It is absolutely disproportionate. It's not a great painting.
That being said, if I was strapped for cash, painting people's portraits CAN be lucrative... if you are good at it.
I’m sure it is and I like it. It’s realistic, she likes art and painting but she’s not the best at it. We see she sucks when she went to that art thing in SF for the summer.
I always assumed that they did it on purpose because the point was that she wasn’t getting anywhere with it and was just in denial chasing her dreams. Then when her art consultant job took off it was a more realistic version of her dream.
Y'know what bugs me about this scene? And this applies to pretty much any modern situation where a live subject is being painted:
Why not just take a photo and then use the photo as a reference for the painting? It's not like doing a sculpture, where you have to get multiple angles. And even if it was, you can take multiple photos. Having the subject pose for the entire painting seems needlessly laborious in a post photography world.
When I went to school for illustration we had a lot of life drawing classes and would sometimes do longer sessions. The reason this is helpful is because we can see the subject in full form. A photo would flatten them and thus make it harder to capture the figure overall. Obviously Lily didn't care much with this painting (and did we ever see a good painting?) but that's my two cents why we use live models as opposed to photos. Even a really good photo makes people flat.
Well a photo is going to distort the perspective in some way depending on the lens focal length. AFAIK there isn't really a lens that can reproduce what the human eye sees, due to the curvature of the eye.
What fucked up is that lily and marshall basically scammed barney out of thousands by not painting his barnito supreme… he gave them tons of money why not just give him what he wanted?
This was an artistic commission, barney paid an educated artist to paint him nude, and penis is part of nude. Nude doesn't have to be sexual or toxic. And barney would never hit on Lily (at least seriously, minus the duckie tie thing) or put her in that position
If you're an artist you paint nude people at some point. If you can deal with your friend being naked, you do it. If you can't... you don't. Simple as that.
The problem I have with that is I'd put in more work than she did, honestly I feel like that was kind of a shitty thing for both Marshall and Lily to do. Marshall ripping Barney off for another 5k was perfectly fine (Like Barney wouldn't do that? Please!) but I feel like Lily didn't put the most effort into the painting and that kind of offends me both on a personal level but also a creative level.
If you agree to do the painting, do the best you can. If you don't agree to it, don't do it, but kind of trashy the way it went down.
PS. It's Barney, if you're going to draw this, you hide his weiner behind something huge and he'd love it, not giving him a penis really cement the rudeness, because you know what's what he was going to care about. Again I'm not saying she SHOULD have drawn him naked if she didn't want to, but the painting that came out of it is kind of... nah.
It’s weird cause some of her painting are very good, like the sunflower one and the skyline one she made in the sword fight episode. But she’s clearly not the best at painting humans
Not only do they look like the sun, and track the sun, but they need a lot of the sun. A sunflower needs at least six to eight hours direct sunlight every day, if not more, to reach its maximum potential. They grow tall to reach as far above other plant life as possible in order to gain even more access to sunlight.
I mean she must have had some talent considering she worked for the Captain but I think she can appreciate art but not making it. Marshall totally deserve better. If my husband had a chance to be a judge then screw going to Italy for a 1-year job contract.
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You didn't abbreviate, you acronymized.
It is absolutely disproportionate. It's not a great painting. That being said, if I was strapped for cash, painting people's portraits CAN be lucrative... if you are good at it.
Yeah, what we see of Lily's art throughout the show is generally pretty dreadful. I'm not sure if that's intentional or not.
I’m sure it is and I like it. It’s realistic, she likes art and painting but she’s not the best at it. We see she sucks when she went to that art thing in SF for the summer.
I can’t teach you anything…
I always assumed that they did it on purpose because the point was that she wasn’t getting anywhere with it and was just in denial chasing her dreams. Then when her art consultant job took off it was a more realistic version of her dream.
She sucks at Pictionary!
I just thought it was a jab at how terrible and pretentious "modern art" is.
Yeah..he didn't even ask for refund after lily left out his barnito supreme
His Barnana wasn't even there.
Barnacle junior 😭
Well, he was kinda rich, what was the sum? 10k? That ain’t alot for the Barnacle
But seriously?what is his job?
Please...
They should’ve gone for one of his craploads
They were already halfway to Scotland lol
She left out his barnana. His barnito supreme
Barnacle junior
Little Barney 😭
This is her best work. In all my years of teaching I have never seen anything so.... Needless to say: This is Art!
I can’t teach you anything…
I do think it’s kinda sweet Barney liked Lily’s painting of Marshall so much he wanted her to capture his ineffable essence
He’s not…F-able????
No, ineffable. It means it can't be explained!
So now I’m stupid???
