• LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip
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    58 minutes ago

    I mean, everyone is shitting on the painting, but we have no reference photo of OP at 16. We only have what little you can see in the profile photo.

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    My dad had paid someone to draw my portrait from a graduation photo. The drawing is horribly bad. It’s also quite big and hanging on a wall at the center of the house so there’s no chance one could avoid looking at it.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pub
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    6 hours ago

    Parents commissioned the grandad? Sounds like they were trying to raise his self-esteem.

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    Looks like grandad was painting his 18th century peasant ghost girl from his nightmares instead. Easy mistake to make honestly

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    7 hours ago

    Gramps did his best, it seems, and I’m all but certain he desperately wanted his grandkid to see his heartfelt try at it —likely knowing he’d fail in accurately representing their very soul with his sub-par but earnest spattering on canvas.

    16, you say? That tracks.

    Hot take: it’s actually OP that fucked this self-portrait up, and they’re so cowardly that they threw the poor bastard under the bus, instead. 🤷🏼‍♂️