Comments on: Portal's Chell in the style of Norman Rockwell http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 05:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455684 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455684 I would always eat the cake first and leave a frosting shell, which I would then consume with great gusto. It drove my mother crazy. I would always eat the cake first and leave a frosting shell, which I would then consume with great gusto. It drove my mother crazy.

]]> By: Rummager http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455535 Rummager Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455535 Strikes me as more  Tanino Liberatore than Rockwell. Strikes me as more 
Tanino Liberatore than Rockwell.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455415 Rich Keller Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455415 I've always thought of the cakey part soley as a "Frosting Delivery Vehicle". I’ve always thought of the cakey part soley as a “Frosting Delivery Vehicle”.

]]> By: robdobbs http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455384 robdobbs Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455384 Like I pointed out in the 3rd post. Like I pointed out in the 3rd post.

]]> By: Maria Pranzo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455381 Maria Pranzo Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455381 It's all about the frosting, Dan.  Try it some time. It’s all about the frosting, Dan.  Try it some time.

]]> By: anik http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455335 anik Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455335 I thought Chell was chinese... I like the butchness though. I thought Chell was chinese…

I like the butchness though.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455326 Ito Kagehisa Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455326  Thanks, nelc! The pneumatic rivet hammer in that painting is extremely accurately portrayed, which makes me wonder if Rockwell copied her doubled eye protection, leather wrist brace, and complete lack of hearing protection from a real-life riveter. I like the halo & tattered copy of <i>mein kampf</i>, too!  Thanks, nelc!

The pneumatic rivet hammer in that painting is extremely accurately portrayed, which makes me wonder if Rockwell copied her doubled eye protection, leather wrist brace, and complete lack of hearing protection from a real-life riveter.

I like the halo & tattered copy of mein kampf, too!

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455113 ocker3 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455113  Makes more sense, but the body/head proportion is still off, even compared to the original Rosie  Makes more sense, but the body/head proportion is still off, even compared to the original Rosie

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455053 malindrome Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455053 WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN DO IT!

]]> By: Dan Hibiki http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455031 Dan Hibiki Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455031 who the hell eats a cake backwards like that? who the hell eats a cake backwards like that?

]]> By: hadlockk http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455016 hadlockk Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455016 Well that explains why CHELL is crudely scrawled in the picture, and the man-like arms despite Chell being rather feminine. Well that explains why CHELL is crudely scrawled in the picture, and the man-like arms despite Chell being rather feminine.

]]> By: NelC http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1455005 NelC Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1455005  Faithful to the original Rosie picture: http://www.babylonhobbies.com/ebay/pictures/MAS_31030.jpg  Faithful to the original Rosie picture:

http://www.babylonhobbies.com/ebay/pictures/MAS_31030.jpg

]]> By: Philipshade http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454999 Philipshade Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454999  Close but no banana it's based on Michelangelo's Isaiah from the Sistine Chapel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo,_profeti,_Isaiah_01.jpg  Close but no banana it’s based on Michelangelo’s Isaiah from the Sistine Chapel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo,_profeti,_Isaiah_01.jpg

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454985 malindrome Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454985 It's hard to overstate my satisfaction with this comment. It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction with this comment.

]]> By: mesocosm http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454972 mesocosm Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454972 Interesting - to me the obvious influence is the Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel: http://www.greatmastersdisasters.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Libyan-Sibyl-Large-Color-Refresh-800x1029.jpg Interesting – to me the obvious influence is the Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel:

http://www.greatmastersdisasters.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Libyan-Sibyl-Large-Color-Refresh-800×1029.jpg

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454895 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454895 I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS. Edit: I couldn't stop myself. And I haven't even played the game... I’m making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS.

Edit: I couldn’t stop myself. And I haven’t even played the game…

]]> By: vrplumber http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454847 vrplumber Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454847 At first glance, I thought she was sitting on a toilet, which made the chocolate cake slightly unsettling. Also, those are some powerful looking arms. I suppose lugging that portal gun around is great for developing upper body strength. At first glance, I thought she was sitting on a toilet, which made the chocolate cake slightly unsettling.

Also, those are some powerful looking arms. I suppose lugging that portal gun around is great for developing upper body strength.

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454835 TimmoWarner Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454835  "Chell" is written on her lunch box which I think he can get away with. And it makes the cake more fun too.  ”Chell” is written on her lunch box which I think he can get away with. And it makes the cake more fun too.

]]> By: Nonentity http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454832 Nonentity Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454832  She's certainly rendered a bit more... ample.. than the model in the game.  Not bad, mind you, but this look probably would have made the uproar about the weight jokes in Portal 2 a little more convincing (rather than clear examples of people missing the point).  She’s certainly rendered a bit more… ample.. than the model in the game.  Not bad, mind you, but this look probably would have made the uproar about the weight jokes in Portal 2 a little more convincing (rather than clear examples of people missing the point).

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454791 Grey Devil Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454791 Nice attempt but kind of falters at properly rendering Chell. She looks nothing like the videogame counterpart. Doesn't have to look EXACTLY like her, but seems like the artist barely tried. Proportions are off too, and then there's the fact that he wrote CHELL on the portal gun, which is not only inaccurate but also serves to insult the viewer assuming that they have no clue that thet are looking at a Portal rendering unless he were to remind us. Just not sure what the purpose of writing her name is. Nice attempt but kind of falters at properly rendering Chell. She looks nothing like the videogame counterpart. Doesn’t have to look EXACTLY like her, but seems like the artist barely tried. Proportions are off too, and then there’s the fact that he wrote CHELL on the portal gun, which is not only inaccurate but also serves to insult the viewer assuming that they have no clue that thet are looking at a Portal rendering unless he were to remind us. Just not sure what the purpose of writing her name is.

]]> By: robdobbs http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454782 robdobbs Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454782 That artist has a long way to go before anyone should refer to it as Norman Rockwell style. I don't mean to be negative, but Rockwell was a technically proficient artisan and this fails to live up to that standard in every way.  But then I suppose I could pile the same critique on Norman himself:  http://michael-shapcott.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Michelangelo-Buonarroti_Isaiah-1509-Norman-Rockwell_Rosie-the-Riveter-1943.jpg That artist has a long way to go before anyone should refer to it as Norman Rockwell style. I don’t mean to be negative, but Rockwell was a technically proficient artisan and this fails to live up to that standard in every way. 

But then I suppose I could pile the same critique on Norman himself:  http://michael-shapcott.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Michelangelo-Buonarroti_Isaiah-1509-Norman-Rockwell_Rosie-the-Riveter-1943.jpg

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454750 ocker3 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454750 An excellent idea, I just always thought both Rosies and Chelle were slightly more attractive, and Rosie's head was more in proportion with the rest of her body. Still, pretty good An excellent idea, I just always thought both Rosies and Chelle were slightly more attractive, and Rosie’s head was more in proportion with the rest of her body. Still, pretty good

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/06/20/portals-chell-in-the-style-o.html#comment-1454742 Matthew Petty Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167058#comment-1454742 I like the style, but at first glance I thought she was pregnant. I like the style, but at first glance I thought she was pregnant.

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