No no no I’m just like sooo busy right now
*Paint me*
Y'know what bugs me about this scene? And this applies to pretty much any modern situation where a live subject is being painted: Why not just take a photo and then use the photo as a reference for the painting? It's not like doing a sculpture, where you have to get multiple angles. And even if it was, you can take multiple photos. Having the subject pose for the entire painting seems needlessly laborious in a post photography world.
When I went to school for illustration we had a lot of life drawing classes and would sometimes do longer sessions. The reason this is helpful is because we can see the subject in full form. A photo would flatten them and thus make it harder to capture the figure overall. Obviously Lily didn't care much with this painting (and did we ever see a good painting?) but that's my two cents why we use live models as opposed to photos. Even a really good photo makes people flat.
I guess that's a good point.
Bht isn't the painting making them flat exactly like the photo? Or people are painting in 3D nowadays?
Well a photo is going to distort the perspective in some way depending on the lens focal length. AFAIK there isn't really a lens that can reproduce what the human eye sees, due to the curvature of the eye.
Barney was dying😂
Am I the only one who now thinks Lily painted the portrait of King Charles?
What fucked up is that lily and marshall basically scammed barney out of thousands by not painting his barnito supreme… he gave them tons of money why not just give him what he wanted?
For the joke I guess lol
Take my rich friend's money while calling out his toxic behavior and humiliating him? Absolutely.
This was an artistic commission, barney paid an educated artist to paint him nude, and penis is part of nude. Nude doesn't have to be sexual or toxic. And barney would never hit on Lily (at least seriously, minus the duckie tie thing) or put her in that position
If you're an artist you paint nude people at some point. If you can deal with your friend being naked, you do it. If you can't... you don't. Simple as that. The problem I have with that is I'd put in more work than she did, honestly I feel like that was kind of a shitty thing for both Marshall and Lily to do. Marshall ripping Barney off for another 5k was perfectly fine (Like Barney wouldn't do that? Please!) but I feel like Lily didn't put the most effort into the painting and that kind of offends me both on a personal level but also a creative level. If you agree to do the painting, do the best you can. If you don't agree to it, don't do it, but kind of trashy the way it went down. PS. It's Barney, if you're going to draw this, you hide his weiner behind something huge and he'd love it, not giving him a penis really cement the rudeness, because you know what's what he was going to care about. Again I'm not saying she SHOULD have drawn him naked if she didn't want to, but the painting that came out of it is kind of... nah.
Of course
I'd do it for free to get a chance to see the little barnacle.
I'm not particularly good at painting, but I'd certainly be willing to give it my all for about one crapload.
WillsWei would 😆
Hell yeah I would!! This made me chuckle🤣
😂
You got upvoted for that comment😆
It’s funny cuz 7 people upvoted it, which means you’re that recognized here 😂
Well, only five. One was me & you start at one lol. Still, I’m flattered😂
Took you 8 hours to see tho I was like damn 😂
My day was all funky. I had a job search meeting in the morning & then I slept all afternoon. So I wasn’t on here until the evening😂😂
Damn you are up late rn 💀
It’s because I slept all afternoon lol
As a still it's very apparent this painting isn't very good. Funny bit tho, (the scene, not Barney's barnacle)
I’ll pay you an extra five grand💰💰💰💰💰 *We accept*
As Barney I’d be pissed, standing there for hours for a subpar painting.
I see no dart
Barney shouldn't have paid for anything
Lily was always a terrible artist she deserved to fail in San Fransisco and Marshall deserved someone better than her like Jenkins
It’s weird cause some of her painting are very good, like the sunflower one and the skyline one she made in the sword fight episode. But she’s clearly not the best at painting humans
Not only do they look like the sun, and track the sun, but they need a lot of the sun. A sunflower needs at least six to eight hours direct sunlight every day, if not more, to reach its maximum potential. They grow tall to reach as far above other plant life as possible in order to gain even more access to sunlight.
Thank you, Reddit user u/TheSunflowerSeeds , I appreciate it
I mean she must have had some talent considering she worked for the Captain but I think she can appreciate art but not making it. Marshall totally deserve better. If my husband had a chance to be a judge then screw going to Italy for a 1-year job contract.
HE HAS NO DICK WTF
That was the joke lol
Did you self censor "nude art" in your title?
I did
That new dart is great!
Ffs. Why?
Why not? It’s a fun reference to the bit from the show :)
Exactly why I did it
That new dart is great!
Because thats what they said in the show when they were hinting about Marshall's nude art?
That new dart is great!
Have you ever watched this show called "How I Met Your Mother"?
Did you censor “For fuck sake,” in your comment?
No I abbreviated. For. Fuck. Sake.
An abbreviation is a truncated word; an acronym is made up of parts of the phrase it stands for and is pronounced as a word (ELISA, AIDS, GABA); an initialism is an acronym that is pronounced as individual letters (DNA, RT-PCR). You didn't abbreviate, you acronymized.
Well, guess its time for you to rewatch the series if you're missing easy references