Tokudama, I’m with you on this. The composition is too imbalanced to hit the simplicity that she was trying to go for (at least I think she was trying for)
I agree, there sadly is little balance in the composition. There are way too many evenly spaced birds.
But I still think it is way better than the portraits. I wouldn’t say it is great, but I like the colors and the general idea.
I wouldn’t call it lazy. It is pretty active, creeping up his forehead, climbing around to the other side of his face. This is not the work of a lazy, this is the work of an industrious eye!
Her only painting that I can tell who it is without reading the title is Marilyn Manson. And even that one isn’t good, it just looks vaguely like who it’s supposed to be.
I knew it was Billy Idol by the hair, but if he was going to fight wildfires, wouldn’t he be better off in an asbestos suit and helmet? The smoke seems to be really bothering his eyes.
i actually think they are kind of cool. its obvious that they are meant to be sort of impressionistic. and i could tell who they all were. all im saying is that ive seen way worse, by people who had no idea their paintings looked like the work of an epileptic meth addict with 7 fingers.
My Problem is, the pictures don’t look like it is the artist’s chosen style, they look like the artist couldn’t do better and decided to call it their style.
There are some interesting approaches/elements, I’ll give it that, but the [as far as I can see]inadvertent misconceptions of human anatomy are distracting from the stylized elements.
The pictures are okay, but not good enough to be sold in this price-class.
1. It’s decoupage or quite possibly tainted shredded wheat
2. Because earrings that look like & are so 2010
3. Cocaine is a hell of a drug. ~Rick James
Actually, I was asking myself why he has the woman-symbol instead of an ear.
But you are right, it is more likely an earing of some sort, dangling from a simplified ear.
But I would vote for it being an inverted cross rather than #.
Hm, would this make it better or worse..?
As the page loaded, and I could see the yellow hair on top, I thought it was Naruto, then when I scrolled down I was like, ”Who the fuck?” then I saw the math with Yu-Gi-Oh and lol’d. I actually still watch that show, and it’s latest version on saturdays. And play Yu-Gi-Oh cards .
I actually like this even if it looks more like Viktor than the guy who got me to dance with myself (oh, oh, oh, oh). If I was rich and eccentric I would totally buy it, and display it proudly in a guest bathroom.
July 7, 2011 at 11:12 am
David Bowie + Cloud Strife + A Foot
July 7, 2011 at 11:26 am
I thought David Bowie when I saw the thumbnail
July 7, 2011 at 11:27 am
I thought wringing out a washcloth, but with a face.
July 7, 2011 at 11:42 am
Is that what they mean by “face cloth?” Something like a more absorbent Lady Cassandra O’Brien.Δ17?
July 7, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Something like the Shroud of Turin?
July 7, 2011 at 12:02 pm
I thought it was David Bowie as well. Poor Billy.
July 7, 2011 at 12:04 pm
I guess I’m the only one that thought Susan Powter + Rod Stewart?
July 7, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Yes, but that’s brilliant!
July 7, 2011 at 11:53 am
I was thinking David Bowie crossed with Ichigo Kurosaki (from Bleach) and a troll doll
July 7, 2011 at 11:13 am
Man, Bill Nighy looks like he’s over nine thousand.
[Yes, I know that's Yu-gi-oh.]
July 7, 2011 at 7:55 pm
You’re not so wrong actually, courtesy of YuGiOh The Abridged Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9K5bygZjBc
Sorry, now I’ll crawl back to my hole and wait for death, or, alternatively, wait for my hair to fall out and then sell it on Etsy.
July 7, 2011 at 11:13 am
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July 7, 2011 at 11:15 am
It’s supposed to be Billy Idol, I think.
I agree, I find it kind of… charmingly expressionistic.
July 7, 2011 at 11:17 am
I agree. I kind of like it. Not for $125, but it’s kind of cool.
July 7, 2011 at 11:19 am
Uh. So.
For reference, here‘s the Bowie.
