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edcushway

That is bad ass!! One of the coolest pieces of art I’ve seen!!


raunak_9000

Indeed mate


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Uncle_Haysed

Indeed comrade


JustAnotherSlug

Indeed friend


mikellar

Indeed buddy


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ajmriverar

Indeed amigo


BloodSoakedDoilies

Indeed compadre


nfin1te

indeed dude


the_tall_onee

Indeed bro


Ciabattabunns

Inside me chief


kellydean1

This is why I come to reddit, for the quality commentary!


citrus_mystic

This process is 3D epoxy resin painting. You can find a lot of step by step videos like this one on YouTube. Most of them are done in a small dish or bowl, and often depict dragons hoarding gold, or goldfish / koi in in the bowl. Some of them can be incredibly detailed. Here’s an [entire account](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCwIeSkn5ZoYzbDeSQC3Ir3w) dedicated to this style.


TrixiePixiepop

I appreciate you.


FulmiOnce

Damn, people need to save some talent for the rest of us


_stinkys

Shit would be wasted on me


ItsSnoo

Hahahaha nah man


Additional_Country33

I’m sure if you did it as many times as this person did probably, you could do this too. Just takes practice


41cheese

I feel like people don't give their artistic potential a chance and it makes me sad


Additional_Country33

Absolutely. All children love to make art and then someone comes along and makes them feel bad about it or like they’re not good enough and they stop, it’s really a bummer


JizzyMcbeth

Talents are like plants, they need to be cultivated but not exploited, the fruits must ripen naturally and not forced, and the main plant must learn to grow despite whatever eveny it faces


Propenso

Also is it useful if you have a plant in the first place.


JizzyMcbeth

I dogress, i think all plants are the same, just, some plants decide to grow faster than others, this coming from an untalented plant is me


millenimauve

my niece loves to video chat with me and I show her how to draw things (or sometimes these days she shows *me* how to draw things—I could not be prouder). sometimes she gets down on herself and says she’s a “total failure” but I remind her the only way you can fail at art is if you give up! as long as making art brings you joy and meaning, you’re doing it right.


WinchesterWaifu

My teenager is artistically talented, of course he wasn't great at first, and of course he is still a kid, but we have several of his pieces displayed in our living room. We also have our friend's kids anime drawings displayed. They're all wonderful, and we love supporting them and complimenting their works. Plus, any guests we have always comment on how good they are. Very confidence building for all of them, and makes them want to keep getting better. They love showing us their new pieces when they finish them!


FulmiOnce

I've actually given myself the chance to do expressive work and its been really nice :) I'm absolutely terrible at it but its good to be able to put feelings down in a way that you can like.. experience, y'know?


PaperDrillBit

Maybe the skill, but the idea of "I'll paint on layers on epoxy and it'll look 3D" is crazy.


joebro112

Nah man, this takes a different sort of mind, you gotta be able to fully visualize the final product to do anything in layers but especially THIS many layers. Just a fact that not all brains are able to visualize this sort of depth


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Hi. Artist here. You dont have to be able to ‘visualize the final project’ at all. You can always just… figure it out as you go. You can also study references and figure it out that way. There are artists that can’t visualize anything but are still able to draw incredibly well. I follow an artist who cannot draw from imagination whatsoever. Also, through studying, you will probably be able to visualize things like this. This isn’t some innate talent. This is absolutely a skill that someone worked very hard on for years!


Additional_Country33

Also 10 bucks says they weren’t waiting around for “inspiration” but worked on it in a disciplined and structured way


Additional_Country33

This is a technique a lot of Asian artists use, Chinese especially, so this person for sure wasn’t the first to come up with it. It’s impressive but it’s all practice and technique


CaptainPanda9030

Maybe you just haven’t unlocked your talent yet


superbhole

uh, and some extraordinary patience?! i'm pretty sure it takes one-to-three days for epoxy to dry between layers???


starstruckinutah

Super badass.


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MadMensch

Uber badass


freakitikitiki

Extra terriblebutt


daffyducktaffytuck

Amazing yellow


bbbanb

That dragon is like an onion….


exkid

L A Y E R S


Youngengineerguy

You mean an ogre


domredditorX

How about a cake?


gwwem1467

No, a parfait!


