'Greatest' Picture EVER... prove me wrong CA

[DeadlyFreeze]

A first glance and I almost trudge along but then it hits me. My brain stirs, my heart races, its dawns on me. You've found the greatest picture ever. I can do nothing but stare, every gesture, every slight nuance, the characters, the faces..... my eyes roll back in my head and I start to froth at the mouth....

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/images/image_map_images/one_nation_under_God.jpg

high res, ughhhh (http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/images/image_map_zoom_images/one_nation_under_God.jpg)

....yes take it all in, if you can. The best lulz are from his site...

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=353#

...check the awesome roll over of the right hand side! LIBERALS!!!!!

[Krato]

that picture makes about as much sense as religion does..

[Pigeonkill]

These might be as equally as inspiring...

Alphose Mucha

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=157758&highlight=alphose+mucha

It's all just personal taste.

[el coro]

i think thats don johnson standing behind abe lincoln on the left there.

[KonnA]

I find it awesome how Jesus was born in the east and is white. I just love it. I also love how he's American even though he was born far before the America/USA we know was even created.

[Yanta]

Good work but it would be cooler if the judge was wearing the woman's aborted fetus as a hat and there would be blood all over the place but there would be like a bunch of tissues falling out of the sky since this is supposed to be a symbolic image.

[MatejaPetkovic]

you are on some awsome drugZ my friend, enjoy

M

[alesoun]

Aw! And James Wilson (who, family history says was an ancestor of mine) was missed out!

I'm gutted....

[velderia]

Kid pointing: *Reading* Wait... What?

Guy on cellphone: OMGtwitterblogtalkJESUSishere

Reporter: Oh hai

Darwin guy: This guy is just doing it for the Lulz.


Love it.

[LORD M]

Too much propaganda for my taste.

Edit:

Oh look! Emperor Palpatine is in the pic! Now I see why it's awesome!

[jcpahl]

Wait, what?

http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac24/jcpahlart/funny/1255152965018.gif

[CKLamb]

Lol, you beat me to it Lord M.

[LORD M]

Wait, what?

http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac24/jcpahlart/funny/1255152965018.gif

Please post the whole Cthulhu one! :O

[CKLamb]

DeadlyFreeze, in the immortal words of Harry Dunne, alla Dumb and Dumber:

"Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!"

[jcpahl]

Please post the whole Cthulhu one! :O

http://i.imgur.com/r4e2C.jpg

[DSillustration]

The painting is titled "One Nation Under God", and depicts Jesus holding the Constitution.
Yet, the word "God" is never even mentioned in the Constitution.
In fact, it was expressly avoided.
It seems someone has the missed the entire fucking point of our Country's value system.

ugg.

At least it's well painted.

[Blahm]

some good bathroom art.

[OmenSpirits]

the painting is titled "one nation under god", and depicts jesus holding the constitution.
Yet, the word "god" is never even mentioned in the constitution.
In fact, it was expressly avoided.
It seems someone has the missed the entire fucking point of our country's value system.

Ugg.

At least it's well painted.
hell yeah!

We value kids who get "trapped" in weather ballons!

:D

[Eric Young]

extremely good painting, in the sense of how it's painted. But I totally disagree with the message.

[Interceptor]

that paintover startled me a bit. hehe.

[kingdust]

This doesn't seem like the best picture ever... all it did was remind me of the shallow minded Healthcare riots. The Cthulu one comes close to a turn-on though.

[Dorkthrone]

I saw this on Wonkette a week or two ago. It's completely ridiculous and makes no logical sense, but it's still hilarious.

[nauvice]

the only thing that interest me from any religious flier is usually the art, they're mostly done by great realism illustrators.


o and Im not religious, but I dont condone any anti-religion sentiment.... its the people who abuse it who are at fault, not the religion itself. People who go out of their way to express their opinion of how bad a simple belief is are just as worst as the zealots who use it to profit off of.

in other words, why are you trying so hard rationalize this picture, as if anyone even expected it to make absolute sense? The guy in the middle is born from a virgin mother...

EDIT: O GOD I JUST READ THE WEBSITE AND I cant blame anyone who bashes Religion, People who still strongly believe in that crap are ALL zealots anyway. The painting didnt have any effect on me.... Reading its meaning made me angry

[Randis]

i dont like the composition and the perspective is off.

[Irishdrunk]

Damn, I need to get the name of that guy's conditioner. Looks heavenly.

[Helltroll]

Is it just me or is the Tree of Gondor embroidered across Jesus' robe?

[Krato]

Is it just me or is the Tree of Gondor embroidered across Jesus' robe?

yea i see it too, he's covering all his bases

[Dorkthrone]

i dont like the composition and the perspective is off.

Good points. I just now noticed the perspective problems. And yeah, the composition is too symmetrical to be very interesting.

[Mock]

All I can think of when looking at this image is, "Damn. And almost all of the black people are still stuck in the back."

[medik]

"He tries to place himself on an equal footing with God, but he is still nothing next to the intelligence of the Creator."

LOL. /m\ \w/

[Amber Alexander]

Too much propaganda for my taste.

