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One of these things is not like the others...

Post by Kriegsspiel » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:09 am

One of these things is not like the others
one of these things just doesn't belong


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Post by stuper1 » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:15 am

Would the term "special snowflake" apply here?
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Post by stuper1 » Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:41 pm

Whatever term applies to Obama's portrait, it should be very interesting to see what Trump's portrait looks like. I'd lay better than even odds that Obama won't hold the title of wackiest portrait for more than 8 years. At least Trump will make sure his portrait is made by Americans (oh, the racist horror!). Apparently Obama's artist is known for having lackeys in China do most of his grunt work. But the fawning, globalist media wouldn't be bothered by something like that; while in the meantime huge numbers of underprivileged youth can't find reasonable jobs in our country. Just another example of minimum wage laws hurting the very people who are supposed to be helped. But leftists grasp of basic economic principles is tenuous at best.
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Post by Maddy » Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:28 pm

Awash in a sea of green. How absolutely fitting.
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Post by Maddy » Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:30 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:One of these things is not like the others
one of these things just doesn't belong
I know the answer! Twelve prostitutes to the global corporate regime and one cheap hooker.
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Post by Mountaineer » Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:23 am

Kriegsspiel wrote:One of these things is not like the others
one of these things just doesn't belong


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I'm going to select the LBJ painting with Reagan as a followup - more light than dark. ;)
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Post by WiseOne » Fri Feb 16, 2018 7:56 am

Green...yeah, Mr. Obama, we get it!!! And are you implying that you are the only green President?

Honestly that's in surprisingly poor taste. In all fairness I should point out that Reagan's portrait is a bit wacky too. It looks like a movie set for ancient Rome.
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Post by Tortoise » Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:37 pm

Is it just me, or does Obama's presidential portrait look like a bad Photoshop job?

The lighting, texture, and level of detail on Obama's face and clothes doesn't match that of the surrounding leaves. It's like they painted Obama in the chair first with a lot of careful detail, then at the last minute somebody decided to just throw a jungle in there.
Simonjester wrote: look closely at the leaves and you will see a repeat pattern (cut and paste) it seems to have been made with photo shop.. raising the question, where was this artist when the Obama birth certificate documents were being made ;)

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Post by Mountaineer » Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:28 am

Tortoise wrote:Is it just me, or does Obama's presidential portrait look like a bad Photoshop job?

The lighting, texture, and level of detail on Obama's face and clothes doesn't match that of the surrounding leaves. It's like they painted Obama in the chair first with a lot of careful detail, then at the last minute somebody decided to just throw a jungle in there.
The painter was in a hurry to escape on the 4:00 train. It is now 3:18. Only 42 minutes more with this bozo!
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:50 am

Tortoise wrote:Is it just me, or does Obama's presidential portrait look like a bad Photoshop job?

The lighting, texture, and level of detail on Obama's face and clothes doesn't match that of the surrounding leaves. It's like they painted Obama in the chair first with a lot of careful detail, then at the last minute somebody decided to just throw a jungle in there.
I have it on good authority that his portrait was painted directly onto bathroom wallpaper.
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Post by eufo » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:50 pm

Holy gay. Yes, I used that in the pejorative sense.
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Post by moda0306 » Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:16 pm

eufo wrote:Holy gay. Yes, I used that in the pejorative sense.
While I agree with your sentiment... look at your avatar! ;)

But seriously that Obama pic is terrible. And I'm pretty left on the environmentalism spectrum.
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Post by eufo » Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:18 pm

moda0306 wrote:
eufo wrote:Holy gay. Yes, I used that in the pejorative sense.
While I agree with your sentiment... look at your avatar! ;)

But seriously that Obama pic is terrible. And I'm pretty left on the environmentalism spectrum.
Lol! I deserve that one. Nicely played, sir.
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Post by moda0306 » Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:24 pm

eufo wrote:
moda0306 wrote:
eufo wrote:Holy gay. Yes, I used that in the pejorative sense.
While I agree with your sentiment... look at your avatar! ;)

But seriously that Obama pic is terrible. And I'm pretty left on the environmentalism spectrum.
Lol! I deserve that one. Nicely played, sir.
I actually like it... but you know how hard it is to not knock a softball out of the park.
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Post by Xan » Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:43 pm

moda0306 wrote:I actually like it... but you know how hard it is to not knock a softball out of the park.
Apart from liking it or not liking it, it demonstrates poor taste to have one so jarringly different from all the others.

Oh, but wait, it turns out that Americans just "struggle to engage with art".
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/k ... ncna849156
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Post by moda0306 » Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:32 pm

Xan wrote:
moda0306 wrote:I actually like it... but you know how hard it is to not knock a softball out of the park.
Apart from liking it or not liking it, it demonstrates poor taste to have one so jarringly different from all the others.

Oh, but wait, it turns out that Americans just "struggle to engage with art".
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/k ... ncna849156
I meant I liked his Avatar. Obama's portrait is terrible.
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Post by Xan » Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:17 pm

moda0306 wrote:
Xan wrote:
moda0306 wrote:I actually like it... but you know how hard it is to not knock a softball out of the park.
Apart from liking it or not liking it, it demonstrates poor taste to have one so jarringly different from all the others.

Oh, but wait, it turns out that Americans just "struggle to engage with art".
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/k ... ncna849156
I meant I liked his Avatar. Obama's portrait is terrible.
Oh, okay! That makes more sense.
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