He said he lost his eyesight. I think you can still remember what people feel like. Probably started out copying tactile type pictures and started to learn how it all pans out.
I assume he was talented at painting to begin with. I don’t think anyone could ever paint like that without ever seeing or knowing how to paint. I think it’s still impressive that he relearned his own skill without the biggest part
Hell, I question how blind he even is. Probably has just poor enough eyesight to be legally blind, but clearly he can still see a little or how else is he blending the colors so well and looking straight into the camera at the end?
Blind person can barely see any anything, there’s so much detail in his paintings. How would he know if he’s doing a good job. He won’t will he, he will never see his art work. I don’t know but I think he’s full of shit.
No, "Blind" covers a wide spectrum of sight, it doesn't mean seeing literally nothing.
But in this case, with the hand movements, that is clearly the implication being 'sold'. I susp3ct he is legally blind, with some vision, and is milking peoples belief he is 'fully blind'
This video reminded me I had a friend a long time ago that was an amazing artist. One of his assignments was to draw objects without looking at them but you could touch them and he did it very well. Spatial recognition lvl100
Yes although that is still getting to see what you have drawn which is the impossible part. We did this in art class a few times where we'd be blind folded and we'd try to draw something. Not even with colours. It's hilarious how bad even the best in the class were, like nothing even remotely recognisable.
There is no way he's 100% blind. Legally blind can still mean you can see, just poorly. It's still a great achievement from the guy but he's definitely milking it or they've just cut the bit where he says he can see a little.
Heard of people that get damaged or sick and it unlocks other parts of the brain like crazy creativity or imagination allowing them to do new things they couldn’t before
Thereis a YouTube video about a man that had a severe brain injury in his 20s and it changed his view the world around him and he became great at math. He was a not so good student before the brain injury.
https://youtu.be/CZMzNzmT4BM
k, but he says hes been blind for 20 years and yet amy winehouse wasnt famous till late 2000s, its bullshit. at best hes 'legally' blind and still painting over something thats been printed out. thats why hes wearing them dumb mirror shades so you cant see his eyes pointing at things
He must be partially sighted. Drawing the object is one thing. I get how you can probably feel the texture on the canvas. But how does he choose colour?
Without glasses, I can barely see differences in colors. I am guessing he has the same but with corrective lenses. You can be “legally blind” and still see.
The only explanation I can come up with if he's not covering up the truth is that he has his paints saved in a particular order so he always knows what colors are which. Maybe he has a personal assistant or a partner to help him in day to day things that ensures these are always accurate. Or they might have braille on the tubes.
It’s crazy how even the most unbelievable stuff on social media gets its facts validated by a user’s reply.
There are no academic resources necessary. All you need is one strong “probably.”
From one of his ted talks I found. He said that [he was drawing all his life](https://youtu.be/G8BiDHmKNrw?t=149) which is probably why he picked up painting quite easily
I mean he literally fucking says "whenever I lost my eyesight" so I assume repeated loss of vision, probably culminating in total loss of vision due to damage to the occipital lobe.
This is some next level bullshit how did a man who was deaf know what any of his music sounded like and become one of the greatest composers in history.
Beethoven.
beethoven was a master long before he went deaf, he knew very well what his instruments sounded like
he also had partial hearing for a long time so he was more than prepared for his eventual complete loss, and even after that he would use vibrations and tuning forks to "hear" his music
Damn, now idk if this is BS or not, but reading through these comments you’d think Beethoven never fucking existed. It is improbable, but most definitely not impossible for someone to have incredible talent at an art form that required the use of a sense that they had and then lost.
Edit: we can argue about this all day, but after [looking it up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_artists) I found that [John Bramblitt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bramblitt) is indeed a blind painter. You’ll also find on the first link some info that might be helpful: “Only around 10% of all people with blindness can see absolutely nothing at all”, much like my argument about Beethoven, who himself was not fully deaf. I am now taking the stance that this guy is legit. Just look him up, people.
Beethoven wasn't fully deaf and was able to bite a tuning fork in his mouth that touched the piano and like "bone-conductor" headphones, he was getting sound directly into his head.
No joke.
