Liz O Donnell's Posters

donal66

Is it just me or does anybody else notice how stange Liz O Donnell (PD candidate for Dublin south)looks in her campaign posters. It seems to be a clear case of when airbrushing goes wrong.
Generally regarded as one of the better looking deputies in dail eireann, i think she was tryin to live up to her reputation to much by bleaching her teeth a unnatural white (images of of Ross from 'Friends' come to mind) and her lips are a strange red. The end result gives her a somewhat terrifying demon look from the distance and doesnt do her any justice at all. I think Olivia Mitchell will be getting my No1 come the 24th of May.

Wishbone Ash

donal66 wrote:

I think Olivia Mitchell will be getting my No1 come the 24th of May.

Olivia Mitchel's posters look way more 'doctored' than Liz O'Donnell's.

DeepBlue

donal66 wrote:

The end result gives her a somewhat terrifying demon look from the distance and doesnt do her any justice at all. I think Olivia Mitchell will be getting my No1 come the 24th of May.

You're voting for someone on the basis of how they look on their election poster? :eek:

gandalf

Yeah noticed Liz looks like she slapped on a bit too much makeup on alright. But tbh I reckon all the election posters are doctored.

McSandwich

gandalf wrote:

Yeah noticed Liz looks like she slapped on a bit too much makeup on alright. But tbh I reckon all the election posters are doctored.

Yeah, they probably had to tone down Bertie's makeup

gandalf

You mean the ones with Bertie parachuted (photoshopped) in beside people pretending to listen to them.

They should have given the people a few quid in sterling then you'd be guaranteed that Bertie would listen to them LOL

I was driving up to Wicklow today and noticed a few of Enda's posters-he looked very funy in them especially as they were at the bottom of poles-He looks like a 1950's Robin Hood in them

gandalf

What does he have an Errol Flynn moustache then or did you stop that environment wreaking chunk of metal you call a car and do some artwork with a black marker

At least my yoke can run on chip oil-so there

And yes he does like Errol actually (he just needs the cap)

gandalf

Tristrame wrote:

At least my yoke can run on chip oil-so there

And have you tried that yet or would you even consider it

And yes he does like Errol actually (he just needs the cap)

You better bring the green marker tomorrow so

yomchi

same with Mags Murrays posters in DW. She looks like an advert for Ryanair!

gandalf

OK I think we need to start a thread with the worst Election Posters out there. Get the cameras and camera phones clicking.

brianthebard

definitely a tinwop situation here...

ballooba

Tristrame wrote:

I was driving up to Wicklow today and noticed a few of Enda's posters-he looked very funy in them especially as they were at the bottom of poles-He looks like a 1950's Robin Hood in them

enda's posters are obviously airbrushed, but to make him look younger. Bertie on the other hand looks tired, and the thing they did with his eyes looks weird.

Unfortunately people have been going round ripping down rainbow posters. Some áss went the whole way from Leeson St to Donnybrook last night ripping them down. What a waste, we'll just put them back up.

Our man in Havana

What a waste, we'll just put them back up.

He will probably take them down again you know.

Dandesav

Yeah I live in Dublin South- I actually thought it was a portrait for a few days until I looked more closely! Olivia Mitchell's have obviously been done too, but they mangaged to avoid making her look like a cartoon

InFront

I wonder if all the election posters in a constituency even swing a single vote?

And yes Liz is pretty revamped in her posters, but I really don't know why she bothers... or any of them for that matter.

ballooba

Bond-007 wrote:

He will probably take them down again you know.

And we will keep putting them back up.

There is only but one Friday and Saturday in each week.

gutta

donal66 wrote:

Is it just me or does anybody else notice how stange Liz O Donnell (PD candidate for Dublin south)looks in her campaign posters.

I'm with ya an that one...

She looks like a cross between a Stepford Wife and an alien.

Bateman

Enda's hair looks one of around 5 different colours at any given time. :eek:

Stephen

I think Enda should fire whoever photoshopped that. He looks like a waxwork.

SeanW

Jeepers, that looks like a cross between Enda Kenny and Trevor Sargent!

ballooba

Statesman like?

