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5min.com — Learn how to paint by seeing... Albert Einstein, painted with Adobe Photoshop in 4 hours, using 17 layers.

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  • monstaw, on 07/06/2008, -109/+37Do I even need to say it? 'Shopped!
    • D14BL0, on 07/06/2008, -4/+36The answer was "no, you do not need to say it", but you said it before you gave me time to answer you.
      • psion01, on 07/06/2008, -12/+5True in a strictly literal sense, but I believe the question was rhetorical.
      • Rammy912, on 07/07/2008, -1/+6@ psion01:

        Do you? Really?
      • D14BL0, on 07/07/2008, -1/+4@Rammy912:

        Was that rhetorical? Boy, I'm so lost now.
      • psion01, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1I do!

        Wait ... are we married now?
    • reastydirtstar, on 07/06/2008, -14/+2While we're on photoshopping, would it have been too much to photoshop some botox into albert's eyes? he's got some nasty crow's feet.
      • Rammy912, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1Albert? Are you buddies with him or something? Bite your tongue sir.
  • splendorodelay, on 07/06/2008, -60/+540E=MSPaint
    • Zincyams, on 07/06/2008, -36/+3good one.
    • mistersomebody8, on 07/07/2008, -8/+60more like E=CS3
      • therightclique, on 07/07/2008, -24/+5Yeah, because that's just as comedically fulfilling as as E=MSPaint (a saying as old as time, but now finally necessary). You is fail @ comedies.
      • Yeknom, on 07/07/2008, -3/+1Booo! Everyone knows that MS paint is waaaay better than photshop. MS paint: no layers, no *****, just plain skill!
    • Djharlock, on 07/07/2008, -14/+5Moar like E=MatLab
    • themastersb, on 07/07/2008, -8/+5If I were to try to photoshop that it would probably take me OVER 9000 hours.
  • olieday, on 07/06/2008, -89/+103This is incredible...a true talent.
    • alpharaptor, on 07/06/2008, -20/+4you said that, about the most forgiving of mediums. you can't screw up anything in photoshop, but you could put too much paint on a canvas or wear a hole in a piece of paper with an eraser.
      • Issius, on 07/07/2008, -2/+19Alright, you go do it. You can't mess up, right?
    • fatb0y42, on 07/07/2008, -3/+7why is he gettting digged down??
      • avatarpalin, on 07/07/2008, -1/+28because every action has an equal and opposite reaction
    • burnin8r28, on 07/07/2008, -2/+4Einstein had a lot of wrinkles...
    • Iwantawii, on 07/07/2008, -1/+6Pretty controversial post, +72/-70

      Might have to bury this in case there's a subtle joke I'm not getting…
    • soupnrc, on 07/07/2008, -1/+5Yea, except I didn't actually LEARN how to digitally paint Einstein.... I just kind of watched somebody do it really fast.
    • JovialTempest, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3I hope everyone understands that this is done on a tablet. I wont say he has one of a kind talent but it is cool to see the process of his work. I would really like to see this done with some charcoal or oil paint bob ross style
  • jameslhwalker, on 07/06/2008, -56/+17his hair is way too bright!
    • serenityflexed, on 07/06/2008, -17/+7It's art. Art, by definition, can never be 'too' anything.
      • elnerdo, on 07/06/2008, -1/+17Who the heck said that?
      • Karmavs, on 07/07/2008, -5/+2“1. the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power

        • works produced by such skill and imagination

        • creative activity resulting in the production of paintings, drawings, or sculpture”

        I’m not seeing it.
  • Ridesabike, on 07/06/2008, -44/+26I kept thinking to myself, 'Why does he keep painting over it?'