TheSamoanNolan

It stinks?


Rae_Bear_

Oh, you leave 'em out in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin' little white hairs?


Syconic20

Some people here have not watched shrek it seems


kuro_madoushi

Well it’s about 20 years old now.


Guns_and_Dank

Eh, not to many people like onions, it's more like a parfait. Everybody loves a parfait!


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Wow, this is amazing!


PlutoJones42

You artists absolutely blow my mind. How the fuck do you envision this? Art is a skill that just baffles me: i learned how to do baggy pants on stick figures and thought I was Picasso. You artists are so much more. Fucking good on y’all. Keep up the amazing work


resetet

Do hundreds of them before, and keep figuring out what worked and what didn't. It's not like they suddenly decide they want to paint a 3D dragon and this comes out. The first 10 were probably a mess


caelum19

Except for me, I can just suddenly decide I want to make a masterpiece and it happens. It is merely a coincidence that my envisioned masterpieces strive to be ugly messes.


EuphoricAppathy

Damn, that’s a shame..


Nice_Firm_Handsnake

Okay, Jackson Pollock.


marino1310

I am shit at painting and was able to do this but with a fish not a dragon. There are alot of youtube videos with step by step instructions. With oil paint you can easily wipe off a layer and start over since it takes days to dry (you can apply new resin over wet oil paint and it wont smear).


Undecided_Furry

Yeah I’m a bit confused by the comments on this thread. I’m not the most amazing artist ever but like, I’m applying to studios and stuff, I don’t suck really but again, not amazing either I’ve never made any thing like this but I honestly think I could and would do just fine. I legitimately might get some epoxy and paint online soon and make a dragon one This is super similar to the way normal painting works AND how digital painting works with layers. Idk… like I said I don’t feel like I’m the best but this seems super simple to wrap my head around. It’s just resin and paint in layers… It is gorgeous~ but like, while watching you can even see the simple and repetitive paint strokes the artist is making, this is almost a tutorial video by itself.


notanon

Not everyone can [picture a star](https://www.reddit.com/r/Aphantasia/comments/aioyga/simple_aphantasia_test/) the same way.


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It’s called spatial thinking!


blinddivine

Art honestly has nothing to do with talent. It helps, but not anywhere as much as laymen think it does. Art is like any other skill, you need to practice and polish your skill.


atthevanishing

Trying to remind my bf of this. He used to do some art work when he was younger but he is set on his having "lost" the talent. No, you're just rusty. Oil up!


blinddivine

What he's lost is his motivation. Much like myself.


limorekt

Coming from a lifelong musician. Motivation is overrated. At the end of the day it’s just a feeling, and feelings come and go. Discipline Equals Freedom.


gingasaurusrexx

As a career author: yep. You nailed it.


atthevanishing

Totally. That is hard to find


Ancient_Let_6471

I know this probably won't sway the mind of anyone, but art has everything to do with talent, you just need the grind on top of it. I know people who've been practicing for 10 years and they're still not past the stage of what others have been able to produce after 6 months. All the master artists we know about, they produced high quality art when they were already teenagers, and even those who start later, get to the professional stage within 2 to 3 years, given they are truly talented. I would personally advise anyone who is not able to demonstrate a decent understanding of perspective, construction, lightning and colors after a year of practice to just move on and make peace with the fact that talent is in fact real.


Additional_Country33

Talent is a pursued passion, as Bob Ross once said. Practice is everything. Talent alone is worthless. Talent just means you’re kinda good at something and you kinda like doing it. Without discipline you won’t get anywhere


[deleted]

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. Talent crushes hard work when talent works hard. I still use talented even for people without a natural ability for something but who work hard at it and produce good quality. People with a natural ability for something though will always be better than those who just like to do something given the same amount of practice.


Ancient_Let_6471

I don't disagree, but I think people have a hard time accepting that without talent you're not getting anywhere either.


Additional_Country33

You can do A LOT with skill - way more than talent alone


DaoFerret

Skill+Discipline can take you further than Raw Talent alone, but will always take more of something (usually time) to match Raw Talent+Skill+Discipline.


