That famous Obama poster

When I experience the Obama poster the first thing I see is a smile. It’s very subtle, but it’s a self-assured smile – can you picture a Stalin smile? I also see cool – because if Obams is anything, he is cool - did you catch the cool way he sat on the stool during the town hall debate? This poster could be a close up of that.

Of course he’s looking up and to his left.

But what I find most interesting is the color scheme. Half red and half blue – I get it, red and blue states. The red is not satire though, it’s sincere, and it’s meant to convey that he has some Ronald Reagan in him – see the stark red tie.

The blue though is the most interesting. The blue on his face is nuanced, it’s in different shades – just like Obama himself.