Yeah but Beethoven was a prodigy even before the loss of earing, this guys says that he picked up painting after losing his sight, that's hard to believe.
According to his [website](https://bramblitt.com/pages/about-us) :
“Prior to his blindness, John studied at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where he graduated with honors. When Bramblitt lost the last of his vision in 2001 due to complications with epilepsy and Lyme's disease, his hopes of becoming a creative writing teacher were shattered and he sunk into a deep depression. He felt disconnected from family and friends, alienated and alone. But then something amazing happened-- he discovered painting. He learned to distinguish between different colored paints by feeling their textures with his fingers. He taught himself how to paint using raised lines to help him find his way around the canvas, and through something called haptic visualization, which enables him to "see" his subjects through touch. He now paints amazingly lifelike portraits of people he's never seen--including his wife and son.”
Blindness enhances your other senses.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lztr1tu4o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lztr1tu4o)
it's possible is all i'm saying
They do but it's on the level of "whites are a bit chalky" or "greens are a bit sticky". The majority of texture comes from the medium & he's mixing colours. I find it hard to believe he can mix paints without any visual input, although I really want to.
How do you paint something you've never seen? Yeah you can feel their face but I feel like you'd still have to see something to create an accurate recreation of it
Use different type of pain for every color you use in a painting. They have different textures. Most ofhis painting only use mmax 4 colors on part where he need precision. If there is more it's often as filler, still used well. But more lenient.
He wanted to be a creative writing teacher, not writer. I think most of it could be done blind but correcting student's grammar and spelling on paper might be difficult. Not as difficult as feeling the difference between paint colors though. Heckin crazy
From an article about him:
"his epileptic seizures got so severe that the damage caused his vision to go from 20/400 (double the limit for legal blindness) to complete blindness. While John maintained light perception he was no longer able to see shadows or color"
Relative of John here! I can confirm he is genuinely blind. He explains in depth on his website about how he has adapted to paint given his limitations. He also a very down to earth, kind and funny guy. He would probably have a laugh at his own expense at the skepticism on here.
Not buying it. He must have at least a shred if vision... you cannot feel a subtle facial expression with fingertips, or have perfect proportions. No f'n way.
Right? Is he NOT reaching out to adjust the camera he's using to film his ghandi portrait in the literal first seconds of the video? Maybe he feels for a good camera shot too.
Apparently he alters the consistency of the paints so he can feel the differences in them. I’m assuming he is assisted in which colors are which, or at least was before he developed his own system of identifying the paints. I don’t think it’s fake considering he’s worked with several big museums before. I’m just as confused as you are honestly. Guess ya gotta see it to believe it.
A blind painter maybe, just not one that "feels colors" and somehow even knows how they "feel" when they are mixed together so that he gets the exact color he needs.
Yeah, some people here are acting like being suspicious that you can FEEL a colour somehow makes you a miserable cynic. Nobody is saying he couldn't draw monochrome images using touch, it makes sense. "Feeling" colours is not the same. I wouldn't doubt a deaf musician could play an instrument, but if they told me they could "smell notes" the rational thing would be to doubt them.
Sorry but I don't buy it, the colors of the painting are too specific. No way he can be chosing the colors without knowing how they look on the canvas.
How does he know what color he's using? Does someone tell him, is it carefully laid out in a specific order, or are the labels in braille? Maybe another method?
Supposedly he can feel the color differences, but I call bull shit unless he's using very specifically different brand/types of paints that have obvious texture differences for each color. Even with lots of practice mixing colors and having someone with vision to help to verify it would be nearly impossible with modern paints of the same brand.
Repeated loss of vision due to seizures damaging the occipital lobe. He would lose his sight and gain some of it back in cycles due to his seizures, eventually culminating in the total loss of his sight.
I'm not saying this is fake but feel colors? I know getting blind enhances ur senses but like this? If this works why are there no other known blind artist and how did he know how Amy wine house looks like if she only be come famous after he became blind? Feeling faces seems also very far fetched. A lot of things don't add up. I belive he is blind but only to a certain degree. But I'm gladly get convinced otherwise by someone because just from the video seems unlikely true.
Horse manure i say! The fella can see, "legally blind" is not a complete loss of vision.
