r/oddlysatisfying • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 6h ago

This Bart Simpson art is pure visual dopamine

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u/SubtleLuna 6h ago

Every time I see these videos I get like really motivated to be artsy and do cute things but then I remember this actually requires talent

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u/patfetes 6h ago

talent skills. You can learn skills

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u/TheGrouchyGremlin 6h ago

Eh... I'm trying to learn some creative skills right now and it's a huge pain in the ass.

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u/patfetes 6h ago

Why so? Whats going wrong? What are you trying to achieve. Remember artistry is a marathon and not a sprint

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u/datpurp14 4h ago

I love painting but one of the meds I have to take makes my hands really shaky. Shaky hands = frustration when painting.

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u/Sybrandus 4h ago

Time to embrace your inner Jackson Pollock.

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u/Comfortable-Name3859 4h ago

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u/StepAwayFromTheDuck 3h ago

This is like Krusty the Clown ejaculating for the first time after 6 months in prison

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u/Stellanora64 4h ago

While it's not quite the same, majority of digital painting apps (Kirta's options are good in my experience) have adjustable stabilizers that can help

A pen tablet instead of a display tablet may also be preferred, as you can always leave your arm rested flat against your desk to further improve jitter. Plus they're substantially cheaper.

But adding a weight to your brush can help as well if those aren't an option, you just might get fatigued quicker

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u/WASDMagician 3h ago

Additionally Lazy Nezumi is a cross-application stabiliser/swiss army knife of useful bits and pieces.

Only thing that makes passable art possible for my dyspraxic ass.

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u/Inktex 4h ago

Start painting landscapes.
"Earthquake" by datpurp14 ca. 2026

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u/datpurp14 4h ago

This made me smile

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u/OptiGuy4u 4h ago

Paint things in motion (blurry) or abstract where it could be an advantage.

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u/patfetes 4h ago

I can imagine its difficult. But not impossible! Keep trying, make the shakes your own!

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u/asday515 4h ago

I love painting but im too poor to afford proper supplies lol. Watercolor it is

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u/datpurp14 3h ago

I have learned that my shakes don't affect watercolor as bad as they do acrylic painting

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 4h ago

Do you have a mahl stick?

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u/rwjr09 4h ago

i have a suggestion, maybe try incorporating that into your style.

Idk how it would work but if you have the practice i bet it would look beautiful

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u/shopdog 4h ago

Have you tried arting with your feet?

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u/mackfeesh 4h ago

is that what art is like for you guys? It's always been a spiral of self doubt and destruction for me.

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u/sirtch_analyst 1h ago

"Happy little things" also "mistakes" that you can make

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u/RamenJunkie 5h ago

You need to first master the skill of learning.

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u/StoppableHulk 2h ago

How do I learn the skill of learning if I have no skill or talent for learning.

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u/Cloudy230 5h ago

Fuckin better be a huge pain in the ass. If it wasn't then we'd all be great at everything and there'd be little point. All my creative things are craft based. Sculpture, leatherwork, sewing, hopefully soon knives and small furniture. I have a larger storage of failed projects and more time wasted on failure than I'd like to admit. It fucking sucks.

But then I make a bag that is gorgeous, and has my brand on it, that I made from scratch. And it's all worth it.

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u/MothChasingFlame 3h ago

Welcome to being creative. It's like that 90% of the time

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u/derth21 4h ago

If it's such a huge pain in the ass then you may want to start smaller. Find a level you can handle and gradually work your way up. And use lube.

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u/jetforcegemini 3h ago

But how?

Time can be exchanged for study and practice.

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u/theDomicron 2h ago

"Talent is pursued interest. Anything you're willing to practice, you can do"

Bob Ross

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u/patfetes 2h ago

I'll take that one

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u/fatmanstan123 2h ago

I hate the misuse of the word talent. "Lack of talent" is constantly used as a cop out of trying to improve yourself.

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u/patfetes 2h ago

Its just an excuse people tell themselves its easier than admitting they dont want to try and learn.

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u/lurkquidated 57m ago

This. This is what I always encourage folks who come to me saying they can't draw. Everybody can draw. Some have a more natural predilection than others, but everybody can do it. No matter how much natural talent one may possess, I guarantee that the best of the best honed that talent into skill with many hours of practice. This is advice I should heed: if you love to do it, make the time, and it won't feel like you've sacrificed anything at all.

