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| re: VBO Meat Loaf Cover Artwork Variance | |
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rockfenris2005 06:42 am UTC 05/16/11 |
| In reply to: | re: VBO Meat Loaf Cover Artwork Variance - Wilbury 06:28 am UTC 05/16/11 |
> Well the problem that I have with this as an album cover > is the same problem I have with Bat2, and ONE of the same > problems I have with TMiL. > > It has not been designed to the album aspect ratio. I > understand painting an entire scene that extends beyond > the proportions of a CD, so as to have imagery for > marketing materials etc, but for god sakes, surely first > and foremost the important part is getting the composition > on the front of the CD correct!? > > On the front cover of VBO, there's no focus point, the > guy, the bike in the clouds and the bat monster all form > this stupid clusterfuck on top of each other that bumps > its head into the Type at the top, and the rest of the > canvas is effectively inactive . negative space. The > painting in full is a beautiful composition, but cropped > to a CD it doesn't conform to any aesthetic principles at > all. Oh, I don't mind it. It's the bridge that gets my attention. Is that supposed to be the ruins of the Golden Gate Bridge? But yeah, having looked at the other versions of the art, the final bat (LOL) seems incongruous with the rest of it. And also, the motorcyclist in the sky clashes with the figure on the bridge. It's a little busy. But I definitely absolutely undeniably prefer it to TMIL, and the MSO cover which looks like a bootleg! Ugh! They just used the basic image and threw a flaming orchestra on top of it with a couple towers from clipart! > > And then there's TMiL — holy shit what a train wreck? The > entire bottom right third, from about 1:30 to 6 oclock, is > static. The All of the action is taking place in the top > left quadrant… which on my copy is covered by a big red > sticker! The bike is cropped out entirely, the guy's head > is bumping into the bat's goofy bottom jaw. And WHY is it > all pushed up in the top left hand corner? To make room > for something? There's nothing! There's literaly nothing > else in the painting? In the background behind the dude's > arm is… smoke? dust? There's nothing there! COMIC BOOK GUY: Worst. Meat Loaf. Cover art. Ever! Even when I heard that there were going to be other songwriters involved, I was still waiting to see what the cover art would be like. I remember this specifically. I was at a computer in a public library. I checked Meat's forum. And there it was. And I couldn't believe it. I thought one of the fans must have drawn it. Completely disappointed. It's a mess. It's inconsistent. The motorcyclist has a Samurai sword. There are columns from a temple in Ancient Greece. The angel in the corner set back the feminist movement a couple decades lol... It's a load of trash, if you ask me. I cringe when I see it next to the other two. "Hang Cool Teddy Bear" was an improvement though. I didn't mind that. > > Contrast this with Bernie Wrightson and Richard Corben, > who as I understand are both comic book artists, on Dead > Ringer and Bat respectively. They're both perfect. The > composition is based on a square, the canvas is used. I agree. > > My jaw dropped when I first saw the cover of TMiL. It is > SOOOO bad. Has no redeeming features at all. > Yarp. | |
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