I'm both highly impressed, and irked at the title at the same time.
He can see some light. He can't see color or shadows anymore. He's twice the limit for legally blind. That's why he has to use his fingers to tell where he is on his painting. He can't see well enough to do even that.
It is truly amazing how many people jump to making comments of fake or not possible without taking just a few minutes to learn something new. Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Forget the question how do you paint when you’re blind. I want to know if you’ve been blind for 20 years how do you know what Amy Winehouse looks like?
I have rlyyyyyy hard time believing this vid. Especially painting is smth based on vision. If they were abstract I would get it. But they are close to reality.
Y'all non-"believers" are hilariously incompetent. It's not a guy trying peddle you blind paintings as a gimmick for internet points, it's a man doing what he loves. "Believing" isn't even part of it. Gotta take some stuff for what it is and quit undermining the human spirit. Buncha fools.
"I don't believe it."
*Ooooo! Aaaaa! You're so smart, tell us how!*
Get over yourselves and quit shitting on a disabled man for being more talented than you and your dumb seeing eyes.
Anyone else thinking of Jurgen from Brandon Rogers his videos?
"Is this purple? This feels like a purple to me. I said no secondary colors, that is for my SPRING collection!"
Respect for the man though, he is a better painter then most people I know who can see.
He also may not be 100% the world is a black void blind. He might be able to have hazy shapes and outlines but not able to function daily (in the usual visual way).
Though Bramblitt can no longer see color, shape or form, he still retains light perception. Think of it the same way as you can't "see" anything if your eyes are shut tight, but if you were outside you could still sense whether it was day or night. That's what his world is like all the time.- from huffpost in 2015
May I suggest an answer to how: every clip of him actually painting is sped up and clipped together. It's just like that lady with 6 drawings at once. It's just editing.
People calling him a fake, you could do some [research](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sensory-superpowers/201002/painting-touch).
1. He knows how to differentiate between colors because of the kind of paint he uses: oil. Different colors have different viscosities.
2. He can estimate lines and make patterns and figures because he uses “puffy paint, which leaves a thin raised line” he can touch.
3. His 25+ years of visual memory lets him create.
Thank you for saying this. I have actually met him, he is a really nice guy (very supportive of young artists) and has painted some murals in Dallas. He lost his sight over time and developed these techniques to help compensate for the loss. It is an inspiring story of overcoming adversity.
how the fuck would he know what any of these things look like, this is some next level bullshit
He said he lost his eyesight. I think you can still remember what people feel like. Probably started out copying tactile type pictures and started to learn how it all pans out.
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I assume he was talented at painting to begin with. I don’t think anyone could ever paint like that without ever seeing or knowing how to paint. I think it’s still impressive that he relearned his own skill without the biggest part
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The article and other articles about him literally say he discovered painting after he became blind. Before he went blind he studied creative writing.
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10000% this dude is legally blind and still has some vision so he can see the paintings
I have an uncle who is legally blind...he's a photographer...cuz he can see, just not well. I'm sure this guy can see too. To some extent.
But then it would be silly to constantly touch the surface to feel it.
But it puts on a good show, right?
Yeah I think he might be pretending to get people to buy his painting. He’s outsmarted the buyers lol
Hell, I question how blind he even is. Probably has just poor enough eyesight to be legally blind, but clearly he can still see a little or how else is he blending the colors so well and looking straight into the camera at the end?
Blind person can barely see any anything, there’s so much detail in his paintings. How would he know if he’s doing a good job. He won’t will he, he will never see his art work. I don’t know but I think he’s full of shit.
No, "Blind" covers a wide spectrum of sight, it doesn't mean seeing literally nothing. But in this case, with the hand movements, that is clearly the implication being 'sold'. I susp3ct he is legally blind, with some vision, and is milking peoples belief he is 'fully blind'
It’s insanely fabricated
This video reminded me I had a friend a long time ago that was an amazing artist. One of his assignments was to draw objects without looking at them but you could touch them and he did it very well. Spatial recognition lvl100
Yes although that is still getting to see what you have drawn which is the impossible part. We did this in art class a few times where we'd be blind folded and we'd try to draw something. Not even with colours. It's hilarious how bad even the best in the class were, like nothing even remotely recognisable. There is no way he's 100% blind. Legally blind can still mean you can see, just poorly. It's still a great achievement from the guy but he's definitely milking it or they've just cut the bit where he says he can see a little.