Our man in Havana

SeanW wrote:

Jeepers, that looks like a cross between Enda Kenny and Trevor Sargent!

I actually thought it was Trevor Sargent until I saw the Fine geal speil underneath! :eek:

Wishbone Ash

SeanW wrote:

Jeepers, that looks like a cross between Enda Kenny and Trevor Sargent!

...or Enda Kenny crossed with George Bush!



PS - Why does every post in Politics appear twice on the front page?

Stephen

Stephen wrote:

I think Enda should fire whoever photoshopped that. He looks like a waxwork.

Thats the one I was talking about that makes him look like Robin Hood from a 50's movie without the green cap and feather...

Heinrich

Did someone say waxworks?

wyndham

DeepBlue wrote:

You're voting for someone on the basis of how they look on their election poster? :eek:

This was the basis on which I voted for Mary Lou last time. Have to say I was disappointed when I saw her on Q&A a week later. Clearly some airbrushing had occurred. Either that, or she used a 10 year old photo.

luckat

All right, lads, you've all got Photoshop - let's see your best efforts.

blorg

I think Enda is by far looking the best - they are definately going for the "stateman-like" thing and I think quite effectively too. (Not that it would influence my vote mind.)

The_Minister

ballooba wrote:

Unfortunately people have been going round ripping down rainbow posters. Some áss went the whole way from Leeson St to Donnybrook last night ripping them down. What a waste, we'll just put them back up.

FFS, are you sure they didn't just blow off because you didn't tie them on right? A picture of Oisín Quinn nearly took my eye out last night at about half three in the morning.

RainyDay

Dandesav wrote:

Yeah I live in Dublin South- I actually thought it was a portrait for a few days until I looked more closely! Olivia Mitchell's have obviously been done too, but they mangaged to avoid making her look like a cartoon

My missus reckoned that Liz looked like something out of the Simpsons. Given her propensity to trade on her looks, she really should fire whoever did this picture which ruins her best asset.

athtrasna

Jon wrote:

same with Mags Murrays posters in DW. She looks like an advert for Ryanair!

She looks awful!! Her lipstick is all over the place!

dajaffa

That and plenty more on

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2312/endated25tc.jpg



And some of the other lot..

http://www.bellywars.com/pics/thebert.jpg

Dirk Gently

boredom + photoshop @ 4:30am =

Dalfiatach

Stephen wrote:

I think Enda should fire whoever photoshopped that. He looks like a waxwork.

It's the eyebrows, I think. They make him look like an alien :eek: It'd be a decent enough poster if they'd just left the eyebrows alone - though it still wouldn't actually look very much like the man himself

They're all at it this time out for some mad reason. Them ones of Bertie cut-n-pasted into groups of young ones and auld codgers just look blatantly fake. And he looks downright creepy in the "Bertie's Team" posters. Like he's practising mass hypnosis on the nation with those eyes. Very Rasputin.

Seth Brundle

Just out of cuuriosity, is anyone else reminded of the Father Ted character Henry Sellers ("I made the BBC") when they see the pic of FF Dublin West candidate Luke Moriarty?

(can't find any pics of Mr. Sellers)

Darwin

Can anyone stick up a photo of John Bracken's poster - he's an independent running in Offaly, see here. Anyway his picture is supposed to be hilarious with his 'big hair', seemingly his poster is being taken down and put in the local pubs

luckat

dajaffa wrote:

That and plenty more on

Wonderful - and I love the Robin Hood one too - but I can't get any more images on the site given. How do you navigate it, please?

dajaffa

luckat wrote:

Wonderful - and I love the Robin Hood one too - but I can't get any more images on the site given. How do you navigate it, please?

Sorry wrong links...

http://www.blather.net/snackboxdiaries/archives/2007/04/forwards_not_backwards.html#more

http://www.blather.net/snackboxdiaries/archives/2006/05/promises_promises_1.html#more

LostinBlanch

ballooba wrote:

Bertie on the other hand looks tired, and the thing they did with his eyes looks weird.

Reminds me of Cartman on South Park. Wespect ma authoritay!

