Ambidextrous Drawing by Angie Chung

I'm mesmerized by this video clip of Angie Chung drawing ... with both of her hands at the same time!

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I wouldn't really call that ambidextrous drawing. Most of the time she's either moving both pencils in ways which mirror each other or she's moving one pencil while the other is essentially still.

I'd be impressed if she actually drew different things with either hand, for instance worked on the eye with the right hand and drew the mouth with the left at the same time.
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I find it amazing that she can use both hands at all. I'm left handed and I'm completely useless with my right hand. And she's even using both hands at (somewhat) the same time.
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Any one who is a fan of MAD magazine is no doubt a fan of Sergio Argones, the guy who does all those drawing in the borders. He draws ambidextrously, however he can be drawing two totally separate things. It is truly something to behold.
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MrPumpernickel: "I wouldn’t really call that ambidextrous drawing. Most of the time she’s either moving both pencils in ways which mirror each other or she’s moving one pencil while the other is essentially still."

That is exactly it. Majority of people cannot move/draw with each hand independently of the other, so most of the time it's a resting state for one of the two, or "mirrored" strokes. The movement doesn't have to be identical, but similar enough that when a big enough change in movement happens in one hand... what happens? The other hand stalls. Pretty much what is happening in the video.

Try it yourself on a sheet of paper.
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She can definitely draw better than I can, but the other comments are right about how she's drawing with "both" hands. It's not difficult to draw/write something with your main hand and write a mirror image of it with your second hand.

I didn't realize this until someone showed me how easy it was to sign your name with your main hand and simultaneously sign a mirror image of your name with your second hand.

It's interesting how the brain makes it easy to do that.
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drawing with both hands at the same time is difficult for me. I have make some pratice(not much, really) and now i'm able to use both hand (i use better again right hand) but use both hand, at the same time is difficult, also for specular drawings.
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