{"id":195,"date":"2025-09-12T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/12\/why-people-are-waiting-hours-to-buy-this-mans-terrible-5-portraits\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:53:00","slug":"why-people-are-waiting-hours-to-buy-this-mans-terrible-5-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/12\/why-people-are-waiting-hours-to-buy-this-mans-terrible-5-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Why people in Chicago are waiting hours in line to buy this man\u2019s \u2018terrible\u2019 $5 portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a world increasingly dominated by AI-generated<\/a> perfection and filtered faces<\/a>, Jacob Ryan Reno’s art<\/a> feels radical<\/a>. The 26-year-old hit the delight jackpot, drawing large crowds to his “Terrible Art<\/a>” stand, where he embraces his artistic<\/a> inadequacy and, therefore, transcends into a viral sensation<\/a> and profound joy<\/a>.<\/p>

There’s no catch\u2014he’s genuinely bad at portraiture. And people are lining up for hours to pay him for it.<\/p>\n

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