Obni

I think the Liz posters are intentionally over-saturated to make them recognizable at a quick glance from a speeding car or from faraway. Only pedestrians, who'll probably vote green anyway, get to see the posters up close and have time to absorb the slightly freaky drag-queen quality.

yevveh

InFront wrote:

I wonder if all the election posters in a constituency even swing a single vote?

And yes Liz is pretty revamped in her posters, but I really don't know why she bothers... or any of them for that matter.

If they all agreed not to do it theres too much of an advantage in one person doing it, so it would inevitably happen that everyone does it. All postering does is gets someones face and name into your mind, but thats the sort of thing that can sway people.

I wonder if there'd be a noticeable difference if nobody put posters up. If everybody got the same bonus from putting them up, then there would be no point in doing it as everyone would have to do it to be on the same standings and its just a bigger cost to all the candidates (plus it always looks a mess after the elections when the posters start melting). That said I doubt there's much difference, if someone is swayed to vote for Olivia Mitchell cos she's attractive then I'm sure someone else will find Robin Ho--, eh, Enda Kenny a handsome fellow.

RainyDay

yevveh wrote:

If they all agreed not to do it theres too much of an advantage in one person doing it, so it would inevitably happen that everyone does it. All postering does is gets someones face and name into your mind, but thats the sort of thing that can sway people.

I wonder if there'd be a noticeable difference if nobody put posters up. If everybody got the same bonus from putting them up, then there would be no point in doing it as everyone would have to do it to be on the same standings and its just a bigger cost to all the candidates (plus it always looks a mess after the elections when the posters start melting). That said I doubt there's much difference, if someone is swayed to vote for Olivia Mitchell cos she's attractive then I'm sure someone else will find Robin Ho--, eh, Enda Kenny a handsome fellow.

You're assuming that everyone is starting from an equal position. New candidates may well be relatively unknown, and need to face recognition, particularly now that their picture appears on the ballot paper. If nobody put posters up, incumbent candidates would have a distinct advantage over new candidates.

Poster advertising does work - Why else would all kinds of consumer businesses spend vast amounts of money all year round on poster advertising.

Seth Brundle

Obni wrote:

Only pedestrians, who'll probably vote green anyway

yevveh

RainyDay wrote:

You're assuming that everyone is starting from an equal position. New candidates may well be relatively unknown, and need to face recognition, particularly now that their picture appears on the ballot paper. If nobody put posters up, incumbent candidates would have a distinct advantage over new candidates.

Poster advertising does work - Why else would all kinds of consumer businesses spend vast amounts of money all year round on poster advertising.

If they did have that advantage, it wouldn't be from postering, which is what I was trying to argue. If it's the case that incumbent candidates have an advantage of being already known and if only new candidates put up posters, then do you think the playing field would be even? Once the public is aware of a candidate (ie they've run before and seen their name on a ballot paper or in the newspaper) do they get an extra advantage by postering? if they do, then is their advantage the "same" (its not exactly easy to measure) as the new candidates - if it is, then it would be the same if everybody had their posters up or nobody did, or rather the difference between the 'new' and 'old' candidates would be the same.

I'm not saying it doesn't work, I'm just saying if it provides the same advantage to everyone (seeing as the 'product' is the same, that is everybody has their face, name, party and vote no. 1 or whatever up on the poster) then is there an individual advantage to someone by postering, or is it just an extra cost.

luckat

My favourite so far is the independent, a doctor, showing her with a teddy bear with its ear bandaged. Definitely getting my vote.

Photoshoppers: what about our Rotty? Dog-lovers want to see Can-do Mac-Doo done.

athtrasna

Has anyone seen Mary Harney's posters? They have to be the most unflattering posters I've ever seen! Her fact takes up 3/4 of it and she does a great Cartman impression!!

joolsveer

Jon wrote:

same with Mags Murrays posters in DW. She looks like an advert for Ryanair!

Don't throw it all away.

athtrasna

She looks like she let a toddler do her lipstick!!

RainyDay

athtrasna wrote:

Has anyone seen Mary Harney's posters? They have to be the most unflattering posters I've ever seen! Her fact takes up 3/4 of it

Was the bolded 'c' above a typo?