What might a formal portrait of Elizabeth and Him look like?
Our friends at Trailer Park, one of our external partners, decided to tackle that question themselves. We didn’t even ask! Much to our surprise, their gorgeous hand-drawn composition recently turned up at our office. The muted color palette and somber, posed atmosphere fit the subjects and the period perfectly.
japester | April 14, 2011 4:21 pm
Gorgeous! (and quite funny at the same time)
gladiator49 | June 5, 2011 9:59 am
^ How is it funny exactly?
japester | July 7, 2011 12:32 am
Well, the overall composition is absurd, like a bad prom photo. Plus, the look on her face is more irritated and resigned, like she’s going out with some big doofus because her mom forced her to. And Songbird is clueless, thinking, “Maaan! We are the best looking couple here!” ^_^
I’m sure it was all intentional. And it’s what elevates this portrait to genius in my book.
jayakers | April 14, 2011 4:24 pm
Really enjoy it! Elizabeth does not look pleased to be there
gladiator49 | June 4, 2011 5:15 am
^ That’s the same thing I thought When I saw it.
rodry14 | April 14, 2011 4:42 pm
very good
danieljameslearmouth | April 14, 2011 4:45 pm
What is there to say? Other than BESTIALITY!
theobscured | April 14, 2011 4:58 pm
I got 2nd retweet! I love this style.
gregbright | April 14, 2011 5:06 pm
Very nice.
insectswarm | April 14, 2011 6:50 pm
That is so freaking badass, i wish i was an artist.
guybot360 | April 14, 2011 7:32 pm
im not art critic but that has to be the single best piece of art in the world. the mona leesa would be replaced by this master piece
jgibson | April 14, 2011 7:38 pm
This is freaking awesome!
borrego | April 14, 2011 7:49 pm
This is awesome. VERY nice work. I can’t wait to see how the relationship between these two plays out in the story.
ahurst | April 14, 2011 7:58 pm
I foresee a speech bubble coming from “Him” that says “My Pressscioussss.”
gladiator49 | June 5, 2011 9:57 am
^ I lol’d
dannysal | April 14, 2011 8:43 pm
Wow. Flawless.
magicmaker | April 14, 2011 8:46 pm
I expect to see this painting hanging in a house somewhere in Columbia..entitled something like “The Kept Girl”
felonious | April 15, 2011 12:51 am
That is indeed awesome, how big is it?
quancro | April 15, 2011 1:18 am
….wow.. is just a simple master piece..
1srkarkan | April 15, 2011 1:33 am
Hey, will you put such pictures and Making-of videos in Bishock Infinte?
I would love to earn specials like such pictures in-game ♥
quancro | April 15, 2011 1:37 am
so him
is like a mutant egle..
or like a mutant turkey
?????
sizzle | May 25, 2011 2:01 pm
i think Him is a robot hawk
apollo | April 15, 2011 11:02 am
absolutely smashing
mercilessink | April 15, 2011 5:09 pm
Pretty awesome and frightening at the same time, love Elizabeth’s expression. But then again, a lot of live models waiting for their portrait to be completed look unhappy 😉 lol.
daedro | April 15, 2011 5:50 pm
If you hadn’t told me, I’d have said it was art straight from irrational. They did one hell of a job. Great stuff 🙂
prevailast | April 15, 2011 6:01 pm
I would love that as my 360 background
hugin | April 15, 2011 9:17 pm
Excellent.
nyokou | April 16, 2011 1:03 am
Love it. Elizabeth’s stare… <3
egocide | April 16, 2011 7:51 am
I don’t think she looks unhappy. her look is neutral. “him” was her best friend for a long time so…
rybow73 | April 27, 2011 6:07 pm
And also portraits back then, people didn’t really smile. It was kind of the norm for back then.
mrcolumbia | April 16, 2011 1:06 pm
Very cool! I’m so interested to see what exactly “Him” is..
sizzle | May 25, 2011 2:02 pm
i think hes a robot hawk
richardmcsundy | April 16, 2011 2:14 pm
Pretty Awesome.
mrtiddlywinks | April 16, 2011 2:49 pm
Looks nice! What exactly does Trailer Park do?
icegrove | April 16, 2011 3:42 pm
The big bird is singing for our lady, day and night
senyadraquille | April 17, 2011 2:30 pm
wow thats so beautiful!!!! i used it as my msn picture, i love it!!!!!!