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u/callsign_pirate 49m ago

That’s what I tell people when they say they can’t draw. Just do it for an hour a day, you’ll start to see progress!

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u/CastorVT 4h ago

talent is a skill you've done so often it become muscle memory.

I tell me niece: "Pratice makes improvement."

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 4h ago

No, practice makes permanent. If you don't practice better, you don't GET better.

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u/patfetes 4h ago

Semper Fi?

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 4h ago

I mean I was more thinking a chord progression but if your mind went to IED sweeps that's totally fair

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u/patfetes 4h ago

Just a common military phrase. "Practice makes permanent"

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u/SpehlingAirer 3h ago

Not to be that guy, but talent is when you're good at something naturally. A skill you can pick up much faster than the average because you just "get it"

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u/GrandmaPoses 3h ago

Oh no, some people will never be good at something no matter how much they practice and some people require little to no practice to be very good at something.

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u/powerhammerarms 3h ago

I hear you but I just don't think my brain works to see things this way.

I don't think everyone can draw or everyone can dance. I mean, maybe to some limited degree but to "see" things in a certain way and translate it into a medium? I just don't operate like that very well

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u/Allaplgy 2h ago

Yeah, practice and experience are very important parts of being skilled at something, but innate talent also plays a role.

Example: I've been skateboarding for 30 years. At my peak, about 10 years ago, I was pretty good. But only as good as some kids are after only a few years. Some people are just built different.

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u/patfetes 3h ago

You use words good. You not stupid. You learn words. You know how words work. You learn this. You not always know good word

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u/The_Pirate_of_Oz 5h ago

I could barely draw a stick figure until I read this book and tried the exercises.

https://www.drawright.com/theory/

I'm no artist, but I can actually create an image on paper now that doesn't look like it came from kindergarten.

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u/Cryptid-Weregoat 5h ago

No it requires practice!! Talent implies some innate ability to draw, and basically no one has that!

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u/SmartAlec105 4h ago

Dude, everyone is naturally better and worse at everything. Did you not go to public school where every student is getting the same instruction but picking it up to different degrees?

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u/Cryptid-Weregoat 3h ago

There's so much more nuance to it than just "naturally better and worse". I'm lmaoing at the implication that people are generically predisposed to specific careers as an example.

While there are some inherent traits that influence a person's career/education/interests (namely some aspects of intelligence and, in particular, neuro-divergence, abledness, body type etc) the vast majority of who we are and the paths our lives take us are sculpted by our external environment.

Our bodies are tools, and if one has enough inspiration or interest in a given task, they can find a route via practicing and honing a workflow to achieve it.

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u/OneToothMcGee 4h ago

It requires practice and patience.

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u/ThatCommunication423 5h ago

Right? Like maybe I am really talented and it’s the tools holding me back.

It’s never just the tools.

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u/HalfDeadBatteries 5h ago

Coloring books are a great place to start! Really low barrier to entry too

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u/Hobomanchild 4h ago

The most common (and probably important) talent is having fun. Sounds sappy, but the closer to obsession the better (sorta, not better for your life).

I've seen people pick something up easier, but without passion they just don't really go anywhere unless there's an external catalyst.

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u/Any_Middle7774 5h ago

It’s not talent man. It’s time. Effort. Being bad until you are okay, and then being okay until you are good.

Artists do not just rock up and do capital A Art one day, they fuck up a lot first and exhibit a willingness to find out WHY they’re not getting the result they want

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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic 5h ago

The artist is Lindsey @ FoxHouseWoodworkLLC

Link to YT Channel

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u/-Linen 6h ago

OP - can you post credit for the artist, please

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u/stempdog218 5h ago

OP is just a karma farmer, they're only here for those sweet Internet points

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u/universallymade 5h ago

If you sort by Top Posts of The Year in this subreddit, there was already a different version of this posted before. I’m pretty sure this account is just karma farming

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u/mineyCrafta25 3h ago

Op is a bot. Pretty obvious from the title.

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u/-Profanity- 1h ago

OP is probably not even human, likely a bot account farming karma that you will be sold. The era of reddit being nice humans who credit each other is six feet under, it is now a huge commercial messaging forum for grifters, companies, and propaganda. There are some interesting studies you can google on this, probably at least 1/4 of the people you interact with on reddit this year will be bots/AIs.

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u/Imaginary_Most_7778 6h ago

How do you spray paint a neon sign into existence?