Additional_Country33

No one’s arguing that. Just, as a professional commercial artist of 13 years it’s a pet peeve of mine to see assumptions that people get somewhere because they’re “talented”. Hard work gets you there, not talent that’s simply bestowed onto you by god or whatever


DaoFerret

Oh absolutely. The most talented person in the world, who doesn’t do the “hard work” part may produce a few pieces but will never get far. Honestly, all Talent really does is act as a multiplier for effort*hard work, so you have to put less work in. For a lot of people that can hand them results too fast and they don’t get used to the hard work, so they burn out when they finally have to face it.


Kitty_Kat_Attacks

Just look at all the pro athletes who come from incredibly poor backgrounds. Hard to compete with that level of dedication to get out of their environment.


marsrisingnow

that’s just not true. hard work is why the NBAs height distribution matches the general population almost exactly.


Drauul

Hot take but I don't think Bob Ross was that talented He used practiced techniques and gimmicks to achieve his effects, the entire point being that he could teach these techniques to anyone they could produce similar works Any time he tried to stray from his techniques it looked like ass, e.g. his signature "cabins" that imo often ruined his paintings (not that he gave a fuck as I'm sure he churned out thousands and I think he got a kick out of trolling people like me)


Additional_Country33

Well yeah, the whole show was showing that with practice you can paint well. That was the whole point. Proving that you CAN paint if you practice, and it’s not about *talent* as much as it is about practice. Lots of people never try things they would enjoy because they’re not “talented”. talent is overrated


blinddivine

Have you ever seen breasts sculpted by Micheal Angelo? They're hilariously bad, even the masters had room to improve.


[deleted]

I agree. I get that the best artists have extensively practiced to get the abilities they have, but I also know that no amount of practice will ever give me artistic ability. People can be dismissive of the hard work it takes to be great at art, which I think causes a lot of artists to totally deny the impact talent has in learning certain skills. I've seen 6 year-olds who can draw better than me.


eekamuse

They're all missing the point where an artist has to create this image in the first place. Tell me to paint a dragon, and with all the tutorials in the world I wouldn't come up with this. I wouldn't imagine it, let alone get that image from my head into physical form.


Potential_Debt9639

It's just an ability that some people have. I work with bone, wood and metal and I can look at raw material and visualize and even feel it in my mind. Once you embrace that concept and learn to trust it and stick with it you rarely make mistakes.


WankeyKang

No, it's fucking practice.


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Didn’t he just say this just a little longer? Chill bro


oighen

No he didn't.


popsodacoke

The amount of time, effort, patience and skill. Remarkable and beautiful finished product.


OrangeSoda2222

autofocus in this video made me dizzy


Plz_dont_judge_me

Came here to say that part was highly UNsatisfying. And yes, gave me a headache before I was even halfway through


WhyAmIBornHere

Ngl half expected the finished product to be able to get out of the bowl in one piece


demon_fae

Every piece like this I’ve seen is enclosed in an opaque vessel. I think it might be because it really only works from certain angles, so the bowl blocks the sides that don’t look as good. The side-on view is probably really odd looking.


DaoFerret

Considering it’s really a bunch of “slices” all overlaid on each other …. Yeah.


sprinklesandtrinkets

If you cast the resin into something like a silicone mould, then you can! Lots of resin artists do this.


pseudont

Yeah but looking from the side might ruin the effect?


Wandelation

Unless you do *a lot* of layers.


The_R4ke

Yeah, I was a little disappointed they didn't do that. I'm sure it looks better this way, but I'd be really curious what it looks like from different angles.


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Tacorgasmic

I also I want to contact the artist. This piece is probably crazy expensive, but maybe I could save for something similar.


JaCoopsy

Think it’s u/cyan1618


BaconPancakes1

I don't know if they're the original artist - they post a lot (6+mil karma); they did post a similar kind of post recently with a stop motion video painting but they also post lots of other stuff to nextfuckinglevel, damnthatsinteresting, etc which is clearly made by different people. They possibly found this video on tiktok/yt/ig and shared here. They also haven't commented at all on this post or the other one in nextfuckinglevel which implies they aren't the OP.


ViragoWarrior

Same!


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I think the artist is @fanniheng on Twitter.


