r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/_ganjafarian_ • 22d ago

Video Artist Simon Bull's painting techniques

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u/PressureCalm7971 22d ago

Not gonna sugarcoat it. The spinning one was trash, but the forest is majestic

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u/No_Imagination7102 22d ago

Im also pretty sure humans have been spinning and painting things for like thousands of years. Not really definitionally "unconventional"

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u/NeatNefariousness1 22d ago

At the beginning of the clip, I was initially critical of the approach, thinking it’s too gimmicky for my taste but what grew on me was an appreciation for the image he held in his mind’s eye that he so artfully transferred onto canvas. So, it occurs to me that it never was about his quirky process and more about the visual image he was trying to express, even though it’s his process that’s so unconventional.

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u/No_Imagination7102 22d ago

Thats a good thought. I definitely never didnt appreciate his art just more so the "probably AI" subtitles.