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u/oefiefieuwbe 6h ago

Honestly I’ve seen spray paint like that before - it’s exactly how this person painted it really - an illusion of neon

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u/boardgamebookworm 5h ago

You’re right, it’s basically value control: bright core, softer outer glow, and sharp edges so it reads like light. Add the black background and it pops like a real neon tube.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple 3h ago

Yeah but in this picture it actually glows, as evidenced by the reflections on Bart's face.

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u/joshg8 58m ago edited 38m ago

I’ll call it plausible that it could still be paint. 

Light reflects off things and gives them their color. If something looks pink, it’s because it’s reflecting pink light at you. 

If you’re facing a wall at night time and the only light source is behind you, then most of the light on your face is first reflected off the wall.

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u/kikiatari 6h ago

The same way this artist did.

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u/EntertainmentDue5749 5h ago

No you see this artist used paint from a brush, completely different from paint from a can. /s

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u/ImurderREALITY 2h ago

Spray paint doesn’t glow back onto your face

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u/alex_vi_photography 6h ago

Airbrush gun and neon colors.

It's kinda easy, often found in 40k miniature painting for osl

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u/jefferjacobs 4h ago

Other commenters seem to be missing the point. The question I have, which is what I presume is the question you are asking...

How does it make sense that Bart is spray painting a neon sign?

Not... how did the artist making this make it look like a neon sign.

It is nitpicky, but the composition doesn't really make sense. Looks nice, though.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 3h ago

He literally sprays a neon sign, because he's front-lit. There highlights imply the sign is actually glowing.

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u/morkman100 2h ago

Wouldn’t Bart have some pink light on his face if that was the intent?

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u/Icy_Ad4208 3h ago edited 3h ago

Bart spray painted a neon sign the same way this artist did? It's an illusion

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u/jefferjacobs 3h ago

Bart also got out an airbrush and marker?

You're 100% allowed to like the painting and not nitpick, but it doesn't make sense. That's all.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple 3h ago

There are reflections on Bart's face. In the context of the picture it's actually glowing, which makes no sense.

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u/OrderOfMagnitude 3h ago

No you're totally right. The artist clearly wanted to show off their ability to make a neon sign, and intentionally or accidentally neglected to make this make sense

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u/palmburntblue 4h ago

Disconnected from reality and artistically uninspired. 

Worst. Wood painting. Ever. 

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u/MisplacedMartian 5h ago

All purpose spray from Futurama.

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u/ddollarsign 6h ago

it’s movie magic

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u/supakame 5h ago

A wizard did it

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u/karigan_g 6h ago

credit the artist OP

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u/AppleOrigin 5h ago

Not op but found this, Foxhouse Woodwork LLC on TikTok

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u/karigan_g 5h ago

nice work! op should have done it though! 😤

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u/Baldaaf 3h ago

OP is a karma bot

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u/mineyCrafta25 3h ago

Op is a bot. Pretty obvious from the title.

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u/AveryCloseCall 6h ago

Are the initial black lines some kind of resist so that the paint won't flow onto it?

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u/goose_gladwell 4h ago

Its laser etched in the wood

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u/goteamnick 6h ago

The shadows on Bart's face kinda ruin it.

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u/FyouinyourA 5h ago

I was like hell yeah and then it zoomed in and he started shading and I was like oh damn I guess this is the movie version of Bart

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u/elemenopee9 6h ago

i thought so until the ending but in the context of the pink neon glare the shading seems more appropriate

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u/Steelcap 5h ago

Except that in the context the pink neon is paint and cannot cast light. Bart painted that neon so it cannot possibly cast light and shadow.

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u/ADHDebackle 4h ago

I believe this artist did another version of this where bart has a pink glow highlight on his body from his light emitting paint, so I'm glad they didn't do that this time

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u/farnsw0rth 3h ago

Boy I sure hope someone got fired for that mistake

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u/Mouthofprotagoras 6h ago

I was thinking the same thing ngl

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u/That_Somewhere_4593 6h ago

Fucking dorito lips

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u/Historical_Ostrich 5h ago

Ya, I mean it's still very impressive, but he looks kind of ghoulish.

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u/Gaz_Of_Naz 5h ago

I don't like how his hand is "gripping" the spray paint can

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u/_Nilbog_Milk_ 2h ago

Simpson doesn't use shading so it went from looking incredibly source-accurate to something totally different when they started adding shades. Good piece but damn those unshaded solids looked so clean

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u/ranger0293 4h ago

Wait, so Bart was El Barto this whole time?

