Artwork

[NAD]

well i like the cover for ulver bergtatt so obviously i'm not the Originality Police.

 

[Sadguru]

well i like the cover for ulver bergtatt so obviously i'm not the Originality Police.

Exactly

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

I just posted artwork that I like. Whether its art or not. Means nothing. Whether its cliched or not. Means nothing. it's all what I think is looks cool/fits the album the best.

Besides, I only own albums I like. Just like Henrik.

 

[Sadguru]

90% of the cover artwork posted so far is downright ugly.

Which?

 

[Henrik Main]

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I like this because it's funny and suits the theme of the album. Not because it's an artistic masterpiece. Not because it's particularly pretty. But because it's funny, and because I like it. Y'know, it's possible to like coverart that isn't pretty per se. This thread didn't ask for artistically impressive, stunning artwork, but for the RC posters' fave artwork.

Love,
Henrik Main

 

[lurch70]

by far the best cover ever ... it speaks volumes about the music within

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I can't find any larger pictures of this:

simple, effective.

 

[Demonspell]

there's probably no coincidence that many of those i posted are some of my favorite albums evAr, but that's not the main reason i chose them.

black metal albums, for the most part, are ridiculously bad. oh look, ANOTHER dark forest! how original.

It's difficult to remove personal bias from whatever criteria you use to distinguish between good and bad art, no question...I personally consider a good album cover to be one that reflects the mood of the music as well as being creative artistically.

 

[lizard]

creative, yes...but do you also consider skill, or talent of the artist/photographer?

just curious.

I mean, I could go out and take a picture of a turd on top of an air conditioner. Maybe that's never been done before, so it's creative. but did it take any skill?

 

[Chromatose]

I mean, I could go out and take a picture of a turd on top of an air conditioner. Maybe that's never been done before, so it's creative. but did it take any skill?

well, think of it this way... have you even tried crapping on top of an air conditioner??

 

[lizard]

while the fan blades are whirring away scant inches from the naughty bits?

 

[unhinged]

creative, yes...but do you also consider skill, or talent of the artist/photographer?

just curious.

I mean, I could go out and take a picture of a turd on top of an air conditioner. Maybe that's never been done before, so it's creative. but did it take any skill?

possibly
you'd need to get the lighting right of course

 

[Mormagil]

I mean, come on, look at that guy.

 

[lizard]

I don't know if it is art, but look at this shit...Saddam is writing crib notes on his hand for his trial's testimony

 

[lizard]

"for a good time call Peggy 674-5672"

 

[snow2fall]

Sure, some of these cliché metal covers with their fancy band logos, foggy mountain scenes, bleak landscapes, with a lot of of black and different shades of red, with their angels and crosses, dying creatures and corpses do look nice. But they don't make me go wow anymore. There's nothing special about them.

I agree that apart from being "artistically valuable", the cover art has to fit the music somehow.

The following are good examples, imho.

 

[Dev]

 

[snow2fall]

Very nice.

 

[NAD]

lolz enema-me