Master Penman Jake Weidmann | HUMAN 

Johnna Dub *You're welcome!*

UPROXX This dude has a hot wife.

acdc14terrace Well yeah, he's incredible with his hands.

***** this!!!! Ahahahaha

I wish I was like him now.

Agree! Perhaps my penmanship is a little bit better than yours but Jake is just a monster !

Trying to write as fast as you think is the worst possible mistake a writer can make.

Do you know where one could purchase a print from him?

Daylend Bristol google jake weidmann and his website will come up

@Alexia Davidge - I'm proud of you! It's a dying art and I hope that someday, you'll teach it to your children. My granddaughter just started kindergarten and penmanship isn't on the curriculum. They are teaching her "keyboarding" instead.

I think it's all one big Colarado ad

***** haha nice!

Short Round Funding has to come from somewhere.

Short Round It grates a little on me too, but... unless you're willing to give this guy money and exposure...

+Short Round You're saying if I drink enough Coors, I'll be able to do that?

Because there is no need to delete anything when it is all perfect.

xochitl falcon did you even watch the video? the lady said that he does stuff over and over again because it's never perfect the first time

Sai Kun sorry man! But hey it'll all pay out.

ENGINEERED TRUTH But there is a dunk in water "key"

Delete you.

2 hours in your like jake I don't know is it a mountain a tree

+Mr_awesome88 4 hours later... "Right, it's a tree Jake. Definitely a tree. Jake. Jake, you can stop now. It's a tree" "NO IT'S NOT FINISHED"

***** jake come on

Jake is still drawing loops

Jake I could grow a tree faster then you could draw one

*Much appreciated, **Tessa Minor**.*

What

STFU

I'm glad SOMEBODY sponsored this video. If they hadn't sponsored it, this masterpiece of a video likely wouldn't exist.

Aiden Langley it's 5 min video try not to read to much into his philosophy and views on life.

Jake, dear sir, what Mastering this art justoes not lend to the vast talent!!

+Kimili Eagle great

Good luck =)

Hey I'm just getting into it and are 16 :D any tips ?

***** thanks ^^

@@menetekel3923 I hope the last 5 years have gone well for you and this. If you haven't kept up as much, I wanted to nudge you to have fun with the art again.

+mvp019 His profession is interesting, but this overly dramatic, overly edited vid is a terrible watch. Why on earth would they go for constant fast cuts in a short documentary of what is a very calm profession.

Jay Something hahaha

Jay Something Classic Strawman fallacy you derp

AletheAce It's actually called a joke

Jay Something Love you boo

AletheAce

There are several ways you can interpret the sentence 'you make it look easy' He must have thought people are saying that he make it look easy because he is very talented. In response he say he is not talented and this skill comes with hours and hours of practice. So in this sense he is actually being very grounded and admitting he is not naturally gifted and practice hard for it implying that anybody can do it. Just like David Beckham's father once commented that his son's skill at free kicks are widely praised as talent but he responded the say way stating that it was the result of hours and hours of free kicking at a stone wall.

Wow. I rewatched that part, and I didn't pick up on any kind of attitude whatsoever.

Thanks, +Dana Tibbitts!

+Dana Tibbitts You can check my ink drawings here bojanseraph (dot) tumblr (dot) com Thank you! = )

Someone who hates everything old.

Exquisite!

They're jerks. Don't mind them.

*Thanks, **Sandra Day**!*

+Sandra Day You can check my ink drawings here bojanseraph (dot) tumblr (dot) com Thank you! = )

+Phryne Mnesarete Everyone agrees that technology is beneficial. The problem is that children nowadays don't learn how to write properly. I go to school and all my classmates don't care about their writing, they don't put effort when they're writing something. I discovered the beautiful world of calligraphy this summer and it has only be beneficial to me. Because not only I feel that everything I write has "personality" (because its written in such a way), but I also put effort to do it and I really like it. And it would be a pity if calligraphy faded away as the time passed, wouldn't it?

Completely agree! I myself have just received a Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Graphic arts in Zagreb (Croatia), and I'm a kinda perfectionist as regards to my drawing skills and also handwriting. I am currently unemployed person and would definitely take a vocational training in calligraphy for the job of a penman.

They demonize technology because they know they are developing a skill that is outdated and irrelevant in the modern world.

Art and beauty will never be outdated and irrelevant. We can have both, you know; technology and calligraphy. I just don't see why techno-futurists act like penmanship is a useless skill, or why calligraphers act like computers are evil.

They aren't demonizing technology. Jake Weidmann has a TEDx Talk in which he clarifies that he is not against technology, but he thinks that humans are becoming too dependent on it.

Druidtton Darksun Care to explain why you think he is cocky?

Druidtton Darksun *Thanks! Glad to hear. And more coming...*

Druidtton Darksun Cocky? He's the youngest master of his craft - by 30 years. Muhammad Ali once said it's not bragging if you can back it up.

Druidtton Darksun Not cocky, confident. Love how he mentions how many hours he’s put in to achieve this, no wasting time on video games, movies etc. Instead he was practicing his craft. Brilliant!

nasri Muhammad Ali has a fucked up brain and last sold roach spray on tv.

Timothy Ketcher Yeah its called a printer.

Timothy Ketcher It already exists lol Google it.

***** define "real"

Timothy Ketcher humans are stupid an lazy. they keep making tech to make life easier and take away peoples jobs cuz of said laziness. the same people that love this tech are the ones bitching about jobs not being there. also as the others said, there are programs an machines that can easily do his job alot faster an with little to no errors

Kisa Merula idk about u but i'd think it takes high levels of intellect to make matter work for you instead

We call them arrogant because they act arrogantly. Don't act as if people are trying to be bring this man down when all they're really doing is calling space a spade.

