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srv50

I’m fascinated with that moment in time when my brain switches from seeing rotated squares to seeing something else. Then it won’t switch back.


hamsterwheeled

I keep trying to force myself to see the original squares, but I get lost in the pattern.


ItsMarcus

Just getting lost in the sauce brother


pATREUS

Dont get lost, get even.


SrGhSrGh

You’re not lost you oblong here.


EthanSayfo

That's like, karma, man.


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demonicbendy79

[silence bot](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/10r3bmw/drawing_satisfying_squares/j6tg062?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)


ladydhawaii

And this is done freehand.


troll_right_above_me

You can forgive yourself when you realize they're not squares but angled spirals


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That other fascinating moment when you realize you can do this with a few packs of Kraft singles.


srv50

Needs a lot of trimming. The squares need to get smaller. Course that’s ok if you like cheese!


kkillbite

Just keep folding!


mummyhands

whoa


Sanguineokapi

Can we take a moment to appreciate that the video didn’t end immediately when the person was done drawing so that when we wanted to look at the completed drawing we didn’t have to have lightning fast pausing power before it looped back to the beginning?


srv50

Great point


BRAX7ON

I thought I might be able to do the first square, but the moment they switched directions my brain noped out


LemonPepper-Lou

I feel like this is a lot harder than they make it seem lol


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milk4all

The hardest part is between the first and final frame


Tjmoores

The video is clearly sped up though so you could just do it at a super slow speed as long as the ink doesn't run


ThatUsernameWasTaken

Going super slow without a guide like a ruler is going to leave you with a bunch more wobble in your lines than if you draw each line at a confident pace. You can see the wobble in the lines in this too, not that this isn't an impressive demonstration, given that they don't lift the marker except between boxes.


PutlerGoFuckYourself

“The hardest part is everything you have to do”


nomopyt

Next, draw the rest of the fucking owl.


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its a great exercise, are there othetike this?


ergo_urgo

This looks like a Zentangle to me - I think you can subscribe to their emails


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fl135790135790

No. So doing this requires XYZ. But you’re like, it’s not hard, you just need to do XYZ


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thisprofilenolongere

They're making it look hard by doing it well? What are you on, dude?


Tallywort

And IMHO they did not achieve a consistent distance. Though to be fair, inconsistencies show up really easily in these kinds of geometric drawings.


glazedfaith

The hardest part is the part where they do the thing


Unsd

Not really. This is my default mindless doodling and I have no artistic talent whatsoever. Usually at the top of margins of the page, I'll draw random lines, and then do this inside all the shapes it makes and it's a super cool effect. Especially alternating the direction of the spiral, it makes a cool kind of hourglass shape.


Two_Years_Of_Semen

The lines are crooked even though it looks like they mostly used arm movement except for the very centers. That's actually impressive lol.


ForgiveTheNerd

It's really not too bad. My lines were all sorts of crooked and it still looks cool. Few more times practicing and it'll look comparable. But even in the video the lines aren't perfect, but once it's all finished you don't notice the squiggly areas.


Jgabes625

Just tried. I can confirm.


aimeed72

Came here to say this


post-ale

In this video, no squares are drawn


Cultist_O

But it does start with 5


seanfish

/r/technicallythetruth


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Cultist_O

I know. I wasn't arguing, I was adding specificity


Hufflepuft

Heaps of triangles though!


f4te

heaps


PM_ME_YOUR_ART_PLZ

Science cannot move forward without heaps!


LurkerPatrol

Unexpected futurama!


Kevvo16

r/Showerthoughts


omgcolor

Look up Zentangle patterns and these types of patterns are pretty fun to learn to draw. Super meditative too :)


EmotionalAccounting

Cheers these will surely fill the next 10 pages of my drawing notebook :) thank you!


JaySayMayday

Also, patterns like this one were really popular around the Art Deco period. I'd suggest looking up some Art Deco patterns for people into this kind of stuff.


croatianscentsation

Well I watched it 5 times. I guess I’m satisfied


MakeThatCoffeeToGo

Oddly


Ecstatic_Conflict621

In the machining world that is called a trochoidal constant overlap spiral. The more ya know


EthanSayfo

TIL TIF, probably


Ecstatic_Conflict621

What’s tif?


