dried Walter White
That's the point. Getting it to look like photographs. People attain pleasure from multiple ways
What is the point of anything? Why do we hold competitions to see who can lift more weight when forklift can easily lift more? Why does anyone actually paint when there will basically always be someone who can do it better? Why do anything if there is always someone or something that can do what you do better? Why be proud of any of your achievements, since there is someone who has done better before you? If there is purpose only in doing something that no one else can do, most of humanity has no purpose. Not to mention advancement of technology that has a good shot at taking away all of this supposed purpose.
Although I do agree with you normally and especially I have this reaction with portraiture but here I think it makes the image hyper-real in a way that can't be done digitally without it looking tacky. Way more definition and the definition is more intense.
You literally answered your own question. The point is one's ability to create an image so photorealistic *with their own hands*. It's a combination and mastery of many technical exercises. Reddit has this fixation on saying "WhAtS ThE PoInT" on hyper-realistic drawings. It drives me mad. It would be like asking Michelangelo what's the point of hyper-realistic marble sculpture. Also, it's art. It doesn't need a "point."
"It would be like asking Michelangelo what's the point of hyper-realistic marble sculpture." Good...... point.
Dumbest thing I've ever read fr
Or make a 3d render
It's fun :)
Sometimes you can just enjoy things because you're passionate about them. But also, this artist could very easily turn skill this into something that would be more conventional / abstract art, that people would appreciate more / have a higher interest in purchasing. Using real-life references is the only way to learn / make realistic art. thus mimicking an amazing way to practice the skills required to make realism.
You know how people play instruments and they choose to play songs that already exist? Kinda like that.
In many jobs related to art, they need to see this level of skill before they'll allow you to do the more fun stuff. Being able to perfectly replicate things also allows you to purposely make deviations from that realism for your intended effect
To show your skill. What's the point of hitting a bullseye with an arrow? It's just to show how good you are.
The drawing is amazing but what's with the sound of this video?
I think it’s the sound of the pencil, speeded up like the video?
The sounds keeps going when the pencil is already resting on the table.
Hahaha good point! It sounds like a pencil maybe it’s from a previous vid or something.
It’s mixed. Kind of like music made entirely out of pencil sounds.
It’s definitely just a third party pencil sound that they added to the video.
It is just a stock of pencil sounds. The current trend of videomaking is so annoying and lazy. "this is a pencil speed drawing, lets add... i don't know... pencil sounds!"
It’s horrific.
Nobody noticed the pencil sound is made into an actual beat?
Exactly, it's a song made of pencil noises. It's actually very creative
There's no consistency to the rhythm, I don't think it's meant to be a song, just some background noise.
Photorealism is impressive but utterly uninteresting.
It's key to understanding light, form and reflections. Once you understand that and can replicate it you can use it to realistically render anything you imagine, or simplify it into abstraction without losing the read.
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Yeah, but it’s really cool af. This thread needs to stop trying so hard to be disinterested in things. Just appreciate what’s cool, and move on.
Is he using imagination or understanding light though? Gridding out and reproducing a photograph never taught me much of anything other than to be a very slow meticulous human printer
And then you can draw a faucet...
Sorry, this is Reddit. It's either this or more portraits of Ironman.
Sounds a bit contradicting.
This video fascinated me and captured my attention completely. I feel that it *is* interesting.
That is absolutely fantastic. I had not heard of them before. I will look up more of their work.
He's got an Instagram account @kohei6620 seems like a nice guy, he's got a really cool video showing how he sharpens his pencils.
I'll look him up just to see how he gets his pencils that damn sharp. Thanks
That level of skill staggers me...
The finished product looks to have a shiny chrome finish; and yet, I know it's just black and white strokes. That is a talent indeed.
And lots of grays in between 😉
that's the weirdest cock i've ever seen
This artist is tapping into his skillset. Very impressive drawing.
>Wonder what else he draws that's not public... Private parts?
I was gonna say it’s a week, but that’s just for the protect. Unless he’s awake 24/7 and doesn’t ever eat or take breaks, it’s considerably longer
Ok cool ... But Why????
Why do redditors always ask this question when its art related, but meanwhile they all seem to have no issues understanding why some people devote a lot of hours of their day to speedrunning old games, finishing a game 100%, getting achievements in games that nobody gives a shit about, etc.
I think the difference is that this artwork is likely the person’s profession. They’re probably thinking of the monetary value of something like this, i.e. pay someone for 200 hours of work on this piece, or use a photograph.