Edit:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=809880&stc=1&d=1256262069

Oh look! Emperor Palpatine is in the pic! Now I see why it's awesome!

no no...that's Nibru...

[s.ketch]

Just goes to show how powerful art is. Out of all the art I have seen on this site not one time have I been angered by it. This piece stirs emotions in me, albeit negative ones. Mission accomplished I say.

[TASmith]

Ok, people, you're all still missing the biggest gripe! The Constitution wasn't designed to limit the power of government, it was meant to strengthen it! That's why there was a huge debate on whether to ratify it. Remember, the constitution gave the US the legal authority to fight in the Civil War.

What a big painting to make without understanding the history behind it. :P

[carlosranna]

I´d say you need to leave the Lounge and head to the Finally Finished Section....

[crossmirage]

To quote a friend of mine on MSN:

One Jesus to rule them all, One Jesus to find them. One Jesus to bring them all and in the darkness, bind them.

[Line]

Does this mean Emmanuel (Jesus' name) is a...nationalist (facist)? Maybe he was also in the Enola Gay.

[Dave_]

Can someone tell me all theback-stories behind this piece, since I'm kinda missing the point watching this, i guess.

[nauvice]

Can someone tell me all theback-stories behind this piece, since I'm kinda missing the point watching this, i guess.

here... http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=353#

and here he answers questions.... http://mcnaughtonart.7h.com/articles/

liberal criticisms retort..... http://mcnaughtonart.7h.com/articles/view_article.php?id=4

the run down is... if I were to tag it I'd use: conservative, right wing, religious zealot, along those lines.

the website has some really nice artwork... but they're all propaganda. Religion has a quick and large sheepish fanbase to make money off of, that guy is a fraud

[Carnifex]

i admit,the flashing paintover is rather frightening.
couldn't care less for the actual painting.
oh yeah:
http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/sites/default/files/west-swift-lead.jpg
YO MCNAUGHTON,I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU,AND I'MA LET YOU FINISH,BUT MUCHA HAD ONE OF THE BEST RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS OF ALL TIME.

[Samuel Gravina]

This picture is actually interesting. Notice how nobody is that good looking except the Jesus guy. A lot of the faces are the same. In the upper right there is a women wearing a bonnet. She has the same face as many of the men surrounding her. In the lower right death is lurking in the shadows, maybe because most of if not all of the people represented are dead.

Maybe this painting is called “Afterlife in America” . If so then who is the guy on the cell phone talking too?

I actually like the painting. These are all convincing characters as people. They Jesus guy looks like a movie star, there is probably a real handsome man that he is based on. But the subject matter is odd. This guy can paint. The composition isn’t much, there is a focus in the middle framed by two horizontal lines, kind of like a geometry lesson.

I can’t make any sense of why the union soldier and the judge have their faces in their hands, is the glow of the constitution too much for their eyes? Everyone else seems to be fine with it. Except maybe the guy on the phone. He may not have even noticed that Jesus and the constitution are there.

I think the guy counting the money is the painter.

Sam

[Shard]

thats what happen when you lurk on the "politics, religion?" thread for too long :)

[CCThrom]

Is it just me or is the Tree of Gondor embroidered across Jesus' robe?

I was gonna ask why Jesus has a Hydra on his shirt... 'Hydrraaaa!!!!'

[aefx]

That Cthulhu repaint is pure class!

[Sarc]

That painting needs a flying spaghetti monster in the background.

[N D Hill]

Wow. The symbolism is so deep! Notice in the lower right's presumably hellbound bunch is a rich guy counting is stack of cash. This might be a tough catch for some people so I suggest he paint him holding a sack with a dollar sign on it next time.

http://ndhill.com/img/greed.jpg

Let's see, a smug scientist as he is distinguished by his glasses with thick frames and his copy of Darwins 'The Origin of the Species'. Check.

http://ndhill.com/img/smartass.jpg

A Catholic priest. (whoops. It's a judge)

http://ndhill.com/img/padre.jpg

An uppity blonde reporter for the LIBERAL MEDIA! (presumably)

http://ndhill.com/img/media.jpg

And my favorite, An unwed (see missing wedding ring) expectant mother! I have to assume the artist is including her just for being an unwed mother. I feel at this point I understand his implementation of symbolism enough to know that if she was also an abortionist, he would've painted her holding a coat hanger or something.

http://ndhill.com/img/preggers.jpg

A can't think of what the other two guys are exactly all though I'm pretty sure one of them's probably gay... The other one? Hmm. Did he go over on his rollover minutes?

http://ndhill.com/img/hmmm.jpg http://ndhill.com/img/phone.jpg

[crossmirage]

They're all neatly labeled in the artist's site (rollover for info).

I wonder if anyone else thinks the doctor guy in the left corner looks an awful lot like Richard Dawkins.

[Dorkthrone]

Wow. The symbolism is so deep! Notice in the lower right's presumably hellbound bunch is a rich guy counting is stack of cash. This might be a tough catch for some people so I suggest he paint him holding a sack with a dollar sign on it next time.

Let's see, a smug scientist as he is distinguished by his glasses with thick frames and his copy of Darwins 'The Origin of the Species'. Check.

A Catholic priest.

