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Artist creates portrait of Donald Trump from his most outrageous quotes

By Mark Molloy 7:29PM GMT 27 Jan 2016

 

There has been so many mind-boggling Donald Trump quotes since he announced his White House bid, one artist was inspired to create a portrait out of them.

 

This excellent portrait of Donald Trump is made from his most hateful quotes

by Louis Doré

 

Gaze upon its magnificence. A Manchester-based artist has created a painting of Donald Trump, made out of some of his most vile statements.

 

This Painting Made From Gay Men’s Blood Makes A Powerful Point About Blood Donation Rules

By Patrick Smith 16th November 2015

 

The painting is a protest against UK rules which ban men from donating blood within 12 months of having sex with another man.

 

Blood portrait makes case for gay donors

 

Manchester-based Conor Collins has produced a portrait of transgender star Caitlyn Jenner using the cruel messages she was sent on social media

'Turning hate into love!' Caitlyn Jenner praises artist who made online threats and hatred against the star into a portrait

 

CHELSEA WHITE  30 August 15

 

With her cover of Vanity Fair, her television show and a huge social media fan base it is easy to think Caitlyn Jenner has had an easy transition.

But look online and not everyone has been as accepting of the transgender star with the comment section of her Twitter filled with people telling the 65-year-old 'to go die' and that she is a 'freak' and a 'perv'.

 

English artist Conor Collins saw those messages of hate and decided he wanted to make something beautiful from them, using the tweets to create a portrait of Caitlyn.

 

British artist recreates Caitlyn Jenner's Vanity Fair cover using Twitter death threats

 

Manchester-based Conor Collins has produced a portrait of transgender star Caitlyn Jenner using the cruel messages she was sent on social media

Artist Uses Caitlyn Jenner Twitter Death Threats to Re-create 'Vanity Fair' Cover Portrait

Conor Collins creates Tom Daley portrait from anti-gay tweets

 

JESS DENHAM  Tuesday 22 April 2014

 

Olympic diver Tom Daley became an instant victim to social media trolling when he revealed he was gay in a candid YouTube video last December.

 

The homophobic backlash faced by the 19-year-old was widely criticised and now, Manchester-based artist Conor Collins has delivered his own creative response – a detailed portrait of Daley in front of the British flag, made entirely out of the cruel tweets he received.

Artist Turns Homophobic Tweets About Tom Daley Into a Portrait of the Olympic Diver

 

Olivia B. Waxman April 23, 2014

 

Jezebel highlights via The Plymouth Herald a U.K. artist’s portrait of the English Olympic diver Tom Daley that is made from homophobic tweets directed at him after he revealed that he was in a relationship with a man in a video message uploaded to YouTube on Dec. 2, 2013. Daley retweeted the artist Conor Collins’s tweet of the portrait last week.

Insults featured in the piece include "dirty fag" and "he's going to hell, it's Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve".

Collins tweeted a picture of his finished artwork before posting another message thanking people for their “overwhelming responses”.

Meet The Artist Who Turned Homophobic Tweets Sent To Tom Daley Into An Inspirational Picture

Alan White - April 22nd 2014

 

Conor Collins turned pure hate into an incredible image. His explanation of why he did it is pretty awesome....