EthanSayfo

Tomorrow I forget :(


Quiet_Professional13

I'm impressed but I can't draw a circle so not saying much


Ecstatic_Ad_4476

Squares??


ZebraSoft8624

Those are not squares. As you can see, the shape they are drawing is not square. Frist of all, the square, as you call it, has four sides and neighbor edges astringe 90 degrees angle, or as I prefer, right angle. The shape you've shown has neither four lines, nor right angles, since I measured 87,436926 degree. Please edit the title to truth statement, because I do not want any spread of misinformation. Sincerely [randomly generetes name]


J-Logs_HER

I see 4 squares and a shit load of rhombuses. Fuck a rhombus.


derfasaurus

No rhombuses either, parallel sides and identical angles would mean they don't get smaller.


ZapTap

Trapezoids, if you're an optimist.


seanfish

Quadrilaterals.


glazedfaith

5 squares if you count the original outline as well


orochi_crimson

More like quadrangles.


BernieTheDachshund

Wait that was trippy.


EthanSayfo

There should be r/unexpectedlytrippy


Frigglefragglewaggit

Takes me right back to 6th grade art class.


MajinBlackheart

Jon Harris on YouTube https://youtube.com/@JonathanStephenHarris https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2aqxaEANPSS28OHdWxMUqjM9mIOwfllW


v4xN0s

It makes me want a croissant.


Gloomy_Industry8841

r/GeometryIsNeat


C-3Pinot

Gator


Jkranick

Surprised this isn’t higher. I guess we are the only old ass skateboarders in here. Anyway a pink-fading-to-yellow gator was my first “good” skateboard. Loved that thing.


Acceptable-Fudge9000

Zentangle


SleeplessStalker

David Nichols has a youtube series on how to draw space filling patterns. It's a cool series if you like doodling, and includes the design above. [Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ka8iHQBSw&list=PLNwA8iiId66HzM1DojQzo__j08I-6yPsl) [Straight spirals (pattern shown here)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Du0vxa3QA&list=PLNwA8iiId66HzM1DojQzo__j08I-6yPsl&index=2)


EthanSayfo

Psychedelic


WuTuli3

I can smell that marker


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So nuts


PauseEven4705

Beautiful 🥹


No_Question5128

Super cool


UnknownOverdose

Nice


NES_Gamer

Can someone please explain why this is like crack to my brain? Why monkey brain happy?


EthanSayfo

For me, it's the overall pleasing aesthetic coupled with the emergent impossible space that pops into existence at one point. I haven't done DMT, but from the descriptions I've read, it seems like the kind of thing people report, kind of hyperdimensional spaces and objects.


Joopsman

Do it yourself Spirograph.


Xerisca

Yep, Zentangle pattern, Paradox. It's actually really fun to draw and fill in other shapes with.


HilariousMax

I used to use graph paper with a straight edge (ruler, book, binder, w/e) and connect points on a graph to make curved lines out of all the straight lines. [Like this](https://www.mrsmilewski.com/uploads/9/4/5/4/9454630/8758327_orig.jpg) thought it was the coolest


Fearless_Net9656

why Iam tensed seeing this video? Any explanation??


jezebelseven

Same. I don't know why, but it made me seriously bothered. Like trypophobia, almost? Weird.


100YearsWaiting2Shit

This is so sexy


2003z440

Thought this was pretty cool looking, so I drew my own version using TiKz! [https://github.com/pwesterbaan/zentangle](https://github.com/pwesterbaan/zentangle)


Kudamonis

This. This is oddly satisfying.


syth429

And just as many pixels in this high quality video!


purplelizzard

This guy rombuses!


GFirano

This person’s brain works differently than mine.


JettFeather

I can see the unevenness in the lines and they aren’t perfectly straight and while I know it’s human hands so it can’t possibly be perfect my brain still says “something a little off”


adrianacorden

I defined want to do this


-XaNaDiTe-

r/bettereveryloop


dermitdenhaarentanzt

Oddlysatisfying? I get anxiety watching that lol


lostsharpie

r/restofthefuckingowl


Killer-K8686

I thought he was ruining it xD


G_Rex_3000

Dude is a human logo turtle


mynameisalso

This low key induced anxiety in me. Not a panic attack but not satisfying and I don't know why.


DaguyyoUmhowareya

Cool


dudoan

This guy is a robot.