    Now I realise.
  • zippe, on 07/06/2008, -73/+17i hate people with artistic skill because i dont have none.
    • Konstantino, on 07/06/2008, -12/+60You don't have any grammar skills either! ;)
    • ginestony, on 07/06/2008, -3/+27You should learn to appreciate people with talents instead. It would benefit both you and the artist that way. The artist would have more inspiration to make more artwork, and you would have more things to watch and enjoy.
    • mossblaser, on 07/06/2008, -4/+1Double negative.
    • TecK415, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1So you're saying you don't have none.. Which means you do have some.... Which means you have skill. Which means you fail.
    • therightclique, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1I ain't got none neither. No sir. T'aint misbehavin'
  • itsbrat, on 07/06/2008, -38/+17that was awesome.. just don have words!
    • ashes0, on 07/06/2008, -1/+12No, I would say you don't have letters...
  • SSIV, on 07/06/2008, -40/+30Tremendous detail in contrast to the sketch. YOU'RE TALENTED!
  • seabass341, on 07/06/2008, -61/+253relatively well done
    • bdfariello, on 07/06/2008, -3/+76Dugg for attempted joke at relativity (I think?)
      • sirbeta, on 07/06/2008, -8/+3I hope. That was amazingly well done.
    • CerMakAlot, on 07/06/2008, -15/+10I see what you did there...
    • Jashro, on 07/07/2008, -0/+12Generally or specially?
    • DefaultGen, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1It's a good thing Einsteins face is so physically remarkable.
  • hphickman, on 07/06/2008, -56/+22Here we go with the 5MIN SPAM again. They already spammed this to the front page a long time ago: http://digg.com/educational/An_amazing_Albert_Eins ...

    Now it looks like they removed the video from their site and resubmitted it just so it can go popular again. These guys just don't give up, why hasn't Digg banned them yet.
  • jimmick, on 07/06/2008, -43/+27One time I put peanut butter all over my manhood, handcuffed myself to a telephone pole, blindfolded, and let nature take its course.
    • ennio, on 07/06/2008, -5/+7hahahaha...i dugg that. bastards aint got no sense of humor..
  • parkermauney, on 07/06/2008, -43/+28Here goes the HILARIOUS bury brigade ***** again.
  • ml15, on 07/06/2008, -40/+13dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,,,,,
  • BrownManUPS, on 07/06/2008, -41/+15FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: MUST SEE!!!
  • bixby1, on 07/06/2008, -39/+23A lot of fun to watch.
  • il2k3, on 07/06/2008, -38/+19Comments on digg are getting worse and worse.
    • Joshuarr, on 07/06/2008, -7/+19You illustrate that point so well...
  • adougy, on 07/06/2008, -51/+23Fake. Clearly Photoshopped.
    • seantubridy, on 07/06/2008, -6/+17The "clearly photoshopped" comments must stop. They're so far past their expiration date that they're growing mold and attracting flies.
    • bdfariello, on 07/06/2008, -1/+7Actually, a fair amount of it is opaquely photoshopped.
    • adougy, on 07/06/2008, -5/+1SARCASM.
  • Joshuarr, on 07/06/2008, -40/+23The trick here is to trace a photograph on your Wacom, but never show that part. Then people think you have mad skillz.
    • unsocialentity, on 07/06/2008, -7/+4Even with tracing, you still have to have mad skillz to do the shading.
    • AshamedAmerican, on 07/06/2008, -5/+5How exactly? Thin trace paper taped over the tablet, then just run the stylus over it?
      • evil-doer, on 07/06/2008, -2/+12wacoms (i dont know if all of them are like this) have a clear plastic on the top that you can put pictures UNDER to trace.
      • AshamedAmerican, on 07/06/2008, -1/+4Ah ok gotcha, thanks.
    • Caalro, on 07/06/2008, -3/+11That is not true.
      When he zooms into different parts of the painting, or moves around, he would have to have a new 'picture' of what he is tracing over because what he is drawing on will have changed. The use of blurs and soft brushes alone disprove that he is a 'tracer'.
      Face the facts, some people goto school and learn how to draw / use a wacom / do this stuff for a living EVERY DAY. I'm sure he practiced the initial layout a few times to get it working, but after that, all skill.
  • EwMo, on 07/06/2008, -32/+13And by "Learn how to paint by seeing" you mean "Learn how to adapt painting, a couple millennia old art form, to a digital age"?
  • seldon452, on 07/06/2008, -32/+12These comments suck.
  • ByronT, on 07/06/2008, -38/+10raisins
  • kevdotbadger, on 07/06/2008, -43/+12Bury me
  • down4twenty, on 07/06/2008, -40/+15what a great learning experience. Now I'm going to get back to learning how to do build space rockets by watching the discovery channel
  • AshamedAmerican, on 07/06/2008, -40/+16***** THE BRIGADE
  • archiegaff, on 07/06/2008, -41/+12More 5MIN SPAM as usual resubmitting stuff that already made the front page:

    http://www.exposedseo.com/2008/03/02/5mincom-consp ...
    • Pizzini3000, on 07/06/2008, -9/+3I would like to say, I buried this, and I am not apart of the bury brigade. OMFG. Is it possible there is no bury brigade? Maybe....the posts are just bury-worthy? I'm pretty sure that, statistically, several bury-worthy comments will be posted in a row, like this thread.
      • elnerdo, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6There is no such thing as the "bury brigade" It's just regular people. What happens is a bunch of comments get legitimately buried, and a bunch of people think that it is funny and/or cool, so they start burying everything.
  • ChiffX, on 07/06/2008, -34/+9I barely see how this is MUST SEE material; I've already seen this guy do this style and it's not entertaining the second time around.
  • Akraz, on 07/06/2008, -47/+25Here is a music video by Rick Astley and his 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up".
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
  • Caalro, on 07/06/2008, -36/+9I saw this about a year ago. I ordered the music from the band in Germany.
    Of the 3 cd's I received, ~4 songs were really good. It was a bit overpriced to get it sent over, but it went to them, not some greedy bigwig.
  • 801NvizioN, on 07/06/2008, -32/+9Already gone.
  • Pake, on 07/06/2008, -28/+15Kind of disappointed in how dark the picture looked. It makes it seem a bit dreary at the end.
  • greeniemeani, on 07/06/2008, -37/+17The youtube version is here in case you don't want to use that stupid media-player on the 5 mins site:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=A3_n0B1EaOY
  • Wootstapler, on 07/06/2008, -36/+15Looks like he has vasoline smeared all over his face. WAY to much gloss effect.
  • trumpcard, on 07/06/2008, -38/+10Einstein loved MM too bad she ended up with badboys JFK brothers.Thats the reason good guys never get hot chicks.
    • JoeJim, on 07/06/2008, -1/+8You must be kidding.
      MM ended up with, among others, Arthur Miller ( a man any "good guy" could find something to like about).
      And, since when can the brothers Kennedy be referred to as the "JFK brothers," or as "bad boys?"
      And what about Joe DiMaggio?

      This might be the dumbest comment I've ever seen on digg.
    • xanadu2113, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2and wasn't MM famous in the late 50's - early 60's...like when einstein was already dead?
  • Croecop, on 07/06/2008, -39/+14Buried for the gay coffee house music.
  • amishterrarium, on 07/06/2008, -35/+16Talented bastard.
  • Dday141, on 07/06/2008, -34/+11These comments sucks
    • Bersy, on 07/06/2008, -7/+2then stfu or post something that doesn't.
  • tacofarts, on 07/06/2008, -47/+9time to vent : ***** ***** ASS PUSSY ***** ***** BITCH ***** FACE
    • bdfariello, on 07/06/2008, -2/+11I think the words you're looking for are ***** PISS ***** ***** ***** ***** *****.
  • tedrock, on 07/06/2008, -38/+21not very instructional
  • Jersey2FL, on 07/06/2008, -35/+14Showoff!!!!!!!!
  • serpanterra, on 07/06/2008, -39/+18I want to be buried too!
  • RomanThommassen, on 07/06/2008, -38/+19why are all the comments greyed out?
    • lolwhatno, on 07/06/2008, -3/+7Because idiots keep posting absolute *****. The comments have absolutely nothing to do with the posted material, much like yours.
  • Foghlai, on 07/06/2008, -46/+40While the video is labeled "learn how to paint...Albert Einstein" I highly doubt I, or most people watching, would be able to recreate what the artist did. All in all, not exactly instructional, but still impressive.
  • denominator, on 07/06/2008, -52/+448Why on earth is everybody getting buried? Right.. One liner comments that do not add on or influence the topic at hand with an opinion. All this 5min conspiracy theory as well.. How unfortunate.