He has a fancy title from some organisation thats the only difference between him and thousands of amazing artists, and comes across as a bit of a douche to me

Hostile??

freakbih yeah didn't see it either

I didn't see it either. He was just conveying his passion for this art form. But people will get offended by anything.

freakbih I don't think you're naive. I think people are looking for an excuse to hate him just because he sounded passionate about what he does and they interpreted it as "he's saying he's the only one who's passionate about his livelihood! rabble rabble." After I saw one comment saying he was a pretentious asshole, i watched the video 2 more times...still didnt get that impression. People latched on to a few key things he said like "people tell me i make it look so easy, and i think 'well you werent there when i was up at 4,30 in the morning slaving away at it" and think that he's saying he's the ONLY one who slaves away at his art form. But the only thing I understood from what he was saying is something along the lines of: "I love this shit. It's awesome. Sure, it was super hard work, and I spend hours on end doing this shit and sometimes it doesn't work out. But man I love this shit. I want other generations to love this shit too. Cus it's beautiful. I really appreciate the written word and the aesthetics behind it...and shit" Maybe people are just jealous? *shrug*.

freakbih You aren't naive - I know this young man and he isn't conceited. He's very nice in addition to being hard-working and talented.

Maybe you should outsource the thinking completely.

He may be better off in the future just humbly accepting people's compliments instead of getting on them for not seeing his tedious hours/years of practice.

when you say 'wow you make this look so easy!' it can also be interpreted as 'wow you are so damn talented' which a response with humility would be: 'nah it takes alot of practice, anybody can do it.' Honestly my point of view makes more sense because If he wanted to come out as pretentious he would instead say something like: 'yea i make it look so easy im so awesome'.

You are not effectively or appropriately communicating what you want to say when you lazily state "you make it look so easy". Think before you speak about what you really wish to communicate rather than speaking in platitudes.

XD

ROFL! Some are just fuller than others.

It isn't supposed to be high quality. It's a beer commercial.

+Dan Hentes You can check my ink drawings here bojanseraph (dot) tumblr (dot) com Thank you! = )

+Dan Hentes Do you really need to degrade others' work in order to complement Jake Weidman's?

B incredible artwork! any other way to follow you, besides tumblr?

+Dan Hentes Thank you! I also have a facebook page, link on my Tumblr profile or simply search for SeraphGhosts. = ) Haven't been really active on facebook / Tumblr / DA, I work as a custom tattoo designer and I hardly have the time to work on more ink drawings (especially when one drawing requires at least a month of work). = )

There is visual artistry in writing. The beautiful penmanship of The Declaration of Independence adds something that is lost if it were just merely typed: a message to England that the United States also has learned men and men of skill.

So, with that logic, why bother with musical instruments or singing? Just read the lyrics out loud to merely communicate emotion. Tell me if you would find that appealing?

You obviously find it appealing, considering you didn't compose an ensemble or write on parchment to me as reply. I listen almost exclusively to instrumental electronica, so.....yes, I would find that appealing. Also, you're not using my logic at all. My argument is that the craft of communicating is not lost in typing versus writing. Better use of my logic would be that silent black-and-white movies are also novelty at best and that it would be utter nonsense to suggest that the art of filmmaking is lost on making 4K HD films with Dolby surround, vs making silent b/w films.

Michael Matt Nice platitude lol

Michael Matt oh look mom i' m born in the wrong generation!11

+Michael Matt thank fuck we live in a generation where no one gives a fuck about things that dont matter.

+Michael Matt while others were inventing, innovating, discovering and breaking human boundaries, a significant portion of the population thought the same way in every generation. they were always called... losers! :)

My thoughts exactly.

Exactly. It's like STFU mom, nobody cares.

DC430 So conceited.

Umm. I care. I'd like to know where things came from, not just that they exist. You are one of the sheeples that believe everything as it is spoonfed to you.

I'm interested in knowing if mom is also an artist

we are so relied on technology it's a little scarey. most kids these days wouldn't know how to start a fire without a match or lighter. learn how to pay attention to our surroundings or all around survival. there will be a day that technology will be our downfall and we must learn to survive. as the will of nature the strong survive as the weak die

i mean, but some of it is true! there have been studies that show there is a mental disconnect when writing notes. but, he is a little douchey about the " you HAVE to have good handwriting"

Owen Gayzur Did we watch the same video? I didn't get a condescending tone from this at all lol.

Jake Walker It's at the end when they input their pretentious opinion. From reddit: "If you don't teach your child handwriting, the thoughts that they develop when they wish to communicate through a computer will vanish as soon as they have touched the keyboard." What a load of bullshit. You don't have to have good handwriting or be a penman or calligrapher to be able to communicate effectively, let alone through a computer.

just sounded like he was happy of his work, but yeah Anchor Senjaro that part definitely does sound condescending.

deadmeh Hahahah

Anchor Senjaro Actually, studies (I won't provide them, but if you are truly interested in the topic, you will look for them) show that writing instead of typing contribute to a better memorization and learning due to the fact that while you write, your brain is processing the information to move your hand to express what you intend. On the contrary, when you type, this is a reflex action that is done most of the times involuntarily, leading to less focus on the actual content of the words and more on the letters that need to be typed.

I don't think he's pretentious. You just don't get it.

@@seattlerain8655 I think he's pretentious. You just don't get it.

The world is always changing and evolving. Refusing to change with it is great way to find yourself left behind and without a job. I'm not saying the guy doesn't have skills - he does. But acting like he's above everyone because he rejects modernity in favour of outdated ideals is stupid and condescending, not something to be admired.

if that so the he failed

Trackpad “outdated ideals” I don’t think that ideals become outdated because the world changes and technology advances. Technology gives us a means to live, but it doesn’t give us the reasons to want to.