LazyPiranha Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 King Charles’ first official portrait by Jonathan Yeo unveiled | CNN AMP.CNN.COM Artist Jonathan Yeo’s vivid red depiction of the British monarch draws comparisons to blood and hellfire. Tell me this isn’t the most “insanity effects are at maximum” shit you’ve ever seen. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 If you told me this was AI produced, I would believe you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 This looks like a haunted picture at the start of ghostbusters movie. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I'm just imagining him standing like that for hours at the end of a long hallway with red wallpaper, waiting for you to notice him so he can jumpscare you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 William will hear voices emanating from the painting at night, urging him to slaughter his entire family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 same vibes 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 That’s the portrait of the corrupt ruler in a YA dystopian series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Welcome to hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 There are simply not enough drugs in this world to make that any less terrifying. @LazyPiranha is absolutely correct - it genuinely looks like the type of painting you'd find in the mansion of an evil family in a Resident Evil game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 He's a force ghost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Thanks. Now everyone's house is haunted for viewing that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Looks like Vecna's grandpa. Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Red Dead Ascension? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: same vibes absolutely the first thing that came to my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of Charles III review – a formulaic bit of facile flattery | Art | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM A psychedelic sea of lurid reds and a clunking monarch butterfly cannot save this superficially observed and carelessly executed bland banality Quote It’s tempting to laugh at this painting, but if you care about art it’s a bit sad too. Yeo seems to be saying that painting itself is just a cheery bit of fakery and razzle dazzle. Who cares about truth when you can beautify? A serious portrait would look hard and long at Charles (or anyone), not combine facile pseudo-portraiture with the cheery serotonin of random colour. We all know the king is more complex than this. The king knows he is more complex than this. It is a masterpiece of shallowness by an artist so ludicrously upbeat he should be called Jonathan Yo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Quote Queen Camilla is said to have seen the painting before its unveiling and told Yeo: "Yes, you've got him." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadatog Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 He seemed to have gotten the fingers right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 King Charles’s portrait is a frightening stylistic mess - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM The royal portrait by Jonathan Yeo has caused a stir online. It’s confused and unaccountably frightening, our critic writes. Quote Oh dear, really? It could be worse, I suppose. But I’ve spent a little time looking at images of Jonathan Yeo’s confused, obsequious, oversized and unaccountably frightening portrait of King Charles III. And after trying to like it (a critic’s first responsibility), I’ve realized it’s as bad as I first thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Thanks I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TyphoidHater Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 He is VIGO!!!!! You are like the buzzing of flies to him! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Honestly, I think it's iconic. In a good or bad way I can't really say. I don't know anything about art, but I'm pretty confident that if you see a lineup of royal portraits this one is going to stand out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Portrait of King Charles as rizzed-up final boss is instantly modded into Dishonored | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Never complain, never explain. Quote Like all Brits I wake up every day and give thanks for our monarchy, before making a cup of tea, nodding at my shrine to Princess Diana, and applying some Duchy-branded resin to the old upper lip. When my day is done the last act is to listen to the shipping forecast, awaiting the glorious moment when "God save the King" lulls me to sleep, perchance to dream of this sceptred isle. Anyway: last year saw the coronation of the UK's current monarch, King Charles III (for it is he). One of the many traditions the nation upholds (and frankly one of the less weird ones) is commissioning a top artist to paint the odd picture of them, and on Tuesday May 14 the first official portrait of Charles was unveiled by the king himself. The painting is by Jonathan Yeo, who's alongside Charles as the monarch pulls down the drape covering the frankly enormous portrait. As is the style, the unveiling takes place in a giant gold-spangled room the size of a hangar, and when the drape falls you can see Charles flinch like the British folk hero Brave Sir Robin. As for the picture itself… My first thought was Cainhurst. This location in Bloodborne can be summed up as 'FromSoftware does Castlevania' and is the now-ruined castle of a vampire-style monarchy, reviled by most other groups in Yharnam, and decked out in all the opulence and faded grandeur you can shake a ceremonial staff at. I think it's the deep reds from which the face emerges: this just looks exactly like the kind of thing you find on the wall in such places. Quote The red theme dominates, with only Charles' face and hands presented in more natural colors, and I'm far from the only person to have made the link to games because, let's be honest, this is the kind of picture you usually get of an upcoming boss: the military dress outfit and ceremonial sword are just the icing on the cake. Or as Demonfiretanto put it, "This the type of shit you see hanging on top of a guy's throne in Elden Ring and then the dude's called 'Morgorem, Bloodrot Baron' and he lives in the 'Sanguine Temple of Decay'". "All that's missing is a Dark Souls health bar," says Cameron Keywood, "CHARLES, KING OF RICHMOND FINGERS". Richmond is a reference to a popular British sausage manufacturer. Eric Arthur Blair, no less, returns from the grave to suggest that "it's a Dark Souls gimmick boss where it turns out you can only damage Charles by attacking the butterfly." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Maybe it's like a gender reveal thing...did Charles just get his first period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haya Dune Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 all i can see is the Lake of Rot as the background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 9 hours ago, Chairslinger said: Maybe it's like a gender reveal thing...did Charles just get his first period? Royal lemarche? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I don’t know anything (or care, tbh) about painting/art. But I kind of like the hellish weirdness of it. Could be an album cover. It makes a statement but maybe one you aren’t intending to make. Like this or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Now people are talking about the Catherine painting Why a New Portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales, Is So Controversial WWW.SMITHSONIANMAG.COM For the second time this month, a painting of a British royal is garnering backlash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 14 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Now people are talking about the Catherine painting Why a New Portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales, Is So Controversial WWW.SMITHSONIANMAG.COM For the second time this month, a painting of a British royal is garnering backlash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 King Charles’ first official portrait vandalized by activists | CNN WWW.CNN.COM Activists from an animal rights group have vandalized the first official portrait of King Charles, which is currently on display in a London gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: King Charles’ first official portrait vandalized by activists | CNN WWW.CNN.COM Activists from an animal rights group have vandalized the first official portrait of King Charles, which is currently on display in a London gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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