    On to relevance.. I truly am in awe at what people can do within Photoshop to create something from nothing so elegantly.. The process of painting something with a simple brush and color tool in Photoshop will most probably be something I will never master in my lifetime. Not to mention the fact that this seems to be much like what many artist can accomplish on canvass, which has been around for far longer than any PC based artistic program.

    Whoever created this should take pride in their ability. :)
    • jb0nd38372, on 07/06/2008, -10/+119I tried to keep you from getting burried. I think on some days, at certian times with certian articles users get bury happy. I applaude your effort to make a valid comment on the post in question.
      • denominator, on 07/06/2008, -1/+62Thanks, and thanks for the reply.. I was beginning to wonder what was happening here, and whether or not I was the only one actually interested in the complexities of this article's video. Making a valid comment doesn't seem to sway the masses as much these days.

        Take care bond.
      • ennio, on 07/06/2008, -1/+43I dugg both of you up, give ya'll some breathing room. hopefully omeone comes along and does the same..
      • RomanThommassen, on 07/06/2008, -24/+3in this orgasm if sanity, i dugg you up ennio.
      • tehknotte, on 07/06/2008, -1/+42Yay a safe haven!
    • Trav3133, on 07/06/2008, -30/+4buried
    • silfiriel, on 07/06/2008, -21/+11the comment cemetery is done using a script by some group on digg...

      on the relevance... I don't buy that video...
      • denominator, on 07/06/2008, -4/+12:o

        Artists have some very odd layering techniques to come up with a final product. Have you ever seen the artists that use layered spray painting techniques to come up with vibrant and detailed art? Here in Vancouver they have been hanging around a popular area downtown doing it right on the spot.. I could never figure out how they could perceive the final product of layered spraying!

        Some things are best left to the ones able to do them. It should be this mentality everywhere but in politics.. Look at Bush :[
      • silfiriel, on 07/06/2008, -7/+2yes i have, artists that use canvas and brushes and sprays are much more diferent that photoshop masters. I still don't buy the video...
      • RickIV, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3Actually, I just didn't like the comment.

        Denominator: I agree.
    • Sonof8Bits, on 07/06/2008, -10/+82Congrats on the only dugg comment
      • RomanThommassen, on 07/06/2008, -25/+4Congrats on the second dugg comment
    • Radan, on 07/06/2008, -2/+33Though, what I find very frustration is how painting with the use of a wacom tablet instead of a regular canvas, isn't considered as "art" among the masses, simply because "one just pressed a button on the computer to create it".

      While it is indeed possible to create a lot of things simply by using premade brushes, but real painting, like this and even more, art where the artist fully uses the potential of Photoshop, is in my opinion at least, as good if not better than most of the crap that "real" artists sell for thousands of euros.

      Now, I know that I most likely wasted my time here, since this comment will most likely get buried to oblivion like the rest, which is a shame as I think denominator started a rather interesting thread here.
      • denominator, on 07/06/2008, -2/+9I have never truly been exposed to today's current art scene, so I would have no idea whether or not digital art mediums such as Photoshop are widely accepted.. But I must have to agree with you with what you implied, which is how art should be valued as what it is attempting to realize as opposed to how it is actually created..

        If Dali's 'Persistence of Memory' (the melting clocks painting) was drawn with a pencil, brush, sculpture or in our case, a digital art program, I'd still enjoy it for the message it brings to me.

        link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Me ...

        No, you didn't waste your time :p
      • Wadajoobadude, on 07/06/2008, -0/+8On art being so expensive:

        While I understand many pieces of art are way overpriced, there is a flip-side to the debate.

