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The Obama’s Portraits - Do you like them? [W:12]

Do you like them?

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They're ok I guess. Though the one with Mr. Obama is....I'm not quite sure of the word I want. All that flora is just wrong some how.
 
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Obama’s looks like him, but Michelles looks like a stranger from Costco. They should have hired a facial portrait specialist just for her mug. She has difficult features because they are very smooth and regular.
 
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Somewhere between dislike and ok. I prefer more stately portraits for this type of thing. I really didn't think Michelle's looked like her??
 
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I really can't say that I'm impressed with either of them. Michelle's head appears to be out of proportion (small) to everything else and the gown she's portrayed in kind of overwhelms everything else. The background in Barack's portrait makes it look like he's sitting in thin air. The leaves sticking out from the chair and overlapping his arm are just weird. It's like the plants in the background are embracing him or something.

Count me as not a fan of either but, since neither are my portrait, I couldn't care less.
 
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Horrendous both of them. hers looks like they tried to give her the maxim treatment, and photoshopped her into someone else.


his has massive perspective issues.
 
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Kal'Stang said:
They're ok I guess. Though the one with Mr. Obama is....I'm not quite sure of the word I want. All that flora is just wrong some how.
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Personally I wouldn’t like being framed in flowers like that.
 
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I voted 'couldn't care less' ........... their respective character means much more than a photo ever will ..........
 
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Obama looks like he was supposed to be enjoying a tour of a botanical garden but feels like the whole thing has just been a letdown and now he regrets spending $25 on a ticket.
 
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Lutherf said:
I really can't say that I'm impressed with either of them. Michelle's head appears to be out of proportion (small) to everything else and the gown she's portrayed in kind of overwhelms everything else. The background in Barack's portrait makes it look like he's sitting in thin air. The leaves sticking out from the chair and overlapping his arm are just weird. It's like the plants in the background are embracing him or something.

Count me as not a fan of either but, since neither are my portrait, I couldn't care less.
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I think I figured out what it is. They removed her cheekbone features, making her face too flat and featureless.
 
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yankintx said:
Brings back the longing for a CIC with an ounce of integrity. At least with O you did not have to question everything that comes out of his mouth. You sure can't say that about Trump.
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Moderator's Warning:
Folks, FFS, even stretching this thread is not a Trump topic. Please lets stick to discussing the topic
 
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I am a fan of Kehinde Wiley so I think his portrait is great.

I am unfamiliar with Amy Sherald but I like the portrait of the former First Lady.
 
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Bok_Tukalo said:
I am a fan of Kehinde Wiley so I think his portrait is great.

I am unfamiliar with Amy Sherald but I like the portrait of the former First Lady.
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I am a fan of his too. I find this one horrific and as if he was too nervous to do what he's known for. Come on. compare it to his other work, this misses the mark on so many levels for the guy. I think he was afraid to do what he can here.

How can you like the one of the first lady? it looks like a 20 year old that is not her in a giant dress with too small of a hear. it's odd at best.
 
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I don't really like them. Michelle's I think is outright bad. His might be okay with a normal/usual background, but as it is...
 
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Jredbaron96 said:
Obama looks like he was supposed to be enjoying a tour of a botanical garden but feels like the whole thing has just been a letdown and now he regrets spending $25 on a ticket.
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That’s hilariously specific.
 
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I'm sorry to anyone who appreciates that kind of art, but no, I don't like either one of them, at all.
 
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I'm not really a fan of this kind of portrait art and this one is no exception.
 
I don't get the flora in Barack's, and Michele doesn't look like that.

I'd want a refund.
 
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Horrendous!

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", and this beholder doesn't see much beauty here!

Call me old school.
 
Re: The Obama’s Portraits - Do you like them? [W:12]

X Factor said:
If you haven’t seen them, there’s pics here:

Barack Obama, Michelle Obama portraits unveiled at Smithsonian

What do you think?
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ROTFLOL... Michelle got exactly what she wanted. She hired an “activist” artist.

It’s awful, and that will make it the most sought after portrait of all First Ladies.

It’s a nice curtain she’s wearing.

You see her hands in the “portrait”... they’re ginormous.

I didn’t realize she commissioned Doña Cecilia Giménez.
 
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Praxas said:
I dislike both of the paintings a lot, but as I pointed out in another thread, I am not an artsy kind of guy and it just didn't appeal to me. Also, I'll add it's nothing personal against the painters as I couldn't draw more than stick figures.
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I hear you. They both show a lot more artistic talent than I’ve got for sure.
 
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