Most people can’t draw hands and then there’s this guy with a chainsaw
this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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Just so the other guy could call it a palm tree
Drawing realistic hands is incredibly difficult for most artists. This is a big part of the reason cartoon characters have gloved and/or non-human hands.
Even modern AI is all thumbs.
But this dude is fucking carving them with chainsaws.
We had a massage parlor in my town that had a tree trunk carved into a hand holding a heart.
It was actually really cool until someone hit it with a pickup.
That sounds cool minus the truck part
Was it a heart shape or heart organ, also was it carved like this tree or like carved into with the whole tree still standing
Why am I so interested in this
It was 🤎 shaped and it was carved just like this, only it was much closer to the ground. It was also done in a way that it looked like the heart was being gently held.
The whole thing was maybe 8ft tall.
That sounds so cool
Honestly thinking about it now I took it's beauty for granted. To me it was just a normal feature of our town. Looking back it was an incredible feat of skill and an amazing work of art.
I honestly wish I had a picture.
I mean for better or for worse we “tune out” and normalize stuff through repeated exposure, I think it’s cool that you saw it enough for it to be a part of that process
If I were in your shoes I’d probably see this as bitter sweet because even though it’s gone you can now appreciate it once more
You should look up news stories about it getting hit. I bet photos exist of the accident, and before photos for reference
Did the tree get weirdly wider at the hand section or was it carved from a seperate tree and placed on the stump? The hand is much wider than the narrower trunk.
Maybe the thumb was a branch?
Found the answer on the artist's site
I needed to add two pieces for the thumb and little finger, as the tree wasn’t wide enough to form the whole hand.
If you look at it the arm is cut smaller than the trunk. So it looks a lot smaller than it actually was. And probably there was a branch where the thumb is, because even with the 30 cm more it ain't enough for that thumb.
"Chainsaw Artist" what a title
A bit conceited to carve it into a human hand. I feel like a more appropriate tribute for the tree would have been to carve it into a tree.
The tree to the right tried, but had trouble operating the chainsaw
I've noticed that people in Britain love carving. Many woods and forests have all kinds of carved trees. Some are very simple and some are absolute masterpieces like this one.
Cabin in the Woods
Why enjoy the natural beauty of a thing when you can bukkake your ego all over it?
-asshole with a chainsaw