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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 22 2006, 07:49 PM (287 Views) | |
| George K | Dec 22 2006, 07:49 PM Post #1 |
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![]() There was an article about Jeb Bush's portrait, and the fact that it has a Blackberry in the portrait. Am I the only one to think that this "portrait" looks really amateurish? Proportion and perspective all seem wrong. Disclaimer: I am not an artist, but I am the parent of one. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| ivorythumper | Dec 22 2006, 08:32 PM Post #2 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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The same artist who did this one.
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| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 22 2006, 08:43 PM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| George K | Dec 22 2006, 08:51 PM Post #4 |
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Because someone had to...
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Riley | Dec 22 2006, 08:58 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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:lol: :lol: |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 23 2006, 08:45 AM Post #6 |
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George, I dont think Jeb's is too amateurish at all. I think it looks good...almost too good. As if he used a filter in photoshop to convert a photo! ![]() I like the blackberry, and then open door, and the family pic...it's a good portrait. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 23 2006, 08:49 AM Post #7 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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I'm with George, I think it looks poopy. |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 23 2006, 08:59 AM Post #8 |
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George...what is it about the perspective/proportion that bothers you? I ask, because whoever painted this...probably did so from a photo, and the photo wouldn't be wrong, right? |
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| George K | Dec 23 2006, 09:22 AM Post #9 |
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Well, for one thing, his upper arms seem very short (shoulder to elbow). The wall behind him seems to be curved, so that the doorway appears closer than it should be. His head seems to be closer than the rest of his body. Or, maybe it's just my old age and failing eyesight. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Riley | Dec 23 2006, 09:48 AM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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My eyesight must be failing as well? Where is the Blackberry, you keep mentioning? |
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| LWpianistin | Dec 23 2006, 10:11 AM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I agree about the arm length, and I also don't see a Blackberry....?? |
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| George K | Dec 23 2006, 10:17 AM Post #12 |
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Blackberry was cropped in the image I copied, I guess. Here's the story: http://www.local6.com/news/10593244/detail.html |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 23 2006, 10:20 AM Post #13 |
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MAMIL
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I'm with GK on this, I think it looks like something drawn by those women who clutter up areas of natural beauty. |
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| George K | Dec 23 2006, 10:21 AM Post #14 |
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Or like what you see in hotel "art" sales. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| justme | Dec 23 2006, 10:27 AM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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IMHO it looks as if the portrait was painted either through a wide angle lens or Cinemascope. |
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"Men sway more towards hussies." G-D3 | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 23 2006, 01:29 PM Post #16 |
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MAMIL
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Or maybe it was actually painted by a highly skilled artist. Since, as we know, all the best artists are liberal (5 points), maybe they were actually trying to make him look like a child molester? |
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| Daniel\ | Dec 23 2006, 01:45 PM Post #17 |
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Fulla-Carp
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It looks like a messed up photograph. What's the point of a portrait that looks like a photograph anyway. |
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