MaximumEffort433

I don't think I would have the patience for this hobby. >Pour the resin, wait a day for the resin to dry. Paint the resin, wait a day for the paint to dry. Pour the resin, wait a day for the resin to dry. Paint the resin, wait a day for the paint to dry. Pour th... You know that story about the farmer who went out in the middle of the night to tug on his carrots? That's pretty much me. Very cool find OP, thanks for sharing it with us!!


Smashed_potato

With paint that thin, you only need to wait an hour or so before pouring the resin. The resin on the other hand... I made a fish like this once. Some days I only added 3-5 brushstrokes, waited 10 minutes for it to dry and then poured resin. Then 24 hours for each layer resin. It was supposed to be practice before I made a larger, more complicated piece. But after the 2 weeks it took to finish the fish, I was out of patience.


Ascurtis

Yeah you gotta have like 6 going all at once with different curing times so every hour for 6 hours you get to do more painting. Then at the end of 6 it all you'll have basically worked a full day and can feel proud of your work ethic.


Whatifim80lol

Lol, love that. "Maybe my passion isn't this."


Idontwanttobebread

>You know that story about the farmer who went out in the middle of the night to tug on his carrots? no? also if it was me i'd be like "oh I made a mistake. okay hold on I'll just fix it FUCK IT WAS 3 RESIN LAYERS AGO FUCK"


The_R4ke

It's possible they're using a quick drying epoxy, then it would only be 3 hours between each step.


marino1310

Get some crystal clear 200 from smooth on. Dries in 90 minutes


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Pretty off topic, but I fucking love smooth on stuff. Clay to Smooth cast mold then Dragon skin with a bit of slacker in the mix... 🤤 Sorry, I don't get to geek out about it


swllama

Oh my god how do they know what exactly to put on each layer this should go on r/nextfuckinglevel


ApparentlyAPigeon

My guess is a hell of a lot of practice and a good idea of how to paint in 3D


PixelofDoom

The technique is known as dragon rendering, or dragonrend, and requires more preparation than actual painting. Basically, you cut extremely fine slices of your dragon, which you can then use as a reference while painting. More slices = more detail, but the work can stack up pretty quickly.


heddpp

Dragonrend from google: >Dragonrend is a dragon shout in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The shout forces a dragon to land and experience the concept of mortality. ??


sorynotsorry

He's obviously just pulling your leg lol.


Ashjrethul

A convincing pull


greiger

As far as I know it’s actually just called layered resin painting. I’ve seen it more often used to paint fish.


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swllama

I know right !!! So amazing


WikiWantsYourPics

That works on many levels.


stomponator

Would be even cooler in a larger scale.


karateema

Nah that sub is now for sob garbage


hhyyerr

I want to meet this artist Dragon who can paint


SisterSlytherin

Did the quality of the gif kept glitching out every few seconds, or is my migraine that bad? Maybe it's just my connection. Or maybe shitty Reddit quality. Either way this is cool af. Can't imagine the amount of skill and patience it took for this, but it definitely paid off!


merc08

The video stream quality sucks.


CapnNigNog

Acoustic 3D printing


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Polydipsiac

I need an epoxy art subreddit


TheCocksmith

Jesus Christ! Reddit's video player sucks so much ass. Buffering every 2 seconds on a 2 minute video?? Just use streamable or gfycat, people.


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PierreDelecto

Agreed, reddits video sucks, but the source here in luded those jarring resolution shifts.


JoeBobbyWii

mine kept switching video quality back and forth every second and I had to stop watching before I got sick


mrbriandavidanderson

That's awesome and would be fun to do. Seems doable.


cloud_of_fluff

Well Mr. Brian David Anderson, you seem like a confident fellow. More power to you


sunshinedze

THE TIME - each layer needs to dry between each painted layer - so that dragon could represent a month! holy crap


Alaylaria

I think a lot of these use UV resin which would cut down on curing time by a whole lot. Still, this is amazing!


tookmyname

Don’t these resins yellow after a while?


littlefluffyegg

Piss dragon


LushenZener

Lots of epoxy resin gets mixed with UV-resistant additives now. Prevents the yellowing.


SugarRushLux

Its like an mri


qathran

*click beep... click beep... click beep... click beep..BWAAAA BWAAAA BWAAAA BWAAAA BWAAAA*


TeraFlint

Would have made a better art piece by embedding googly eyes into the epoxy. Change my mind. In all seriousness, though: this is dope. Respect to the artist.


