HW: DH artwork (wasRe: HW: Swindon show)

[Ron Jennings]

alan aurthurs did the covers for ET, Alien, Love in space, Davey's Captured
Rotation,
IITBOTFTBD, and some others, i guess.
talked to kris tait awhile ago, asked how alan was, and got: "alan is no longer
with us."
she didnt sound like she wanted to talk about ti, so we didnt push.
but- that would explain a cover that might lack depth. tho i've not seen it.
the package is a VERY important part of an album. whether its important to fans
or not,
it is needed to attract new fans.
rj

gingoblin at EASYNET.CO.UK wrote:

> >> I've not seen mention of the cover yet... does anyone else think the whole
> >> cover/booklet has the look of one of the dodgy compilations? It's gotta be
> >> some of the worst artwork for a "real" HW album I've ever seen.
> >
> >I think it's quite good - certainly way ahead of Electric Tepee, Space
> >Bandits, Xenon Codex, CotBS, ...
> >
> >Dave.
>
> Each to their own I suppose! Maybe I don't like it as much 'cos I know how
> easy it is to give pictures that "carved in rock" effect, and have seen it
> used a bit too much lately (of which I am guilty!).
> Grey isn't the most eye-catching colour though (and a grey promotional
> poster is a really bad move!), and I have to say I like all those covers you
> mentioned (apart from Chronicle... mind you!). I notice no-one gets a credit
> for the cover, which makes me think someone just knocked it up, rather than
> following any sorta "design concept". At least the other covers seems to
> have had some time and effort put into them. DH looks like the result of a
> "design a sleeve in an hour" competition (IMO!). Great album though... a
> grower rather than an immediate fave I think.
>
> Dave