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   MortyForTyrant said, 8 months ago

   Anybody here knows the British TV-series “Upstairs, Downstairs”? This toon reminds me of that childhood favorite of mine. Maybe someone should give Mitt Romney an honorary lordship, then everything would be absolutely clear…
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   fritzoid said, 8 months ago

   This is not intended as a criticism, since I really like the effect,
   but Sargent must spend a LOT of time cross-hatching…
   

   
   Seriously, this is a gorgeous composition. Squint your eyes so all you see is how the panel is broken up between light and shadow. Very clean, but very dynamic.
   Top marks for the art, Ben.
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   Jeddidyah said, 8 months ago

   The rest of you Bums will get your servants uniforms after the election.
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   dfowensby said, 8 months ago

   @fritzoid

   gimp/photoshop with a LOT of cut & paste. not so impressive when you DO look closer.
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   fritzoid said, 8 months ago

   @dfowensby

   I’ll take your word on the photoshop, although I wouldn’t know how to tell. And composition-wise, it’s STILL impressive.
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   CasualBrowser said, 8 months ago

   @dfowensby

   I just downloaded GIMP yesterday, so my familiarity is limited: I couldn’t tell either. Could you point out something?
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   MortyForTyrant said, 8 months ago

   Well guys, i don’t know about GIMP and so on (I use it on a very amateurish level) but I remember “back in the olden days” one could buy cross-hatch tape (or similar) and just cut and paste it – literally! But this cartoon doesn’t look like he used that or even computer generated, it’s too organic in nature. Maybe Ben has insomnia and uses cross-hatching to calm down? Or he is counting Romney’s verbal blunders and turns them into a nice artwork…
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   dtroutma said, 8 months ago

   And Dali was all about technique, and not about what he was saying with his art???
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   Harleyquinn said, 8 months ago

   cus ya know, mitt rich
   yawn
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    sw10mm said, 8 months ago

    @Jeddidyah

    The rest of you Bums will get your servants uniforms after the election.
    .
    Meanwhile, in reality, the current president is putting people on welfare and other govt subsidies. Hmm, if you’re eating handouts from someone elses table, what are you?
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    thegreatack said, 8 months ago

    @dfowensby

    No cut and paste. All done by hand.
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    Bocasio said, 8 months ago

    Ben Sargent is a Texan and American artist.
    Just google 1% of his work.
    Some people bitch just to pretend they are smart.
    Photoshop?, hahah amateurs
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    lonecat said, 8 months ago

    Some artists are just really good. It’s a delight to see work of this quality.
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    Eryx said, 8 months ago

    @sw10mm

    People on welfare have to WORK for their (meager) benefits. Or, have you bought into that lie as well?
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    braindead08 said, 8 months ago

    @Harleyquinn

    “cus ya know, mitt rich "
    -
    Cus ya know, Willard is a tax cheat.
    -
    It’s not my job to worry about those people.
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