My dad bought this fucked up painting

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Bored: Jul 26, 2007; Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Painful Dart Bomb posted:

He bought it at the thrift store for 4 dollars to spite my mom. Now he's convinced it's worth a lot of money because it's on "on old parchment" and "someone spent a lot of time framing it".

What do you think goons??

I LOVE it! It's so dumb. I was hoping for something I could "improve", but that is already perfect as is.

It's like the artist was actually competent, and that was their version of an awful tattoo that they saw on some meth addict at the grocery store.

Mammal Sauce posted:

Oh Jesus! Perfect!

Also, thank you to the people who looked up the genre of painting. Now I've learned some stuff.

Bored fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Feb 2, 2019

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Internetjack: Sep 15, 2007; oh god how did this get here i am not good with computers; Top Cop

pixaal posted:

Google reverse image search thinks it's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minhwa

Specifically:
Kkachi horangi (까치호랑이) is a prominent genre of minhwa that depicts magpies and tigers. In kkachi horangi paintings, the tiger, which is intentionally given a ridiculous and stupid appearance (hence its nickname "idiot tiger" 바보호랑이), represents authority and the aristocratic yangban, while the dignified magpie represents the common man. Hence, kkachi horangi paintings of magpies and tigers were a satire of the hierarchical structure of Joseon's feudal society.[3][4]

Seems right.A thread where we try and make our own might be fun, I have no artistic talent so I'll just leave the idea here.

OP, make a print of this text, frame it with the painting. Goofy painting with interesting explanation makes it twice as cool.

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Dixville: Nov 4, 2008; I don't think!; Ham Wrangler

Painful Dart Bomb posted:

He bought it at the thrift store for 4 dollars to spite my mom. Now he's convinced it's worth a lot of money because it's on "on old parchment" and "someone spent a lot of time framing it".

What do you think goons??

Tigers on Ketamine :catdrugs:

# ? Feb 2, 2019 07:09

Dixville: Nov 4, 2008; I don't think!; Ham Wrangler

935 posted:

You forgot the best part

" The most common figures were animals that represented power (such as "human being dog" 까치호랑이),

Mods, please???

# ? Feb 2, 2019 07:19

Divine Styler: Apr 8, 2005; quantum mechanic

What did your mum do that made your dad want to spite her. What season of hoarders was your family on? Need more background plz.

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SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
🐵❌💀

바보호랑이

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reignofevil: Nov 7, 2008

Idiot tiger :colbert:

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Cynic Jester: Apr 11, 2009; Let's put a simile on that face
A dazzling simile
Twinkling like the night sky

The Baka Tigru

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Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

Looks like a goofd frisbee

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Nicodemus Dumps: Jan 9, 2006; Just chillin' in the sink

Divine Styler posted:

What did your mum do that made your dad want to spite her. What season of hoarders was your family on? Need more background plz.

Some people just don't appreciate art

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lol but: Feb 24, 2007; body is a dinosaur; Slippery Tilde

pixaal posted:

Kkachi horangi (까치호랑이) is a prominent genre of minhwa that depicts magpies and tigers. In kkachi horangi paintings, the tiger, which is intentionally given a ridiculous and stupid appearance (hence its nickname "idiot tiger" 바보호랑이), represents authority and the aristocratic yangban, while the dignified magpie represents the common man. Hence, kkachi horangi paintings of magpies and tigers were a satire of the hierarchical structure of Joseon's feudal society.[3][4]

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Raged: Jul 21, 2003; A revolution of beats

Wanna see that tiger on a box of downy flakes

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Salty Josh: Jul 13, 2016; Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.; Nap Ghost

Painful Dart Bomb posted:

He bought it at the thrift store for 4 dollars to spite my mom. Now he's convinced it's worth a lot of money because it's on "on old parchment" and "someone spent a lot of time framing it".

What do you think goons??

Natural selection should have got that tiger a long time ago.

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Wall Balls: Jun 3, 2007; Spanish Castle Magic

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reignofevil: Nov 7, 2008

Idiot Bird.

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IT BURNS: Nov 19, 2012

Painful Dart Bomb posted:

He bought it at the thrift store for 4 dollars to spite my mom. Now he's convinced it's worth a lot of money because it's on "on old parchment" and "someone spent a lot of time framing it".

What do you think goons??

I loving want that painting.

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Captain Quack: Feb 18, 2013

lol but seriously I posted:

It needs to be an idiot elephant and an idiot donkey with an eagle in the background.

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Wall Balls posted:

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Nude: Nov 16, 2014; I have no idea what I'm doing.

Painful Dart Bomb posted:

He bought it at the thrift store for 4 dollars to spite my mom. Now he's convinced it's worth a lot of money because it's on "on old parchment" and "someone spent a lot of time framing it".

What do you think goons??

This whole time I thought the tiger's body and head were separated and the bird was like goddamn

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Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

Oh OH! I buy unusual/weird art whenever I come across it. Lemme find some pictures and I shall contribute!

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CassandraZara: Oct 21, 2012; by Nyc_Tattoo

I saw this thread for the past few days and didn't click on it but nothing could prepare me for how funny that picture is.

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HugeGrossBurrito: Mar 20, 2018

Tried to keep the whiskers but it looked horrible.

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a mysterious cloak: Apr 5, 2003; Leave me alone, dad, I'm with my friends!

Poor tiger, he can't help being who he is :saddowns:

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Loden Taylor: Aug 11, 2003

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Sir Nose: Mar 28, 2009

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B, b, b - b is for your belligerent, bitchy, bottomless state of affairs, but why?

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Bored: Jul 26, 2007; Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Wall Balls posted:

Yesss!

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Rod Hoofhearted: Jun 18, 2000; I am a ghost

lol but seriously I posted:

"Hard Working Americans" should be another idiot tiger, and it's just two idiot tigers staring at themselves in the reflections of each others' eyes into infinity.

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