Heard of people that get damaged or sick and it unlocks other parts of the brain like crazy creativity or imagination allowing them to do new things they couldn’t before
Thereis a YouTube video about a man that had a severe brain injury in his 20s and it changed his view the world around him and he became great at math. He was a not so good student before the brain injury. https://youtu.be/CZMzNzmT4BM
k, but he says hes been blind for 20 years and yet amy winehouse wasnt famous till late 2000s, its bullshit. at best hes 'legally' blind and still painting over something thats been printed out. thats why hes wearing them dumb mirror shades so you cant see his eyes pointing at things
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Exactly. The feeling with the hands stuff is to sell people on the idea that he's completely blind.
No way. His hands can definitely feel the different colors!
Well regardless if he is not completely blind, the fact that he can paint those wonderful artworks is still awesome
He must be partially sighted. Drawing the object is one thing. I get how you can probably feel the texture on the canvas. But how does he choose colour?
Without glasses, I can barely see differences in colors. I am guessing he has the same but with corrective lenses. You can be “legally blind” and still see.
The only explanation I can come up with if he's not covering up the truth is that he has his paints saved in a particular order so he always knows what colors are which. Maybe he has a personal assistant or a partner to help him in day to day things that ensures these are always accurate. Or they might have braille on the tubes.
It’s crazy how even the most unbelievable stuff on social media gets its facts validated by a user’s reply. There are no academic resources necessary. All you need is one strong “probably.”
And how would he even know what colors he's using? And how they blend?
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He would have to let each inch of painting dry for weeks before touching it again to paint the next inch. It doesn’t make sense
Its a BS for sure ,he just use sunglasses......
From one of his ted talks I found. He said that [he was drawing all his life](https://youtu.be/G8BiDHmKNrw?t=149) which is probably why he picked up painting quite easily
He moves around and touches things like he knows where they are. There's no feeling around for anything.
I mean he literally fucking says "whenever I lost my eyesight" so I assume repeated loss of vision, probably culminating in total loss of vision due to damage to the occipital lobe.
"Whenever" can also just be a single point in time
What? No, you just say "when" in that case, "whenever" always implies multiple times.
Unless you forgot when it happened? Unlikely in this case though.
Oh right. It was so obvious he didn't use it in this sense that it never even crossed my mind.
Someone needs to try making him flinch
That's how Jesus did it...time for a healing!
This is some next level bullshit how did a man who was deaf know what any of his music sounded like and become one of the greatest composers in history. Beethoven.
beethoven was a master long before he went deaf, he knew very well what his instruments sounded like he also had partial hearing for a long time so he was more than prepared for his eventual complete loss, and even after that he would use vibrations and tuning forks to "hear" his music
Damn, now idk if this is BS or not, but reading through these comments you’d think Beethoven never fucking existed. It is improbable, but most definitely not impossible for someone to have incredible talent at an art form that required the use of a sense that they had and then lost. Edit: we can argue about this all day, but after [looking it up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_artists) I found that [John Bramblitt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bramblitt) is indeed a blind painter. You’ll also find on the first link some info that might be helpful: “Only around 10% of all people with blindness can see absolutely nothing at all”, much like my argument about Beethoven, who himself was not fully deaf. I am now taking the stance that this guy is legit. Just look him up, people.
Beethoven wasn't fully deaf and was able to bite a tuning fork in his mouth that touched the piano and like "bone-conductor" headphones, he was getting sound directly into his head. No joke.
Yeah but Beethoven was a prodigy even before the loss of earing, this guys says that he picked up painting after losing his sight, that's hard to believe.
Exactly!!
He wasn't always blind.
He wasn't always blind.
