The first official portrait of Kate Middleton was unveiled this morning in London ... and That suposed to be Kate NOW..not when she's OLDER!

Prince William and Duchess Catherine were there for the big reveal and while she reportedly said the portrait was "absolutely brilliant," but it's getting a universal beating from common folk like you and me.

One Newspapersaid it's "an aesthetic disaster" while a Twitter user said it looked "worse than the touch up of Jesus!!"

"Kate Middleton's new portrait painting looks like the before picture on a miracle anti-ageing skin cream commercial," wrote another.

Best yet,: "Kate Middleton's new portrait looks like that creepy painting from hell that can stare into your soul in Ghostbusters 2."

What do you think? The artist, Paul Emsley, says Kate wanted to "be portrayed naturally -- her natural self.