        Making art is super expensive. Seriously, I just do stenciling on large canvas and It comes out to almost $100. It's on cheap canvas too. If you start using top of the line materials, and you are trying to make a living off of art, things are going to start being expensive.
      • aywwts4, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2In the amount I and I'm sure other art lovers appreciate art, Digital or Analog makes no difference. In the way Art Collectors price and value a piece of art, a digital print can be duplicated flawlessly infinitely with all clones being of equal authenticity, severely devaluing the dollar value of a piece.
      • Nysul, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3I'm no art critic, but the appeal of art to me (other than famous paintings) is the individualization of each piece. If something can just be massed produced digitally why spend money when I could just pick up something online for $25.
      • ghostoftomjoad, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2As someone who dabbles in art i can tell you that digital art cannot replace the substance and complexity of a non-digital medium like oil paint. There is a deep love of the physicality of it by art appreciators, and that is why digital art isn't regarded as highly. Not to say this guy isn't talented--he's very good and he's just doing something different. But there definitely is a reason for "real artist crap" to be worth more
    • MrSidnet, on 07/06/2008, -2/+18Gotta love the "Learn how to paint by seeing"! After watching the vid, I feel no more enabled to paint this than before.
    • solidcube, on 07/06/2008, -6/+5it's really much easier to make art in PShop than on canvas. There are processes for each. When you learn the process, you can do pretty much whatever you want, and the challenge enters the realm of composition and imagination.

      This guy's process is strange. He appears to use small brush painting and blurs. While this method may produce superior 3-dimensionality (haven't tried it) it also seems a bit redundant because the blurs eliminate detail. He might be better off laying in larger areas before the blurs, and then erasing out of the blur layers to produce detail...
      • Drakoola, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2This is true, if you watch Nico Di Mattia almost everything he draws remains in the final, at least much more than this artist. I don't know how long this guy has been painting, but I would hazard a guess that Nico may have a bit more practice than him.

        Here's him doing Optimus Prime, you can find more at his website in the description.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gDl4UTxioQ&feature ...
      • solidcube, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1This guy's technique also seems to end up with a interesting dimensionality, like around the eyes. Still seems like a longish road to take to get there.
    • SublimeRuin, on 07/06/2008, -8/+3It's called a graveyard.....
    • Elliuotatar, on 07/06/2008, -7/+1Eh... They can paint a human face better than I could allright, but the hair looks terrible, and because it is pure white, Albert, relatively-speaking, looks downright olive.
    • pantone286, on 07/07/2008, -6/+1Something from nothing? It is painted from a photograph.
    • Issius, on 07/07/2008, -7/+2I'm going to hide in here..I think it's safe.
    • jtbell04, on 07/07/2008, -8/+3Good rule of thumb:

      If the comment adds to the story, digg it.
      If it doesn't add anything, LEAVE IT THE ***** ALONE.
      If it is, however, stupid/inflammatory/misinformed, THEN you can bury it.
      • Synyk, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1yours checked 2 out of 3, buried.

        and just to test your theory, I should be staying at+1 right now.
  • osullivanbr, on 07/06/2008, -30/+14I could do that, I just don't want to right now is all.
  • dRun, on 07/06/2008, -33/+11comments suck...
  • Saudm, on 07/06/2008, -38/+10Digggg me DOWN
  • zorplex, on 07/06/2008, -36/+9These comments suck?
    • zorplex, on 07/06/2008, -7/+4Yes, apparently.
    • lvchk2, on 07/06/2008, -2/+3They suck as much as usual. these guys just has way too much time on their hands..
    • MixMasterK, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1way to answer your own question. awesome.
  • TheGooseyOne, on 07/06/2008, -31/+12Dugg for the Grace Kelly one. Seriously, why are we watching a dude draw the fugly old genius when we could be watching him draw one of the most beautiful women ever?
  • fcrow, on 07/06/2008, -36/+17Buried for deciding what I MUST SEE!
  • liebot1, on 07/06/2008, -38/+18For one brief shining moment, my comment shall be the only one displayed.
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