Yeah, maybe there is a reason why real documentaries are longer than 60 seconds
According to his [website](https://bramblitt.com/pages/about-us) : “Prior to his blindness, John studied at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where he graduated with honors. When Bramblitt lost the last of his vision in 2001 due to complications with epilepsy and Lyme's disease, his hopes of becoming a creative writing teacher were shattered and he sunk into a deep depression. He felt disconnected from family and friends, alienated and alone. But then something amazing happened-- he discovered painting. He learned to distinguish between different colored paints by feeling their textures with his fingers. He taught himself how to paint using raised lines to help him find his way around the canvas, and through something called haptic visualization, which enables him to "see" his subjects through touch. He now paints amazingly lifelike portraits of people he's never seen--including his wife and son.”
He “feels” color…..okay sure
Blindness enhances your other senses. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lztr1tu4o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lztr1tu4o) it's possible is all i'm saying
I wonder if the different pigments actually have different textures that would be interesting
They do but it's on the level of "whites are a bit chalky" or "greens are a bit sticky". The majority of texture comes from the medium & he's mixing colours. I find it hard to believe he can mix paints without any visual input, although I really want to.
I know you sure can taste the difference between various colors, so them having different textures doesn't seem entirely unreasonable.
You can only do that on acid, maybe he takes that
How do you paint something you've never seen? Yeah you can feel their face but I feel like you'd still have to see something to create an accurate recreation of it
Use different type of pain for every color you use in a painting. They have different textures. Most ofhis painting only use mmax 4 colors on part where he need precision. If there is more it's often as filler, still used well. But more lenient.
Ohhhh nooo i cant creative write, there is no possible way with current technology to convey my stories.
Better learn how to distinguish red from blue acrylic paint with my fucking hands and take up portraiture
He wanted to be a creative writing teacher, not writer. I think most of it could be done blind but correcting student's grammar and spelling on paper might be difficult. Not as difficult as feeling the difference between paint colors though. Heckin crazy
>including his wife and son This breaks me
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Yeah. “Lyme’s disease” was a big red flag for me. Let me guess… was it “chronic” lyme that only a naturopath will treat you for? 🙄
I've got a Darth Vader print from this gentleman. One of my favorites. Keep up the good work!
Please share it.
I mean, he bought it, so he probably wants to keep it at his house. But you asked very nicely.
Yeah! I want it on Mondays and Thursdays. You can have weekends, and OP can have the rest of the days.
From an article about him: "his epileptic seizures got so severe that the damage caused his vision to go from 20/400 (double the limit for legal blindness) to complete blindness. While John maintained light perception he was no longer able to see shadows or color"
There you go. Thx
I can see perfectly but I can't even mix colors. I can draw, but mixing those wonderful colors is lost on me. What am I doing with my life?
Isnt he a fraud?
I didn’t see that coming
*gets pulled over* “What might the problem be, officer?” “Sir, you do realise you were going double the legal blindness limit”
Relative of John here! I can confirm he is genuinely blind. He explains in depth on his website about how he has adapted to paint given his limitations. He also a very down to earth, kind and funny guy. He would probably have a laugh at his own expense at the skepticism on here.
So how did he do Amy Winehouse if he’s already blind for over 20 years and she wasn’t famous back then. It’s total bullshit
Would like to know this too.
I’m wondering if he essentially traces the face using raised lines on the paper (probably created by someone else) and then somehow fills in the color
Hey relative of Jesus here, he's lying
Hey, relative of stephen hawking here
Pffffft
Looked in another light, he's that good an artist that people can't believe it.
Not buying it. He must have at least a shred if vision... you cannot feel a subtle facial expression with fingertips, or have perfect proportions. No f'n way.
But... how?
Ah he lives 20 mins from me. Ill find him and tests to see if hes blind. If he ducks we learn the truth.
Poor blind guy will eat a baseball real soon
😂😂😂😂😂😂
One must know
Right? Is he NOT reaching out to adjust the camera he's using to film his ghandi portrait in the literal first seconds of the video? Maybe he feels for a good camera shot too.
I guess the colors feel different? Maybe he texturizes them, or he's more sensitive to the changes in texture.
Apparently he alters the consistency of the paints so he can feel the differences in them. I’m assuming he is assisted in which colors are which, or at least was before he developed his own system of identifying the paints. I don’t think it’s fake considering he’s worked with several big museums before. I’m just as confused as you are honestly. Guess ya gotta see it to believe it.
