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| > > It's weird that there is more than one iteration of the > painting being used for Marketing purposes, you would > expect the client to only have the finished product. Maybe > the alterations process took so long that he had to supply > working versions of the painting to them part way thru. > I think that's what's happened! Have you seen this btw? I don't know what it is but it was on Michael Whelan's website.
> > > > > > > > Whoa I'm on crack, ignore everything I said. > > > > > > Just had another look at it and it so obviously isn't the > > > Bat 2 guy. Same pose etc but completely different > > > painting. > > > > I was actually about ready to check the final art, lol. I > > hardly play the CDs anymore. All the files are on the > > computer. > > > > > > Wow Ryan you're right, it appears to be three different > > > versions of the painting! Bizarro. > > > > > > > Three of how many though... That's the thing. I'd love if > > we could see the other ones, just to watch it evolve, even > > though I know you're not a fan of the art. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, look a bit closer and you'll see it is the exact same > > > > > bike and motorcyclist as Bat out of Hell 2. Whelan didn't > > > > > repaint it, somebody has overlaid the bike from the Bat 2 > > > > > cover in order to make it more prominent / obvious. > > > > > > > > Is it really?? > > > > > > > > You mean the final version? Because he looks different in > > > > the Meat Loaf '99 pic. > > > > > > > > Btw, the illustration is actually called "Meat Loaf > > > > Ascendant" or maybe just "Ascendant". SOMETHING like > > > > that. > > > > > > > > "Ascendant" sounds like a cool name for an album. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I missed the bike in the clouds when I first looked at > > > > > > these. The bike in Ryan's picture is not hidden in the > > > > > > same way. Meat must have decided to make it more > > > > > > prominent. > > > > > > > > > > > > | |