July 7, 2011 at 11:19 am
Damn, guess it stripped my html.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/69660429/ziggy
July 7, 2011 at 11:32 am
That’s even shittier. Goatse.
July 7, 2011 at 11:38 am
Once again, “fan” art, missing the fact that Bowie has two different sized pupils, not two different colored eyes.
July 7, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Fuck me. That’s scary.
July 7, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Good god that thing is atrocious.
I love it.
July 7, 2011 at 12:41 pm
That kind of looks like a grown up Ron Weasley as a borg. Blimey, Harry! Resistance is as futile as my date with Padma Patil!
July 7, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Has that “human” just been goastsed or is that thing just hideous?
July 7, 2011 at 6:03 pm
@Queenofsnark I was thinking Ron Weasly too; after being hit by some type of disfigurement spell.
July 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Wow, different sized pupils. Still scary.
July 7, 2011 at 11:14 am
The Gods of Anime will have their revenge!
July 7, 2011 at 11:14 am
I guess one of his relatives was also a super saiyajin.
July 7, 2011 at 11:21 am
I love all the anime references… <3 thanks Bronc for reminding me of how big of a fat ugly anime nerd I am! (And how much I enjoy it) <3
July 7, 2011 at 11:47 am
I have to confess I was really cheerful when I saw the Yugi comparison. It is always nice to see there are other anime/manga nerds out there.
July 7, 2011 at 11:15 am
And the eyes have it! *shudders*
July 7, 2011 at 11:17 am
BITCH I LOOK LIKE GOKU
July 7, 2011 at 11:17 am
I thought that was bad, and then I saw this one:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/69662336/flock-of-birds
(which, of course, is also part of a treasury).
July 7, 2011 at 11:19 am
Her stuff’s not bad, it’s just overpriced for what it is, which I realize can be said for 99.9% of listings on Etsy.
July 7, 2011 at 11:25 am
I’ll probably be asking this a lot, but, can you say what it is you like about it?
July 7, 2011 at 11:31 am
Amen. Her shit is scary bad.
July 7, 2011 at 11:33 am
Aaaand she Put a Bird On It.
July 7, 2011 at 11:43 am
The bird one’s just a stamp. A stamp of a bird, repeated over and over on canvas. One of those large foam stamps.
Y’know, I sponge-painted the bathroom at my parents’ house a couple years ago. Think I’ll cut out the drywall and sell that on Etsy!
July 7, 2011 at 1:13 pm
July 7, 2011 at 11:19 am
Translation: I GOT A STENCIL BURNER AND CLEARANCE PAINT AT MICHAEL’S!!!!
July 7, 2011 at 11:22 am
Hm, I think it is quite nice. I remember doing something very similar with potato-stamps when I was a kid.
Only I didn’t try to sell it for 149 $.
July 7, 2011 at 11:24 am
Out of curiosity, what do you like about it?
July 7, 2011 at 11:49 am
I guess it is the simplicity that makes it somewhat appealing to me. It is calming.
But the price is an entirely different matter…
July 7, 2011 at 12:18 pm
fair enough, chalk that up to different likes and dislikes I guess.
July 7, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Tokudama, I’m with you on this. The composition is too imbalanced to hit the simplicity that she was trying to go for (at least I think she was trying for)
July 7, 2011 at 5:50 pm
I agree, there sadly is little balance in the composition. There are way too many evenly spaced birds.
But I still think it is way better than the portraits. I wouldn’t say it is great, but I like the colors and the general idea.
July 7, 2011 at 11:31 am
Clearly this is not the day for me to be on the internet.
July 7, 2011 at 2:18 pm
No, I totally agree with you, tokudama. I just fear the red thumbs of doom.
July 7, 2011 at 11:41 am
I totally agree that this looks like it was done with a potato stamp!
July 7, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Are those shoe prints on the edges?
July 7, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Yeah… that’s pretty flocked up…
July 7, 2011 at 11:17 am
Elaine Stritch + Bea Arthur + Betty White’s Beautician = Their Love-Triangle Son!
