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Baitball Blogger

(46,745 posts) Mon Dec 10, 2018, 11:50 AM Dec 2018

Is Tim Bengel's sand art an elaborate knock-off of george Zimmerman's art style?

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hoax revealed?

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Is Tim Bengel's sand art an elaborate knock-off of george Zimmerman's art style? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Dec 2018 OP

Watching the first video, I immediatly thought "those are photos" Merlot Dec 2018 #1

That is fairly amazing Bayard Dec 2018 #2

The sand art is pretty neat, the guy claiming it is a hoax should go back to his gaming. GemDigger Dec 2018 #3

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

1. Watching the first video, I immediatly thought "those are photos"

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:51 PM

Dec 2018

Second video confirmed that they were photos. Looks as if the artist is not showing the part where he projects someone elses photo onto the canvas before painting.

It's pretty easy to spot when an artist is painting from a photo. There is nothing wrong with that as long as the photo is their own.

Bayard

(22,110 posts)

2. That is fairly amazing

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:53 PM

Dec 2018

The time it takes..... Wonder if he sprays on a fixative. I would think the sand would fall over time.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

3. The sand art is pretty neat, the guy claiming it is a hoax should go back to his gaming.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:53 PM

Dec 2018

Traced or not, it is pretty time consuming and creative.

Edit: If it is a photo from a travel agency then it is a real place. Who is to say that the artist himself didn't take a trip and take his own picture?

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