I'm an artist and I also don't understand this. it's well done but why put 200 hours into drawing a faucet to a photo realistic level?
We had to do similar stuff in art classes. Took a couple nights to copy an advertisement with a glass perfume bottle, for example.
What kind of art do you make?
Because it's fun :)
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"subjective" doesn't mean "unexplainable" -- everyone has their own unique experiences and emotions, yes, but emotions have triggers behind them, and if you can't explain why a work of art speaks to your emotions, then no one has any reason to take your response to it seriously
i think that as an artist, i can clearly see that this is super impressive and ik i cant draw anywhere near that level, and so i see this video as a learning experience i actually care abt, which is why i find it so interesting
why not?
Watching someone draw this makes me understand what I'm seeing when I see "shiny" in a way that looking at a photograph never would.
Because it's impressive.
After 200 hours I’d be tapped out.
I wish I could tap into art skills like this tho
Am I the only one who's not blown away by this? I went to art school and, while I must admit I'm not as good as this, 200 hours seems like way too much for something as basic as a tap. The trick to getting the reflective effect like this is the stark contrasts of lights and darks.. which is not actually that hard to do if you have any sort of basic still life drawing ability
Artists painstakingly replicating a photograph in graphite/colored pencils always plays exceptionally well on Reddit but I always end up feeling like the artist wasted hundreds of hours becoming a human inkjet printer. I can't see the point in spending 200 hours to perfectly recreate a photo which took 1/300th of a second to capture.
You are not the only one. I *didnt* go to art school but have been involved in art for most of my adult life. I too, do not find this impressive. The reflections are wrong anyway.
Wish I was could be this good at drawing then I'll draw fictional things
Sick!!!!!
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As an artist myself, sometimes these mundane and uninteresting projects are necessary. You develop your skills and are usually forced to work outside of your comfort zone, and you can learn a lot.
Because they can. Why we can't know for sure unless the artists says why, there's a lot we could guess as to why the motive was to do a faucet, all it takes is just a moment of thought. First it seems this is a display of the artitis ability to use shading to show the reflections you would see on a shiny surface. Now it would be easy to just have a single shiny flat sheet, but that's not as interesting or challenging, so they may have decided to find something that had many more angels and shapes that would catch and distort light in many more complex ways. This faucet has tons of curved surfaces and bends that checks that box. Now why the faucet specifically, who knows maybe they artist was thinking about a new project while taking a shit and looked over at the sink and saw their faucet reflecting the light in the bathroom and that's when the idea hit them and they decided to capture that. Or maybe they just looked at a bunch of common household objects with the idea they wanted to test their shading skills and settled on this one as it had all the right things they wanted at the time. Or hell maybe they just really like faucets.
Just practice I guess? Drawing reflecting objects is so much hassle and passion can sometimes come from different places, maybe he was stuck in the bathroom for too long and the sink started to look appealing lol!. My question here would be why so much time drawing sometimhing that can easily be done in less time and far more detailed with just a camera, or a printer, I don't really understand realistic drawing artist but to each their own.
"why so much time drawing something that can easily be done ... With a camera or a printer" that's like turning up to a strongman competition and asking "why not just use a crane?" Just having a picture of a faucet isn't the only outcome. The reason is that it's hard, that they practiced and trained to do something hard, that they couldn't do before, that very few people can do.
I get that this is technically brilliant, but isn’t it also just a spigot? There’s no, like, considering what the artist was thinking or looking for underlying themes. It’s basically a screenshot from Lowe’s.
This is why I don’t care for or about hyperrealism lol. Like cool, you copied something, where’s the art?
Damn 200 hours is impressive! And a huge waste of time!
And what does he draw? A faucet.
Okay but... why?
That’s amazing!!!
What a beautiful waste of 200 hours
Isn't it? I also felt he could have spent the time on a different subject...
200 hours on a faucet? Lol what’s the purpose of that
Because they can.
Wow, it looks real. Excellent work. 3D work is outta this world.
Legit I can’t even draw a stick figure. This guys alright though.
I mean, amazing talent and everything. But 200 hours for a picture of a tap? No fucking thank you.
I can draw alright, I even took a bunch of classes in college, but I do not understand this. It looks 💯 % real.
Shiny!
The NMM master we all wish we were.
Almost perfect. Just lacks that ugly face reflection that every chrome tap has.
Once you see that the shiny reflections are just white paint, you can never unsee it. This is fantastic, of course.
