• 3 days ago
This college student draws a picture of Vin Diesel every day. Here's why he's doing it ...
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00:00So my name is John Carr and I have been drawing Vin Diesel for the past 47 days
00:06on a mission to basically get him to release new music.
00:21I will not stop drawing Vin Diesel until this mission is complete,
00:26whether that's five years, ten years, or the rest of my life.
00:30I am 21 years old. I attend the University of Cincinnati. I'm a geology major.
00:39Currently, I'm in an Iceland field camp studying the volcanology of the island.
00:44I don't know you, but I feel like I do. And I was frozen when you walked in the room.
00:56When I first found out that Vin Diesel had music, I was actually in my home in Cincinnati,
01:02and my roommate came rushing through the door and he said,
01:05you're not going to believe this, Vin Diesel has music.
01:08And I at first was like, no way.
01:10And he played me his first hit single, Feel Like I Do. And from there I was hooked. I mean,
01:17I just couldn't believe it just doesn't really make any sense. But he made music.
01:22I just heard the master of a song that's coming out that I was able to do during these
01:33unprecedented COVID times. And I am so excited for you all to hear it.
01:41And I won't even tease it. I'll just say that I'm so excited for you to hear it.
01:53I am blessed that on a year that I would normally be on a movie set.
01:58And as you know, that's not possible. I've had another creative outlet,
02:05another way to show you or share with you my heart.
02:09I really had no clue what kind of music he would produce. And to see some sort of,
02:16it's basically a whole new genre of music that he's created,
02:21which is just something, you know, it paints a picture of what he feels inside.
02:30I think a good name that we could classify this new genre is
02:34just diesel. It's the diesel genre.
02:43He's got two songs, and I listened to them, I'd say, I don't know, at least once a week,
02:50both of them. But they can get, you know, you can't just keep listening to the same song. And
02:56that's why I'm on this mission to get more music. I just woke up and I felt a surge of creativity.
03:03And, you know, if you want something, you have to stick to it and just keep
03:07hammering at it. So that's what I'm doing. And hopefully, you know, he'll release new music
03:12eventually. The process I take when I choose a photo for the day is I, you know, I type in Vin
03:23Diesel on Google, and I pick the picture that speaks to me the most for that specific day,
03:29whether I'm sad, happy, Vin's always gonna be there, you know, throughout the day, I just try
03:34to find the best time to draw him. My schedule can be a bit hectic, depending on where I am,
03:40what I'm doing. Sometimes I dread doing the drawing. Sometimes I can't wait to do the
03:45drawing. But I get it done. It could be at 1130 30 minutes before the day ends, or it could be at
03:51nine in the morning or anytime, really, just whenever I can.
04:02I'm by no means an artist. The only art school I really had was ninth grade art class.
04:08But you know, I just doodle in my notebook sometimes. And I figured drawing is a good way to,
04:14you know, get someone's attention. Some of my favorites are, of course, the first one,
04:19I got the ball rolling. But there was one that I have him with swords that I really liked. And
04:25then there, his first single, I actually drew the album cover that I was a good one too.
04:37There's a lot of responses that say, like, this is my favorite thing ever,
04:41or this Twitter account is the best. And I just just put a smile on someone's face for the day.
04:48That's, that's a good feeling. Each post, I do tag him. So he eventually he will see,
04:59he has to seeing someone tag him and drawing pictures of him every day. That's something I
05:05figure you can't ignore. The project will be complete once he releases new music.
05:10I may try to find another way, another thing to do. But as for right now, I'm just going to keep
05:17doing this and see where it takes. To be able to draw his next album cover would really just be
05:26a fantastic opportunity. And I'm more than willing to do it. I'm just waiting for Vin
05:32to give me a call. Proud of him. I'm proud of you Vin Diesel. Keep doing you.