July 7, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Donald Trump + Nancy Grace.
Painted with penis strokes.
July 7, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Aha, a match for the boobie art!
July 7, 2011 at 6:05 pm
How else to paint two such dicks?
July 7, 2011 at 8:32 pm
So true, Alice, so true.
July 7, 2011 at 11:19 am
What’s sadder than that painting is the exchange rate to Canadian >_<
July 7, 2011 at 11:22 am
It wouldn’t be so bad if the side of his head wasn’t peeling off.
July 7, 2011 at 11:24 am
It’s never a good idea to store paintings by a heat source.
July 7, 2011 at 11:37 am
That explains a lot. If only it were true.
July 7, 2011 at 11:24 am
Billy Idol has a lazy eye?
July 7, 2011 at 11:37 am
I wouldn’t call it lazy. It is pretty active, creeping up his forehead, climbing around to the other side of his face. This is not the work of a lazy, this is the work of an industrious eye!
July 7, 2011 at 11:44 am
That makes him sound like a fish in the process of evolving into a flounder.
July 7, 2011 at 11:25 am
Dragon Ball Z Sutoro-Ku:
Gohan’s pulsing neck veins finally get the best of him.
July 7, 2011 at 11:27 am
Don’t forget to kill Philip!
July 7, 2011 at 11:39 am
Shaun Of The Dead reference FTW!!!
July 7, 2011 at 11:49 am
Don’t give a crap about anime, but Bill Nighy is like unto a god.
July 7, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Yes! He’s probably the oldest guy I’d ever go out with. Love him.
July 7, 2011 at 11:28 am
When did Billy Idol have a stroke?
See, I can say that because the disabled guy had a stroke. His face doesn’t look like that, but he was 28 when he had his stroke.
I showed him the Billy Idol and he said it looked like David Bowie had an accident of some kind.
July 7, 2011 at 11:33 am
Like a stroke? Yeah, I got more of a Bowie + industrial accident vibe too.
July 7, 2011 at 11:39 am
Her only painting that I can tell who it is without reading the title is Marilyn Manson. And even that one isn’t good, it just looks vaguely like who it’s supposed to be.
July 7, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Oh, it is supposed to be Marilyn Manson? I thought it was a portrait of the Saw-puppet…
July 7, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Your “industrial accident” may have caused a conversation I can share on the disabled guy blog… I’ll have to see if this progresses. Thanks a lot!
July 7, 2011 at 1:27 pm
I can’t wait to read it!
July 7, 2011 at 11:36 am
I knew it was Billy Idol by the hair, but if he was going to fight wildfires, wouldn’t he be better off in an asbestos suit and helmet? The smoke seems to be really bothering his eyes.
July 7, 2011 at 11:37 am
i actually think they are kind of cool. its obvious that they are meant to be sort of impressionistic. and i could tell who they all were. all im saying is that ive seen way worse, by people who had no idea their paintings looked like the work of an epileptic meth addict with 7 fingers.
July 7, 2011 at 11:44 am
This is what too much Regretsy does to you. If it’s not painted by someone’s boobs or butthole, by comparison, it’s not that bad.
July 7, 2011 at 11:49 am
Impressionistic? I get the impression that the detox program isn’t very effective.
July 7, 2011 at 12:17 pm
My Problem is, the pictures don’t look like it is the artist’s chosen style, they look like the artist couldn’t do better and decided to call it their style.
There are some interesting approaches/elements, I’ll give it that, but the [as far as I can see]inadvertent misconceptions of human anatomy are distracting from the stylized elements.
The pictures are okay, but not good enough to be sold in this price-class.
July 7, 2011 at 11:40 am
Yay, Bill Nighy was my first guess before I scrolled down! It’s not just the face, something about the way the shoulders look scrunched up, too.
July 7, 2011 at 11:56 am
And Bill Nighy’s an old Regretsy favorite. After seeing Larriva’s awesome hopper, I commissioned a Robo Rowe (Mike Rowe) for myself.