piranha | April 18, 2011 10:32 am
pretty awesome…
very nice
very good
kelzow20 | April 18, 2011 12:22 pm
Honestly, I still think Elizabeth isn’t good looking one. I will use her and abuse her when the game comes out.
katietopside | April 21, 2011 3:04 am
Family photos are never fun to sit through.
harlequinne | April 21, 2011 8:08 am
Him would be the perfect mascot for gas mask fetishists and the like
derwin75 | April 21, 2011 6:39 pm
Great artwork
shocker22 | April 23, 2011 11:07 pm
I like the traditional pose, reminiscent of 1800’s portraiture. They look like a married couple.
rybow73 | April 24, 2011 4:44 pm
Haha, I love it. More awkward than my family portraits.
felonious | April 24, 2011 7:51 pm
Wait you actually have family portraits?
rybow73 | April 24, 2011 10:09 pm
Yes, my family is very traditional.
magicmaker | April 28, 2011 2:54 am
Yeah just likeColumbia has its own Sears Portrait Studio!
rybow73 | May 7, 2011 6:59 pm
It’d be an intimidating portrait to paint.
madamsaundra | April 24, 2011 10:58 pm
Wow
axident | April 26, 2011 5:24 am
Beautiful. 😀
lewis2112 | April 26, 2011 12:21 pm
Amazing! Bioshock artwork is always amazing.
juliantonio | April 29, 2011 12:35 am
awesome! :D!!!
bobogoldman | May 2, 2011 4:43 pm
I don’t know but this reminds me of the movie poster of the “The Devil’s Advocate”
felonious | May 2, 2011 8:29 pm
It’s the same pose, if you replace HIM with Al Pacino and Elizabeth with Reeves and put a desk in front of them.
rybow73 | May 2, 2011 8:33 pm
Maybe Al Pacino will play the role of HIM in the major motion picture version. He has a long enough nose.
hioolac | May 4, 2011 8:59 am
I didn’t know Him had hands… I just thought he was a giant bat or some other freaky thing.
laforzadimente | May 4, 2011 12:31 pm
You know what they say about guys with big hands….they need big gloves.
rybow73 | May 4, 2011 1:15 pm
And big fingernail clippers.
felonious | May 8, 2011 2:07 am
It almost looks like Wolverine’s hand wrapping around Elizabeth, with the hand and claws coming out.
felonious | May 8, 2011 2:16 am
Actually, looks more like Shredder from TMNT.
rybow73 | May 8, 2011 1:50 pm
Or Freddy Krueger.
felonious | May 8, 2011 3:26 pm
Also just cause HIM has hands in this portrait doesn’t mean he will have hands in game,
deepseadweller | May 9, 2011 1:23 am
Very nice.
thecreeper | May 14, 2011 4:42 pm
That’s just amazing.
chrisredfield | May 14, 2011 9:20 pm
This better show in the final build of the game…
deltadrill | May 15, 2011 10:53 am
is this ganna be on sell?
chrisredfield | May 16, 2011 2:48 am
Not til 2012, sadly…
felonious | May 16, 2011 1:18 pm
I’m pretty sure he means the portrait, and I doubt it.
chrisredfield | May 16, 2011 4:43 pm
I was talking about the game, lol…
jim360 | May 18, 2011 12:42 am
epic
reaperseed002 | May 18, 2011 4:10 am
no complainet it is so AWESOME THAT EPIC IS NOT EVEN A WORD AGAINST IT i mean we need to invent a new word for it (:
yuzuki | May 21, 2011 11:15 am
thats awesome
precipice66 | May 21, 2011 3:06 pm
Mmmm, pretty!
sizzle | May 25, 2011 2:06 pm
USE THIS AS THE INSTRUCTION BOOK COVER
gladiator49 | June 4, 2011 5:11 am
^ Agreed, though you don’t make your argument very convincing by typing in all caps.
gladiator49 | June 1, 2011 6:40 am
This would be a great cover to the games manual, just put the words “Bioshock Infinite” across the top and darken the edges and it would work great. (In my opinion)
codex | July 7, 2011 2:24 am
I think it would have been cooler had it been in black and white with full sepia tone, such as photos from the era would have been, however I have to agree with the consensus that it is also very nice as is. Maybe Columbia has colour photos 😉