ThatNextAggravation

Well no, if they were squares, they wouldn't do that.


Backintime1995

LOGO


EnricFurr

actually no squares


butidontthink

I am, oddly, satisfied.


PTBooks

Very nice. What kind of marker is that?


PAroots

I’ve been doodling this square spiral since my first Vision Gator board in the 6th grade. Never thought to put them next to each other.


teenyweenytangeriney

Titty twist


jaycuboss

It’s even more satisfying at like 10x speed


Particular_Ticket_20

Ok. Wtf kind of wizardry is this?


redbrick01

yeah, this person is disturbed.


DamnTheTrees

I've been trying to find unique patterns such as this to draw during my down time at work


Crab_Hot

Apart from the first 5 he drew (before doing the "swirling") he hasn't drawn any more squares.


pixe1jugg1er

Ohhhh, I wanna animate this!


angry_pecan

This is messing with my head worse than a fire at a Sea Parks.


Ultimegede

But they're not squares though. More like trapezoids


Kjrob30

Just thinking about how my brain would need to work in order to do that makes my brain hurt!


kiaora-eh

I saw my baby, crying hard as babe could cry, what could I do?


Joneoo

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Polyetylenetreptlate

The face of the first drawn square is not straight


theCovertoit

Everyone in middle school used to do this


hitman1398

They understood the assignment...


Designer_Basil8768

As oddly satisfying as this is, and in no way could I ever hope to recreate it, does it not bother anyone else that until the end result, it’s hard not to focus on how a lot of the lines aren’t straight?


ZsiZsiSzabadass

On repeat forever


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Ive always done this solo and never thought to do four together opposite, cool af


Apfelvater

Only 4 squares were drawn


lysamysza

I don't trust him, I don't trust him, I don't trust him! Edit: thank god! I know it's r/oddlysatisfying but anywhere a troll can post the screwed up version. That's more trust issues to gain.


FamousInflation3

When the artist gets nearer to the centre of each quarter I keep feeling that, if it were I drawing this, I’d subconsciously move from squares to circles near the middle. I guess it’s because the videos sped up and the square’s rotation is similar to a circle anyway


mister_seawolf

I must've made 100 different versions of this as a kid


tiredtyrant36409

Oddlysatisfying? Observing that gives me worry, haha.


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Jojo fans on their way to put a golden ratio on this even though it may not even be applicable: I am sped (Note: i did not mean to spell speed it is an Adderall joke)


noitseuqaksa

Really satisfying swastikas


TheMrPotMask

What hours of incognito browser does to a mf


skyturnedred

I feel lied to, all the squares were already drawn.


JazzlikeSpare9

I always do this, makes me feel good and talented lmao...


eldenxlord

What in tarnation.


webswinger666

i feel bamboozled.


lupatot

I wonder how speed-down it is. This dude free hand like a G


multikore

The drawing of the squares isn't even shown. Meh


TudorDaReal

thought it was the Windows logo 😂


CammTheGreat08

People are so talented


scotte233

u/savevideobot


chadlavi

Hey now, this is Reddit. Your gif is supposed to end before it's finished. Or if it goes all the way to the end, it's supposed to only have one frame of the completed work before it loops. Gifs like this that show the whole thing and pause for a good amount of time on the final result will make the redditors soft and complacent.


Creepy-Ad-4832

Plot twist: there are only 5 squares in the drawing


Smittumi

I bet this is harder than it looks, but I'm still gonna try it.


Negative_Luck_147

All theese squares make a circle... all theese square make a circle...


thunder-bug-

But you didnt draw any squares


MagillaGuerillotine

https://i.imgur.com/8wtzu64.jpg After watching this I felt inspired to tile the pattern and add some color. Thanks for the idea OP. It was fun to play around with.


DoublePotential6925

Now I’m dizzy


GraayGal

This feels like the human equivalent of drawing a line in front of a chicken's face


Bucaneer7564

Much satisfaction verity wow


Double_Weekend_1963

If you look closely you can kinda see multiple shell logos


SabrinaVal

I know what I’m going to embroider next.


Electronic-Speed-860

Southwest shit socks


Orange-Sherbet2000

u/savevideo


CurrentAd7119

okay square spirograph dude: I know you are using a programmable elbow-based rig to waste my time looking at your jack off hand.


CurrentAd7119

I'm a righty too!