July 7, 2011 at 11:41 am
What’s with the pound signs? And the yak fur jacket?
July 7, 2011 at 11:42 am
How could you pop into that shop and neglect the Marilyn Manson abstract. I think thats overstating the obvious.
July 7, 2011 at 11:44 am
Looks like the guy who animated the old A-Ha “Take On Me” video is down on his luck.
July 7, 2011 at 12:06 pm
I kept thinking to myself, “I’ve seen this before somewhere” . . . that’s it! Thanks!
July 7, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I thought the same thing. Unfortunately, it took me about 8 years to put the comment up.
July 7, 2011 at 11:45 am
1) What’s up with the texturing on the jacket?
2) Why is he wearing an earring that looks like a #?
3) Just why, in general?
July 7, 2011 at 11:48 am
Ok, I’ll take a stab at this:
1. It’s decoupage or quite possibly tainted shredded wheat
2. Because earrings that look like & are so 2010
3. Cocaine is a hell of a drug. ~Rick James
July 7, 2011 at 7:01 pm
July 7, 2011 at 11:59 am
Actually, I was asking myself why he has the woman-symbol instead of an ear.
But you are right, it is more likely an earing of some sort, dangling from a simplified ear.
But I would vote for it being an inverted cross rather than #.
Hm, would this make it better or worse..?
July 7, 2011 at 11:56 am
I am embarrassed to admit how much damn energy and time I put into this, my first ever photo comment. Goatse.
July 7, 2011 at 1:44 pm
I like it!
July 7, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Yep, I was getting a bit of a Draco Malfoy vibe, too. A sad, sad, old Draco.
July 7, 2011 at 3:16 pm
A-Ha guy was the first thing I thought of when I saw this picture.
July 7, 2011 at 11:57 am
Super Saiyajin Billy Idol!
July 7, 2011 at 12:02 pm
As the page loaded, and I could see the yellow hair on top, I thought it was Naruto, then when I scrolled down I was like, ”Who the fuck?” then I saw the math with Yu-Gi-Oh and lol’d. I actually still watch that show, and it’s latest version on saturdays. And play Yu-Gi-Oh cards
.
July 7, 2011 at 12:09 pm
The hilarious thing is that I recognized this as Billy Idol from the facebook thumbnail.
July 7, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Dio Brando, is that you?
July 7, 2011 at 12:49 pm
what idol is this supposed to be? It looks NOTHING like a golden bull.
Although it is bull of a different kind.
July 7, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Oh, and I ain’t worshipping that thing.
July 7, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Poor Billy Idol had a hard time committing to a woman. He just always seemed to have a wandering eye…
*ba dum pish*
July 7, 2011 at 1:52 pm
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July 7, 2011 at 2:02 pm
I was thinking more along the lines of
+ 
July 7, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Frak, I mean
July 7, 2011 at 2:03 pm
My eyes within that fa-ace
Get the can of ma-ace
My eyes within that fa-ace
With a rebel yell
I cried “No more – abhore!”
Then Billy just cried and realized it was a…
Nice day for a good shredding.
July 7, 2011 at 6:08 pm
If he looked like that it would be clear why he was dancing with himself.
July 7, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Well played.
July 7, 2011 at 2:27 pm
I’m seeing the love child of Rod Stewart and Nick Nolte.
July 7, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Bill Nighy! FTW!
July 7, 2011 at 5:56 pm
This is hands-down the best regretsy math equation ever. XD
July 7, 2011 at 6:37 pm
The Eighties really did a number on some people, but I’ve never seen it do a paint-by-number….
July 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm
I actually like this even if it looks more like Viktor than the guy who got me to dance with myself (oh, oh, oh, oh). If I was rich and eccentric I would totally buy it, and display it proudly in a guest bathroom.
July 7, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Clutch Cargo found the Amanita Muscaria.
July 8, 2011 at 1:21 am
God, its eyes aren’t even looking in the same direction.
(Regretsy Derp)
July 8, 2011 at 7:50 pm
KILL IT WITH FIRE!