An uppity blonde reporter for the LIBERAL MEDIA! (presumably)

And my favorite, An unwed (see missing wedding ring) expectant mother! I have to assume the artist is including her just for being an unwed mother. I feel at this point I understand his implementation of symbolism enough to know that if she was also an abortionist, he would've painted her holding a coat hanger or something.

A can't think of what the other two guys are exactly all though I'm pretty sure one of them's probably gay... The other one? Hmm. Did he go over on his rollover minutes?

I love how he feels the need to try and explain every single piece of "symbolism", even though you pretty much got them dead-on.

Apparently the supposedly gay figure is "Mr. Hollywood", which makes no sense.

[CCThrom]

I suggest he paint him holding a sack with a dollar sign on it next time.

And smoking a HUGE f&%$g cigar like the Monopoly guy...

[Sekino]

He may not have even noticed that Jesus and the constitution are there.

That made me laugh out loud.

"Hey Bob, BOB! Jesus and the constitution are here!"

[Krato]

All I can think of when looking at this image is, "Damn. And almost all of the black people are still stuck in the back."

wow i didnt even notice the four or five blacks in the back left.. thats not right..

[nauvice]

^haha didnt notice either, its like playing where's waldo

[Enydimon]

Haha, oh snap I didn't notice as well... I guess this picture needs more than a quick glance.

[Troubadour]

i lol'ed so hard at the roll over of the immigrant

[richarddoble]

um hmmm

[Slash]

FACEPALM

[Ian Miles]

Why the little kind have his left hand in a spear-like form?

[nauvice]

A can't think of what the other two guys are exactly all though I'm pretty sure one of them's probably gay... The other one? Hmm. Did he go over on his rollover minutes?
one guy represents evil entertainment fields (artists) and the other is a politician. noone gay was included, gay people don't exist obviously.


and good eye on the pregnant woman not having a ring.... on the website it claims she's a woman who wants to keep a baby, anti-abortion message, but she is on the Satan side... so I bet his original slant was what you pointed out but he knew he'd get a lot of slack for it.

[Bill]

Wait a minute... Ronald Reagan and Jesus? I thought Ronald Reagan WAS Jesus?

[Meloncov]

EDIT: O GOD I JUST READ THE WEBSITE AND I cant blame anyone who bashes Religion, People who still strongly believe in that crap are ALL zealots anyway. The painting didnt have any effect on me.... Reading its meaning made me angry

The website seemed less ridiculous than the image itself to my eye.

[Raoul Duke]

I didn't know Glen Beck could paint.

[Enydimon]

Why the little kind have his left hand in a spear-like form?

Clearly to symbolize the Roman soldiers who tortured Jesus were all children. Clearly.

... Now I understand. Jesus wasn't literally tortured and put on a cross, he was just babysitting and got tied up to a chair.

[magicgoo]

I like this painting. Eh's a cool guy and doesn't afraid of anything.

[jrr]

hmm, technically this isn't that good a painting. i know you guys have a major crush on oil paintings, but this one isn't that good.
also, does this guy have a boner for soldiers or what? well, i'm just glad deists are allowed to hang out with jesus. And that the slave owners and their slaves are chillin together.

EDIT::: i don't mean to bash anyone's faith. but i just find some of iconography used here to be humorious and a tad silly.

[Elwell]

hmm, technically this isn't that good a painting. i know you guys have a major crush on oil paintings, but this one isn't that good.

Actually, it's acrylic. But yes.

[Eric Lofgren]

Jesus Christ for President?

[jrr]

Actually, it's acrylic. But yes.

ah yes, i should have known! the clouds were a dead giveaway.

[nauvice]

The website seemed less ridiculous than the image itself to my eye.

no way, the painting is open to interpretation, but the website revealed the artist's intentions, some artists can be decent/great in their work, but their opinion just plain suck, and he is one of them

[Irishdrunk]

also, does this guy have a boner for soldiers or what?

This got me thinking, he drew soldiers, presidents, theorists, mothers, Jesus, and all these people that influenced America....

BUT WHERE THE FUCK IS THE ARTIST!?

I swear to you guys, the first symbolical illustration I paint will have a starving scruffy cartoonist in the center of the composition. :yayca:

[crossmirage]

This got me thinking, he drew soldiers, presidents, theorists, mothers, Jesus, and all these people that influenced America....

BUT WHERE THE FUCK IS THE ARTIST!?

I swear to you guys, the first symbolical illustration I paint will have a starving scruffy cartoonist in the center of the composition. :yayca:

Alternatively, you can 'shoop Jesus so he looks like a starving artist.

[Randis]

Jesus never was in America.

[DeadlyFreeze]

Jesus never was in America.



...tell that to the Mormons :assspank:

[Irishdrunk]

...tell that to the Mormons :assspank:

Nah, Glenn Beck will just cry again.

[Mane]

...tell that to the Mormons :assspank:
I have mormons living next to be, they are strange people. One day I think I will tell them that they can actually drink alcohol.

[ZenzybaR]

Wow, i didn't know trolls could paint so well. Shocking and perplexing.

[Muscari]

man is jesus tall... what is he, like Shaq size?