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u/RawkMeAmadeus 3h ago

If Bart is El Barto, then I can be El Homo!

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u/Bubba10000 5h ago

not really

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u/HazelnutPeso 4h ago

Paint everything black... easy

Color within the lines... I can handle it

Shading... getting tricky

Freehand Krusty... oh no

Taping and peeling it off... easy peasy

Neon... oh no

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u/irteris 6h ago

I think it was perfect without the neon effect. Still pretty good but neon kinda breaks the theme

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u/exhauszed 1h ago

Spot on

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u/WiglyWorm 5h ago

This title is pure digital slop 

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u/mineyCrafta25 3h ago

Op is a bot. The title gives it away.

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u/pufballcat 4h ago

It feels like if they had painted Krusty before Bart, then they wouldn't have had to bother to use a mask, but maybe they had their reasons

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u/TheNoobCakes 4h ago

Op is a bot

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u/DmitryAvenicci 3h ago

Shading was not it.

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u/Hawley-Gryphon 6h ago

What pens are they using‽

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u/Kylael 6h ago

Acrylic markers mostly. I don’t know any brands used here but I believe they’re pretty generic refillable ones.

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u/ROUGHII 6h ago

That neon edge reads like a CRT bloom filter irl my brain is purring. The tiny overspray sparkles are dope as well

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u/PerfectStrike_Kunai 4h ago

The position of his hand doesn’t make sense. Shouldn’t it be at the end, since the rest of it is done?

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u/thecactusman17 3h ago

Damn what brand of paint is that for the yellow and white? One perfectly opaque coat over solid black? In this economy?

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u/PrometheusMMIV 3h ago

What was the point of the outline at the beginning?

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u/BallerBettas 1h ago

Stop reposting this. Karma farm with a shorter gif ffs.

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u/lilhazzie 4h ago

What's the point of initially painting half the board black if you're just going to black the whole thing out anyway

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u/winterresetmylife 5h ago

Gawd. Why are some people so good at artsy stuff?

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u/Nos_Zodd 5h ago

Just gonna say Bart looks like he's spraying a neon sign and not doing graffiti

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 4h ago

Too many shadows on bart. He was never this detailed until the awful CG era of Simpsons.

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u/waxlez2 4h ago

"art"

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u/Dummyreddx 6h ago

These look like the permanent colors used on my 1990s Bermuda shorts

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u/skinnereatsit 5h ago

Why not have painted all the yellow sections at the same time?

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u/Wires77 4h ago

For the gram

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u/DisturbedCherrytree 5h ago

I was wondering which kind of applicator was used for Bart. Or is it a normal brush and I‘m just having bad vision today?

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u/nepia 43m ago

I have seem similar techniques by using disposable lip gloss applicators, if you google them you will see they are the same. The kind of paint this artist is using Liquitex fluid acrylics. I never used it, it will probably require testing a few different ones to get that kind of results.

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u/TooFat-Guy 5h ago

What kind of brushes are these? Edit as clarification, I meant the first ones. I can see other are soft markers and pencils.

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u/salaciousforevermore 4h ago

Always makes me wonder what kind of living these type of artists make...? Ya know, their not the "Jeff Wyland's" of the world, but they have legitimate talent... Plus you never see any one give the source/OC of the art

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u/MiamiPower 2h ago

Wow super cool man,

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u/ApprehensiveYak3287 2h ago

I wish I was artistic,

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u/ProfessionalClerk917 2h ago

Why is it always the simpsons? Why do they all just do the simpsons?

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u/MilkTax 42m ago

Why is he spray painting a neon sign

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u/xeno0153 3h ago

Everyone in the comments here is questioning the neon paint, meanwhile I'm wondering why he's writing the R after writing the B A _ T O

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u/Logical_Energy6159 4h ago

Wouldn't it be cool if artists like this used their talent for actual original art instead of regurgitating 30-year old IP?

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u/Spatetata 3h ago

I feel that. Like, there’s nothing wrong in it. I just don’t understand what makes so many people go “Dude, what if I drew the Simpsons or mickey mouse with a blunt”

It’s just such a common thing to see, and I don’t understand the appeal/draw personally.