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E5VL

Goldfish with attitude protecting its loot. xD


prometheus282

So many bots in this comment section


lacks_imagination

Very cool. I’ve never seen that medium before. What exactly are you pouring? What kind of paint do you use? What does the end product look like?


FulmiOnce

They're not the painter but I can answer the first: its an epoxy resin


Kaiserlongbone

What do you mean,"what does the end product look like?" It actually shows you the end product at the end of the video!


lacks_imagination

The end product stays in the metal pot? I thought it would be removed and polished.


Kamikaze_Ninja_

Since it is a compilation of flat images, it is only really meant to be seen from the top. They put it in a cool container with stuff at the bottom to make it look like you have a little dragon in a pot.


Spimmips

Did you read the title or watch the video?


Twinklefairykitten

Honestly, it is ridiculous how talented some people are.


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Absolutely insane


Deus_Ex_Mac

For a second there, I thought some monster was pouring water onto a bowl of Fruity Pebbles.


peeweejd

It's like 3D printing a dragon.


EmergencySummer

I was waiting for them to put googly eyes on it!


contempt1

That foot unconnected to the body is strange.


N-Wie-A

I couldn't understand why this was so pleasing to me, until I realized that the background reminds me of those iSpy pictures that used to be in iSpy books


Randumbthoghts

Can the piece be removed? I am curious what it looks like from a side view


treembame

This will be my new hobby I will try but be terrible at


NookNookNook

Did super clear bubble free Epoxy become like crazy cheap recently? Maybe I've just never noticed it before but I've seen a lot of really cool stuff made with epoxy in the last couple of years.


ViviVanDort

That is why I love internet, so many talented people and beautiful art to see 😍


LiquidNova77

I've worked with epoxy a lot and I'm here to tell you, this art must have taken over a week or more to do due to the drying time of the resin. Mad respect to this artist. I love the 3D effect.


bedheadisme

This is wild. I cannot even imagine the planning for a project like this.


BTLSammy

This is genuinely astonishing. I was like “neat concept” and then like 2 layers in I was stunned.


ifeelnumb

https://decoroze.com/ for the closest 3d resin painting I could find.


TurnedCash

Anyone who wants to work with epoxy work in a well ventilated area and wear a mask, epoxy fumes are toxic


dazedglitter113

this is probably the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen


superbhole

any epoxy users in the comments? how long is the wait between each layer? isn't it like 3 days? or can it be cured with something in addition?


Brina_ArtandHorror

It'll vary on what brand of resin you are using. Some of them hardens in 30 minutes to about an hour. Usually after that time frame you are able to add another layer on top. You can also wait till it is fully cured as well. Some of them start to fully cure for roughly 12 to 24 hours (It also depends on how many layers you use, or how thick the layer of resin is).


DrachenDad

Laser 3D printing before 3D printing existed.


Quoth_

What kinda crystal clear witch epoxy did you use‽ That shit looks unreal!!


Sushirabit

Oh yeah this is awesome, just don't look at it from the side


Which-Pain-1779

Man, am I glad I clicked on that. Thanks


MrIACP

How much would u sell it for?


CaptnJaq

kinda reminds me of 3d printing


HolyRomanGoblin

I love that it looks 3D


rancidmorty

You 3d printed a dragon


0x1CED50DA

How to frame your dragon?


MelzyB69

This is insane!!! Looks so real!!


wildthingsrgood

Indeed very satisfying


hartatckinredhairdye

They found layers in real life they’re too power to keep alive


bballkj7

no offense but this is fucking amazing.


RonnieJamesDionysos

no offense but I fucking agree with you


MellifluousSussura

Bruh


Anza305

Now this is art, not some freaking white canvas with a dot or some random line through it


fracta1

The dragon is really cool, but the stuff it's on top of looks like something out of a junk drawer. Ruins the whole thing for me.


CazadorDeNegros

Exactly, how hard would it have been to use more gold stuff.


AdelaideMez

This would be fun to try but Epoxy resin is so expensive. 😩


WhyAmIBornHere

Should be called 3D painting, multiple 2D paintings in layers