What is this from?

January 18, 2009 8:05 PM

I found this picture while looking at recent bookmarks on Delicious. Anyone know where it's from? Some sort of game?

I googled the URL and the only reference was a Right-wing website. I don't think it depicts what they say it does. Oh, it's a suicide bombing alright but it sure it doesn't look like the Middle East.

posted by codswallop to media & arts (8 comments total)

From the thread at Reddit, here's a link to the artist's gallery at DeviantArt. I don't see that particular image there, but some of the other images seem to have a similar theme.
posted by sambosambo at 8:16 PM on January 18 [1 favorite]

A TinEye search credits it to someone on deviantart.com - Apocalypse Please by ~OmeN2501 on deviantART.
posted by zamboni at 8:16 PM on January 18

What zamboni said. tineye.com is your friend for identifying images.
posted by mumkin at 8:21 PM on January 18 [4 favorites]

sambosambo: "From the thread at Reddit, here's a link to the artist's gallery at DeviantArt. I don't see that particular image there, but some of the other images seem to have a similar theme."

It's flagged as "Mature Content". You need to register an account on DeviantART to be able to see it.
posted by Memo at 8:25 PM on January 18

According to tineye (you will have to [painlessly] create a free account to be able to actually use its limited but expanding search capabilities), a likely guess would be that it's from deviantart, entitled Apocalypse Please after the song by Muse.

Wonderful work of art ....would she really need such a long cable leading to her bomb trigger though? I mean, that would totally give her away to a wary soldier, wouldn't it? There I go over-analyzing stuff again ... sheesh.
posted by weakcore at 8:25 PM on January 18

Reviewing the TinEye Search, it looks like the art is used as the cover for a Polish book called Apokalipsa według pana Jana, which wikipedia tells me translates to Revelation by Lord John.
posted by zamboni at 8:31 PM on January 18

My God, you people are amazing.

Thank you one and all!
posted by codswallop at 9:18 PM on January 18

I wonder if the artist even knows it's on the cover of that book.
posted by whatgorilla at 9:48 PM on January 18