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rockfenris2005 02:27 pm UTC 05/20/11 |
| In reply to: | A Very Interesting History Of Art Thread - steven_stuart 02:46 am UTC 05/19/11 |
> This is a very interesting history of art thread. Maybe > Michael Whelan would enjoy reading the various posts > discussing his work. Someone should tell him. Does he > still do album covers? I seem to remember someone saying > that he no longer wants to do them. Maybe because Meat > used computers to change his work. I'm not sure. I don't think so. I think the artist would be involved every step of the way. I hope so... Ryan, > when you talk about it evolving, is it Whelan doing the > different versions or are Meat's people manipulating an > original painting? Well, according to what BMV said, Whelan was doing all the different versions, and he was frustrated because of all the changes it required, because it was disrupting his schedule. I don't think they would have hired another artist to intervene. But, certainly, I think somebody else would have added the Meat Loaf logo and the title. In another post you say that Wilbury is > not a fan of the art but didn't Wilbury say that he is a > fan of the original painting? I think he said that after I said that he wasn't a fan of the art. Also, the following from > Wikipedia made me wonder: "The cover art was illustrated > by sci-fi/fantasy artist Michael Whelan, following the > style of Richard Corben's cover for Bat Out of Hell. It > features the biker from the first cover flying on his > motorcycle towards a giant bat perched on top of New York > City's Chrysler Building. Echoing the gravestones of the > first cover, partially destroyed skyscrapers inhabit the > lava landscape." I think that's a brilliant description. I wish somebody would write a short story about what's happening on the front covers of these albums. You could have so much fun. Also like the first album, it features a > 'Songs by Jim Steinman' credit, although smaller and > located at the bottom of the cover." Does Richard Corben > deserve credit for the Michael Whelan painting? I'm not sure. And Jim? > Jim has the "concept" credit for the Bat 1 cover. How much > influence did Jim have on the original painting that > Wilbury posted? The "partially destroyed skyscrapers" and > the Chrysler Building sticking out sound like something > from Jim's imagination. Its very Obsdian (or > post-apocalyptic New York).Its actually more relevant to > Jim's "Neverland" vision than the Bat 1 cover is. And it's the closest that any of the cover art comes to illustrating that vision. | |
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