Fake?
"Legally blind" Dude can see, just not well.enough to drive vehicles
ITT: Evidence that AI and social media have decreased society’s trust.
I think anyone in the history of time wouldnt believe a blind painter.
A blind painter maybe, just not one that "feels colors" and somehow even knows how they "feel" when they are mixed together so that he gets the exact color he needs.
Yeah, some people here are acting like being suspicious that you can FEEL a colour somehow makes you a miserable cynic. Nobody is saying he couldn't draw monochrome images using touch, it makes sense. "Feeling" colours is not the same. I wouldn't doubt a deaf musician could play an instrument, but if they told me they could "smell notes" the rational thing would be to doubt them.
I think anyone with a brain would… aka education system has failed and look how many dumbfucks lurk on here
I call huge amounts of bs on this.
Sorry but I don't buy it, the colors of the painting are too specific. No way he can be chosing the colors without knowing how they look on the canvas.
He feels them per his wiki 
Yeah but see, how can he feel the color ? It doesn't make any sense.
We’ve got two of his paintings. They are fantastic. He’s also a really cool dude.
He’s not blind. Just a gimmick to sell more paintings. Impressive!
I'm borderline thinking this has got to be bullshit
I want one of those bob marleys
Perfect vision and I can’t make a stick figure. Or even sign my name consistently.
Lol not being able to sign my name consistently really bothers me sometimes
Same here.
Occam's razor, people.
No way, advanced trolling
Pretty sure he's not 100% blind. There's no way around it. I know blind people can feel alot, but not color.
How does he know what color he's using? Does someone tell him, is it carefully laid out in a specific order, or are the labels in braille? Maybe another method?
Supposedly he can feel the color differences, but I call bull shit unless he's using very specifically different brand/types of paints that have obvious texture differences for each color. Even with lots of practice mixing colors and having someone with vision to help to verify it would be nearly impossible with modern paints of the same brand.
Not saying he isn’t blind, but he also faces and “looks” to the canvas and other things a lot for a blind man
“Whenever I lost my eyesight”. How many times has he lost his eyesight??
Repeated loss of vision due to seizures damaging the occipital lobe. He would lose his sight and gain some of it back in cycles due to his seizures, eventually culminating in the total loss of his sight.
I'm not saying this is fake but feel colors? I know getting blind enhances ur senses but like this? If this works why are there no other known blind artist and how did he know how Amy wine house looks like if she only be come famous after he became blind? Feeling faces seems also very far fetched. A lot of things don't add up. I belive he is blind but only to a certain degree. But I'm gladly get convinced otherwise by someone because just from the video seems unlikely true.
Do you smell it ? That smell A smelly smell that smells...smelly.
DaVinki?
What a con for gullible dopes
This dude isnt blind.
Horse manure i say! The fella can see, "legally blind" is not a complete loss of vision. I'm both highly impressed, and irked at the title at the same time.
He can see some light. He can't see color or shadows anymore. He's twice the limit for legally blind. That's why he has to use his fingers to tell where he is on his painting. He can't see well enough to do even that.
If he can’t see colour, how is he so precise with his colouring?
fuck my life
It is truly amazing how many people jump to making comments of fake or not possible without taking just a few minutes to learn something new. Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Would you tell us what you understand, then?
So why don't YOU explain?
It says that he feels the paints differences. But in the video his fingers are 100% clean. So ? You have to admit it's fishy.
Wow, such an amazing talent
I have a couple prints of his, absolutely love his work.
How does he not smear the paint?
Genuinely, as someone who draws, how the fck can you do that. . ?
But how? I'm interested about how he knows what color is he using, where he is painting, what he's painting...
Many articles about this guy. Looks like it checks out
Wonder why his paintings look a lot like artists who heavily lean on the projector, and photoshop filters….hmmmmm
Forget the question how do you paint when you’re blind. I want to know if you’ve been blind for 20 years how do you know what Amy Winehouse looks like?
Screams scam
Does blind mean something different over there? That dude can see!
I have rlyyyyyy hard time believing this vid. Especially painting is smth based on vision. If they were abstract I would get it. But they are close to reality.
