Person draws with two hands at once?

TDK · 12-18-2011, 02:30 AM

So this video has been making the rounds, featuring a person supposedly drawing two portraits at once, one with either hand, and I call absolute bullshit. When drawing, I focus so hard on the spot I'm drawing that something falling on the paper a few inches away can go unnoticed. This is why artists need to occasionally hold a drawing at arm's length so they can view the whole thing without tunnel vision. And these are detailed portraits with shading. Even without tunnel vision, you can't focus on two spots at once enough to see the shading properly enough to draw it. Try reading two pieces of text at once on two different parts of a page.

So I call shenanigans.

I've also been looking at the hands and the left hand looks significantly less feminine than the right, to me (look at the arms, in some parts).

But maybe I'm biased. What do you guys think?

Kyanbu The Legend · 12-18-2011, 03:08 AM

I think that if this is real then I desprately must learn how to do this. I might give it a try later. I got a bunch of stuff I wanted to draw and this could be a very useful technique for me.

EVILNess · 12-18-2011, 03:19 AM

That really looks like two different people's hands to me, but I can see this being real. I've seen similar things in real life done by ambidextrous people.

stefan · 12-18-2011, 03:36 AM

they alternate between working on one portrait and then the other. its really obvious in the beginning; when one hand is moving, the other is not, and vice versa. note that towards the end, when the portraits get really detailed, they abandon the concept entirely and start using both hands on one portrait while not touching the other at all.

you just don't notice because this is probably several hours of work time-lapsed and compressed into a few minutes.

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I've also been looking at the hands and the left hand looks significantly less feminine than the right, to me (look at the arms, in some parts).

the artist is a guy.

Bells · 12-18-2011, 03:37 AM

i think there is a trick, but i don't think it's... actually fake. I mean, the guy has several videos on his account, and only a couple are 2 hands drawing... it's too clever of a ruse to be true.... i say it's probably in the time lapse, that's where the trick lies... if you saw it in normal speed, maybe he alternates speed and focus from one side to the other, and when the video gets speed up, it creates the illusion of being seamless...

synkr0nized · 12-18-2011, 03:47 AM

Doesn't Demetri Martin draw with two hands in his bits? I know those are hardly as detailed, but I'm just trying to cite an example that this kind of thing has been done before (I suspect there are other videos out there, though I've not gone to look) -- i.e. it doesn't require some kind of "trick". Even if the person isn't focusing on both hands in real-time, it's still impressive that either hand seems to be capable of the same level of detail work in the drawing.

3stan · 12-18-2011, 05:29 AM

I'm inclined to believe it's real. I've seen someone writing forwards with one hand and backwards with the other at the same time, and this does seem slightly easier (though obviously still very very impressive).

TDK · 12-18-2011, 06:36 PM

That is not EVEN the same thing. You don't even need to look at the paper to write. It is a practiced, memorized shape for each letter. Hell, I could probably do that.

And Demetri Martin does draw with both hands, yes, but they are larger pictures and largely symmetrical (IIRC) and with markers. He's not so much drawing as just dragging the marker or chalk or whatever down the page. Not to say it isn't impressive, but not the same.

I'm pretty convinced by what Bells said, as, after rewatching the video, it does check out.

Professor Smarmiarty · 12-19-2011, 02:54 PM

I can draw with my penis.

rpgdemon · 12-19-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 3stan

I'm inclined to believe it's real. I've seen someone writing forwards with one hand and backwards with the other at the same time, and this does seem slightly easier (though obviously still very very impressive).

Are you serious? "Drawing seems easier than writing?"

Like, what?

12-18-2011, 02:30 AM	#1
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	Person draws with two hands at once? So this video has been making the rounds, featuring a person supposedly drawing two portraits at once, one with either hand, and I call absolute bullshit. When drawing, I focus so hard on the spot I'm drawing that something falling on the paper a few inches away can go unnoticed. This is why artists need to occasionally hold a drawing at arm's length so they can view the whole thing without tunnel vision. And these are detailed portraits with shading. Even without tunnel vision, you can't focus on two spots at once enough to see the shading properly enough to draw it. Try reading two pieces of text at once on two different parts of a page. So I call shenanigans. I've also been looking at the hands and the left hand looks significantly less feminine than the right, to me (look at the arms, in some parts). But maybe I'm biased. What do you guys think?

12-18-2011, 03:08 AM	#2
Kyanbu The Legend Local Rookie Indie Dev Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,497	I think that if this is real then I desprately must learn how to do this. I might give it a try later. I got a bunch of stuff I wanted to draw and this could be a very useful technique for me. __________________

12-18-2011, 03:37 AM	#5
Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	i think there is a trick, but i don't think it's... actually fake. I mean, the guy has several videos on his account, and only a couple are 2 hands drawing... it's too clever of a ruse to be true.... i say it's probably in the time lapse, that's where the trick lies... if you saw it in normal speed, maybe he alternates speed and focus from one side to the other, and when the video gets speed up, it creates the illusion of being seamless... __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

12-18-2011, 03:47 AM	#6
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,861	Also, everyone draws with two hands at once unless they are missing one. harr harr Doesn't Demetri Martin draw with two hands in his bits? I know those are hardly as detailed, but I'm just trying to cite an example that this kind of thing has been done before (I suspect there are other videos out there, though I've not gone to look) -- i.e. it doesn't require some kind of "trick". Even if the person isn't focusing on both hands in real-time, it's still impressive that either hand seems to be capable of the same level of detail work in the drawing. __________________ Find love.

12-18-2011, 05:29 AM	#7
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12-18-2011, 06:36 PM	#8
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	That is not EVEN the same thing. You don't even need to look at the paper to write. It is a practiced, memorized shape for each letter. Hell, I could probably do that. And Demetri Martin does draw with both hands, yes, but they are larger pictures and largely symmetrical (IIRC) and with markers. He's not so much drawing as just dragging the marker or chalk or whatever down the page. Not to say it isn't impressive, but not the same. I'm pretty convinced by what Bells said, as, after rewatching the video, it does check out.

12-19-2011, 02:54 PM	#9
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	I can draw with my penis.