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Signal from the Sky artwork
May. 1st, 2012 07:56 amLook at this!
Just look at it! This astonishing front cover was done by Jubatian, who (rather appropriately) found me through my coverage of Albion as a song subject, many years ago when I posted on Modplug.
I had been thinking about what I wanted this cover to look like for a long time, but I had no idea who to approach until I remembered about his rather beautiful desolate cityscapes. Even then, I had absolutely no idea that I would get something that was equal in detail to Iron Maiden's covers - apparently I just happened to email at exactly the right moment, when he wanted to start a big art project but didn't know exactly what he wanted to draw. And after exchanging ideas, a terrible sketch by me was gradually painted into what you see up there now.
I really admire people who have the talent to draw - it's an incredible thing, watching someone perform a process that you can't do.
I've done a back cover as well, complete with the final track listing (but not the final track times) - it feels unimaginably strange to even associate my music with something this professional-looking... now I really need to press on and put the finishing touches on the introduction, final and bonus songs, before releasing it for real at some point this month. I just couldn't resist the appropriateness of announcing such an accidentally maritime-themed album on May Day.
Preorders are available on Bandcamp now - donate $10 or more and I'll post you a physical copy when it's released! (As soon as I work out how I'm going to print it.)
Just look at it! This astonishing front cover was done by Jubatian, who (rather appropriately) found me through my coverage of Albion as a song subject, many years ago when I posted on Modplug.
I had been thinking about what I wanted this cover to look like for a long time, but I had no idea who to approach until I remembered about his rather beautiful desolate cityscapes. Even then, I had absolutely no idea that I would get something that was equal in detail to Iron Maiden's covers - apparently I just happened to email at exactly the right moment, when he wanted to start a big art project but didn't know exactly what he wanted to draw. And after exchanging ideas, a terrible sketch by me was gradually painted into what you see up there now.
I really admire people who have the talent to draw - it's an incredible thing, watching someone perform a process that you can't do.
I've done a back cover as well, complete with the final track listing (but not the final track times) - it feels unimaginably strange to even associate my music with something this professional-looking... now I really need to press on and put the finishing touches on the introduction, final and bonus songs, before releasing it for real at some point this month. I just couldn't resist the appropriateness of announcing such an accidentally maritime-themed album on May Day.
Preorders are available on Bandcamp now - donate $10 or more and I'll post you a physical copy when it's released! (As soon as I work out how I'm going to print it.)