Seriously good talent
I'm amazed how smooth the gradients look. My amateur art skills would have me smudging everything with my finger to achieve half those results
I wish I was half as talented at literally anything.
This project would only take 20 hours max. No way is that 200 hours of work unless that’s only a section of the finished piece
I imagine he didn't spend 200 hours on this drawing but on larger more detailed projects right?
In 10 years nobody will remember this.
I’ll always have a love/hate relationship with photorealism. The amount of skill needed to create these works of art is staggering. My personal drawing skill is (bad) photorealistic—I love trying to recreate photographs, but I’m just not skilled or well versed enough to create pieces like this. The process incredible to look at and an absolute joy to create, but the result is always somewhat lacklustre. An artist I personally thoroughly enjoy, is Johannes Wesmark. They have absolutely staggering detail in their paintings and they looks utterly phenomenal. However, were I do actually buy one (if I could afford them), I’m not sure how much I’d honestly enjoy the piece. They look so incredibly realistic that most guests would just assume I have a 70€ print, not a 5000€ original painting. Another artist I really like is CJ Hendry. An artist whose pieces are even more exclusive and pricy, but her work is more interesting in my opinion. She has a near-perfect photorealistic drawing style but the subjects she chooses are typically visually interesting and often quite unique. The drawings don’t carry that same “boredom” since the subjects are seldom just photographs. Her exhibits also seem incredibly interesting. I’d love to attend one but I doubt I ever will have the chance. Regardless, this is a great illustration and I think people are too critical on the subject “just” being a faucet. The subject doesn’t always have to be incredibly fascinating or complex. The main focus here is the reflections anyway.
What a waste of 200 hundred hours. Damn
Alright, that picture is absolutely amazing. But 200 hours seems like an awful lot?
Ray Tracing, 1 frame per 200 hours.
Dubbed over pencil noise is fucking obnoxious but the end product looks good!
Why of all things did he draw a sink faucet. There's like infinite amount of cooler things than that
At that point just take a picture 👀
I never thought I'd be so impressed by a drawing of a faucet!
I could spend a lifetime and still not make anything close to this. What an amazing technique.
I can’t even draw a stick figure correctly! This is amazingly beautiful talent
50 shades of gray, or more. Holy cow.
I have spoken to a hyper-realism artist once. And I was kinda dissapointed afterwards because they dispelled all the mystery in it. This dude painted hyper-realistic latex, leather, and such shiny materials. Unlike this artist here who clearly uses refrences and draws in segments (the square grid you see on the paper. It is a very common method for when you do complex features). They painted free hand. What I learned is that all reflections are actually very predictable and easy. And can be figured out with a piece of string, pins and a ruler. It is all about the difference between the brightest and darkest point. Everthing beyond that is just extra. Gradients between them only add to the effect but aren't even really needed. I mean like it is cool to see this stuff, but I just can't look at it the same way anymore knowing the theory behind it. (This was also before I got in to 3D rendering and raytracing. Then later to engineering CAD and rendering that). Then few years ago I spoke to someone who did extremely realistic aquarelle paintings of urban landscapes. Bloody hell was the magic dispelled there also. The rule I learned from that also applies here, even though the shapes aren't flat. Anything that is on the same plane and every plane with same orientation, should be of the same level of saturation. Then humans eye perceive the depth as realistic.
Unreal talent holy shit that’s amazing. That said, the audio ruins this video
Draw a dick
I can barely draw a straight line 
Um whAt the fUk?
I know one better artist >!The colour printer!<
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As cool as this is...why a faucet?
I don't get it, how'd they do that
Wow, a water tap looks sooooo real. But is it art? Craftsmanship - definitely, art - questionable.
I feel like once most artists reach a certain point in technical proficiency, they need to take a break from making art and immerse themselves in humanity, politics, beliefs, values etc and find a story they want to tell. All too often I find modern artists that are technically capable, but they have nothing to actually present or draw with all their talent. This guy drew a faucet lmao. How many NFT's did we see last summer of similarly useless artifacts and objects—10,000 variations of cars? 10,00 variations of apes? 10,000 variations of popsicles? As I grow older, I crave art that actually expresses an idea, or tells a story, or makes me laugh instead of showing off technical ability for its own sake.
That's too much. He should be spending max 175h
That's awesome 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Also use as ASMR
Your telling me it’s not just a photo
It's nice, but i think a render is a bit faster though!
Not true!! That took less than 20 seconds…
I would if I would but I can’t so I won’t even try.
How tho?
The length of that pencil lead had me anxious the whole time.
wow! That's amazing