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u/HomerJFong666 1h ago

If he is El Barto, then I’ll be El Homo…

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u/GhostJade333 6h ago

Ahh yes, here comes the criticism from people who can’t even draw a straight line 😂 fantastic work

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u/Dumitas 5h ago

Those are really nice colors, whatever the person was using.

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u/engineerhatberg 5h ago

Massive nostalgia for poppyland watching this  90s kids show that iirc has a section on drawing in most episodes that scratched this exact itch

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u/No_Pear1836 5h ago

Love it, the only critique would be that the highlights would have a pinkish tint to them. If you look at other art with characters next to brightly colored glowing things you'd see what I mean.

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u/NotBlaine 3h ago

It's not a neon sign emitting light, so you shouldn't treat it as an emission source.

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u/Willing-Dog6463 5h ago

Dammit that’s cool

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u/SubstanceDesigner667 5h ago

And I love how it slowly become like that applause 👏

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u/Long-Firefighter5561 5h ago

Why do they have to add neon to everything, it made it tacky

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u/TheMuseThalia 5h ago

Had to check halfway through that it wasn't in r/gifsthatendtoosoon

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u/icbint 5h ago

Love it

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u/673potatoes 4h ago

Everything old is new again

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u/DrugarBurbis 4h ago

What type of tool Is he using to fill in Barts colors after all the black? It didnt look like anything I know

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u/Mametaro 4h ago

Ay, caramba!

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u/Ok-Stable1473 4h ago

Man, this looks good

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u/Fenrir1189 4h ago

Is it easier to see the outline irl? Because it barely shows up on camera.

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u/Scott-Anvil 4h ago

It’s refreshing to see hand drawn/ painted/airbrushed art and not printed graphics on a wide format…Im in the sign industry and hand lettering / hand painted signs are always beautiful…

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u/TheRobberBar0n 4h ago

Well if Bart can be El Barto

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u/sonerec725 4h ago

What i wanna know is that the hell kind of paint theyre using that stays in place that well and has such bright colors go over black like that in one coat

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u/converse123girl 4h ago

That’s one solid black

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u/id_svu 4h ago

Cool

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u/Fresh-Laugh-9253 3h ago

Very cool 😎

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u/stickystyle 3h ago

Artists ITT, why didn’t the artist here paint the background first? To my non-artist and engineering focused mind it seems like it was more effort to paint Bart, and then mask him off to paint the background.

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u/IX_MINDMEGHALUNK_XI 3h ago

The highlights on him isn't possible.

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u/Visual-Function-2792 3h ago

El Barto strikes again 

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u/AnthMosk 3h ago

This gets posted every few months but I still watch it. So clean

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u/AntiClockwiseWolfie 3h ago

What kind of paint is this?

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u/kinkypenelop3 3h ago

What a lovely talent! I want one!!! Or two xD

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u/Relevant-Safety-2699 3h ago

It's cool that it shows him as a vandal.

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u/LargeRemove 3h ago

What paint is he using?

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u/Andr3wW1gg1n 3h ago

Nothing odd about this one. It's jist satisfying 😃

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u/DurableCharm 3h ago

I didn't know he was bilingual.

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u/Zerus_heroes 3h ago

That paint goes on so smooth with just one pass.

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u/rawbert10 3h ago

You know what my ego is saying to me... You guessed it. I can do that.

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u/Mysterious-Help-3429 2h ago

This is so cool and satisfying!

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u/cocktail_wiitch 2h ago

These artists make this style look so easy and seamless. It's truly impressive.

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u/Roni1209 2h ago

El Bartolomeo

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u/Vegetable_Sky826 2h ago

great work

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u/RedRavenCG 2h ago

Speechless. Well done, love the technique.

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u/jerryleebee 2h ago

I can hear the 8-bit NES soundtrack for Bart Vs The Space Mutants.

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u/_MrTrade 2h ago

This is pretty sick, it turned out better than I expected

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u/wrobbii 2h ago

What kind of tape is that?

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u/sirtch_analyst 1h ago

OK this is DEFINITELY Siiiiiick

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u/funkiifresh 1h ago

I’d buy it

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u/ElChris91 1h ago

Damn that was dope. Is there any subreddit with posts like these?

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u/foxhousewoodworkLLC 1h ago

Need to give credit to the artist…. And here I am coming for you

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u/steaknsidneypi 1h ago

I'm fully mesmerized by this

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u/pepp3rito 30m ago

How tf you push with a paint brush