13 Most Famous Art Designers in Prog!
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Topic: 13 Most Famous Art Designers in Prog!
Posted By: Gandalff
Subject: 13 Most Famous Art Designers in Prog!
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:15
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Some most famous artworks by above mentioned: Barney Bubbles:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Hawkwind-Space_Ritual_%28album_cover%29.jpg" rel="nofollow">
 Barry Godber:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/IntheCourtoftheCrimsonKing.jpg" rel="nofollow">
 Cal Schenkel:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Trout_Mask_Replica.png" rel="nofollow">
 Gerald Scarfe:
 H. R. Giger:
 Hipgnosis:
 Hugh Syme:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Rush_Permanent_Waves.jpg" rel="nofollow">
 Lasse Hoile:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Porcupine_tree_in_absentia.jpg" rel="nofollow">
 P. J. Crook:
 Paul Whitehead:
 Roger Dean:
 Travis Smith:
 Trevor Key:
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:19
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Pink Floyd have some great ones. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:23
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Paul Whitehead (e.g. some Genesis and VDGG albums), and on Alex Carpani both albums among others, also like a lot Tage Ĺsen responsable for some Coste Apetrea albums, Sammla Mannas, and almost all releated bands to these two. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:25
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That's really difficult. My favourites would be Hipgnosis, Roger Dean and Paul Whitehead. Okay, If I must choose: Paul Whitehead, and then especially because of his classic trilogy of Genesis covers and Peter Hammill's Fools Mate cover. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:34
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Cover art of "In The Court..." is really iconic and invincible for me! It's interesting that's only one Godber's painting and he died shortly after the album's release... ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:35
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I vote for Dean, but if you like this kind of things pay a visit to www.senmuth.com. Valery Av is a designer and all the cover arts of his more than 100 albums are designed by him. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Cimnele
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:46
| I daredn't vote against Giger... who knows what dire creatures he'll summon up against me??? |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:51
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Roger Dean, Hipgnosis or Whitehead - I'll vote Dean because I love his imagery. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 07:55
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PJ Crook. The best thing about King Crimson ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 08:11
You might need several changes of underwear if this ever crosses your path
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Cimnele wrote:Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 08:21
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As an individual artist, I have to go with Dean, but the Hipgnosis group (I'm assuming it wasn't a single artist) did some fantastic work. H.R. didn't do that many album covers that I know of but the BSS was awesome. He was a rather prolific artist though perhaps best known for his work for the movie Alien.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 08:22
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 08:24
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Voted for Hipgnosis. Runners up: Roger Dean, Mark Wilkinson (Fish), Hugh Syme, Ed Unitsky (Manning). ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 08:52
| Hipgnosis. |
Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 08:55
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Mark Wilkinson should be on that list, he gets my vote ------------- You must be joking.....Take a running jump...... |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 10:21
| Nothing tops Barry Godber's In The Court Of The Crimson King. Its disturbing and intriguing. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 10:22
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Roger Dean ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 10:28
Oh! Interesting paintings, sorry for my omitting!
Regarding art designers from my country (appeared in PA), I would suggest:
Martin Velíšek:
 Karel Haloun:
 Petr Sís:
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 10:36
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 10:41
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Some of these inclusions of are horrific in my opinion. But i guess that's the point of an opinion. Voted Rodger dean, because very few of the others really blow me away. :\
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 10:49
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 10:51
 Brilliant.------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:14
But Dean stole from Avatar.  Hipgnosis for me even thought the example of Ummagumma could be replaced with a waaayy better one.  In fact, practically any other one.------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:16
WAIT They're cheesy but Roger Dean is a god? And just because I like this face: ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:23
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:25
Any of those, yep. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:31
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:36
Thank you.  ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:41
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Hate not to vote for HR Giger, but Roger Dean it is.
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Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 11:54
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P.J Crook's artwork is simply awesome ------------- 
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 12:02
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 12:12
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I'm particularly fond of Travis Smith's style.
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 14:53
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Longtime Hipgnosis fan here, though Roger Dean is CLOSE behind. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 15:02
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Barney Bubbles by a long long way. A proper designer he be. That Dean chap is too Cheesey.
RIP ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 15:12
| I like Roger Dean most, but voted PJ Crook, who I also like a lot. After these two it's Hipgnosis and Giger. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 15:38
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Hipgnosis for me, I liked the more graphic art style. Roger Dean is great but I find alot of his albums seemed to repeat motifs after the first classic Yes albums. Hipgnosis did one of my favourite modern album covers; The Pineapple Thief's "Someone Here Is Missing". If Geiger had done more it would've been him. Brain Salad Surgery is one of my all time favourites. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 16:06
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Dean didn't steal from Avatar........ it was the other way round, quite obviously. Anyway, Giger gets my vote for being eccentric and ahead of his time. ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 16:12
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Giger, Whitehead and Thorgerson(Hipgnosis) are the only ones I really like. Went with Giger. Smith and Dean have their moments. The ITCOTCK cover is wonderful as well, but unfortunately it was Godber's only artwork before he passed away in '70.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 17:07
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I like Lassie's artwork and photography, but GfD wasn't good. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: December 27 2011 at 20:42
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From these, Paul Whitehead
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 00:54
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Roger Dean.
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Posted By: ergaster
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 07:16
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Roger Dean is iconic. For a while in the 70s and 80s I tried to collect all the Dean covers I could find. Still have a bunch stashed away, including some rarities I think.
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Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 08:15
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Why on earth would you pick Hugh Syme's worst album cover ever to represent him? I wish Storm Thorgerson was one of the options.... How could he not be? Roger Dean it is then. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 12:26
Please suggest any better example, you complainer! So, everyone has a different taste, do you know?
Regarding Thorgerson, he's included in Hipgnosis. Or can I itemize this option? ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 15:41
I agree with JS, that cover is ruined by the airplane tail. It's not moving, just sticking out there like a mountain peak. The photoshop distortion on the Majesty symbol is especially horrid - don't know what he was thinking there.  A lot of Syme's covers have little lame mistakes like that. Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures would be much better examples, I think his best works are the ones he did for Rush. You also picked Lasse Hoile's worst cover, pretty much anything else would've been better. 
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Posted By: ergaster
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 20:04
According to Swilson on his FB page, absolutely nothing was done to this photograph. It is old polaroid stock in a pinhole camera at sunset. No photoshopping, no nothing, what you see is exactly how it developed when pulled from the camera. FWIW. ------------- We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Captain Malcolm Reynolds Reality rules, Honor the truth Chemist99a R.I.P. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 20:47
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^I stand corrected. Still looks like crap though.
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 29 2011 at 09:44
However, changed for your satisfaction. But against my feelings.  ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 29 2011 at 10:20
That's who i voted for,i just love his style.That dark and melancholic look really works for me. It's interesting that maybe his best album cover art is so different from the rest,and i'm talking about Opeth's Heritage cover art.Brilliant stuff ! ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 29 2011 at 10:30
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: January 02 2012 at 02:20
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Roger Dean seems to be obvious.
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