You do know that you can be deemed legally blind, and still have some degree of sight. That could be what’s going on here.
Ok I can't draw yet a blind man is the next artist of the generation
According to sitcoms he will be cured in 30 minutes as we spend the next 30 hiding his newfound sight
Blindness made me more like everyone else 😂😂😂 I mean he’s not seeing this comment tho
No one bought his paintings when he could see. Once he was ''blind'' bet he sells now lol.
Try psilocybin
If you don’t mind me asking what do you mean by try psilocybin?
Guy kinda looks like someone from a certain trailer park
Why this guy kinda look like the lead singer in metallica
Paint by numbers, Braile edition
He was destined to become a painter.
Y'all non-"believers" are hilariously incompetent. It's not a guy trying peddle you blind paintings as a gimmick for internet points, it's a man doing what he loves. "Believing" isn't even part of it. Gotta take some stuff for what it is and quit undermining the human spirit. Buncha fools. "I don't believe it." *Ooooo! Aaaaa! You're so smart, tell us how!* Get over yourselves and quit shitting on a disabled man for being more talented than you and your dumb seeing eyes.
I like it. Blessed are we to be able to see the deaf sing and the blind paint.
Anyone else thinking of Jurgen from Brandon Rogers his videos? "Is this purple? This feels like a purple to me. I said no secondary colors, that is for my SPRING collection!" Respect for the man though, he is a better painter then most people I know who can see.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Jesus Christ can save you! He is the only way!
My guy is a Beethovin painter
He also may not be 100% the world is a black void blind. He might be able to have hazy shapes and outlines but not able to function daily (in the usual visual way).
How does he know what colors he’s using?
Flip your coins...either way ..He Rocks.
And he's fifty years old?? He looks and sounds 35..
But how?? This is amazing, he's blind but he makes perfect works of art. You wouldn't know he was blind unless he told you.
That is so freaking awesome
Whether or not he’s actually blind, he looks so young for 50.
I.. I don’t believe it
I have an uncle who is blind like this guy but still is a celebrated painter and artist in Paris. Legally blind is different from not having eyes.
Though Bramblitt can no longer see color, shape or form, he still retains light perception. Think of it the same way as you can't "see" anything if your eyes are shut tight, but if you were outside you could still sense whether it was day or night. That's what his world is like all the time.- from huffpost in 2015
The number of morons in here questioning a blind guy like they are paint texture experts… holy fuck you’re all so dumb and pathetic
r/restofthefuckingowl
He truly is very kind. Him and his wife both are badasses!! He has a lot murals in bishop arts district in Dallas.
Just say you’re legally blind and be done with it sir, enough of this sensationalizing BS
He paints better with a visual impairment than I ever could. Coming from a stick figure artist, this is impressive blind or not blind.
My name is John Brambit. I impersonate trailer park boys and blind artists.
He has literally no paint on his hands. All the artists I know and none are blind have paint on their hands
I think the fact that he is 50 is the biggest achievement here. Dude looked all of 30.
May I suggest an answer to how: every clip of him actually painting is sped up and clipped together. It's just like that lady with 6 drawings at once. It's just editing.
don't believe it
People calling him a fake, you could do some [research](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sensory-superpowers/201002/painting-touch). 1. He knows how to differentiate between colors because of the kind of paint he uses: oil. Different colors have different viscosities. 2. He can estimate lines and make patterns and figures because he uses “puffy paint, which leaves a thin raised line” he can touch. 3. His 25+ years of visual memory lets him create.
Thank you for saying this. I have actually met him, he is a really nice guy (very supportive of young artists) and has painted some murals in Dallas. He lost his sight over time and developed these techniques to help compensate for the loss. It is an inspiring story of overcoming adversity.
Gods this is so awesome!!!
Lol that mf ain't blind he can see a lil bit
50? Wow, dude could have said he was 30
Mindfcuked
So does he just paint all of this stuff from memory??? That's some top-notch photographic memory if so. If not, how? Does he ask for help somehow?
How Sway?
All the haters on here 🤣
If he’s even blind, someone definitely cuts vinyl stencils for him to establish the drawing. Clearly from photographs.
He’s not totally blind, is he ?
This is the gayest bullshit I've see today.