Octavarium - Final Cover

Please, nobody kill me :[

I was bored; yea I know the shiny spot is wrong on the last ball now. There is a little bump at the top too to show where the string is connected on the first picture. I'm just a sucker for equilibrium :]

This is NOT a "Photoshop This" thread.

Can´t wait for the tour opening video when the balls begin to crash at each other and thunder and lightning are shaking the screens... Just dreaming ... It´s an awesome cover!

I still feel as I did in the first thread. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE COVER LOOKS LIKE, I ONLY CARE ABOUT THE MUSIC WITHIN.


With that said, I'm assuming that maybe Wey posted an unpolished draft accidently in the first thread. This FINAL version looks "fixed". I'm also assuming that the final one was done already and the forums input, (valid, but too harsh), has nothing to do with the one we see now.

ORIGINAL: Zepp3lin

Please, nobody kill me :[

I was bored; yea I know the shiny spot is wrong on the last ball now. There is a little bump at the top too to show where the string is connected on the first picture. I'm just a sucker for equilibrium :]

Interesting...especially the light mistake. I don't think Hugh Syme would make mistakes that noticable...but perhaps it's intended? I can't imagine why though.

I posted what I was sent. There was no accident involved.

ORIGINAL: jcharney

ORIGINAL: Zepp3lin

Please, nobody kill me :[

I was bored; yea I know the shiny spot is wrong on the last ball now. There is a little bump at the top too to show where the string is connected on the first picture. I'm just a sucker for equilibrium :]

Interesting...especially the light mistake. I don't think Hugh Syme would make mistakes that noticable...but perhaps it's intended? I can't imagine why though.

Again, why are people assuming these are mistakes? Would a lifelong artist and the person who commissioned the artwork really allow these "mistakes" to pass through? There's probably a very good reason for the short string and whatever else people think they've found in this...

ORIGINAL: Tabs

There's probably a very good reason for the short string and whatever else people think they've found in this...

It's probably to twist panties all over the internet.

Well, I think the cover is great. I always loved the Hear In The Now Frontier cover and I think this one is even better. I too think it's very progressive. Not in looks, but in idea, it reminds me of those great prog covers and classic rock covers.

ORIGINAL: Tabs

ORIGINAL: jcharney

ORIGINAL: Zepp3lin

Please, nobody kill me :[

I was bored; yea I know the shiny spot is wrong on the last ball now. There is a little bump at the top too to show where the string is connected on the first picture. I'm just a sucker for equilibrium :]

Interesting...especially the light mistake. I don't think Hugh Syme would make mistakes that noticable...but perhaps it's intended? I can't imagine why though.

Again, why are people assuming these are mistakes? Would a lifelong artist and the person who commissioned the artwork really allow these "mistakes" to pass through? There's probably a very good reason for the short string and whatever else people think they've found in this...

Yea I would go along with the first theory posted about throwing the other balls into chaos when that Majesty one comes down.

I enjoy photos of green nature, sloping hills, mountains, and clouded blue skies with birds flying, so I am really into this album cover. Its very easy and pleasant on the eyes.

Reminds me SO MUCH of a Pink Floyd cover. Division Bell, or something.

I love it, and I loved the first one. For some reason it gives me the feeling like theres going to be a mandolin on the album or something.

Great work everyone involved

me like

I don't have a copy of yesterday's version saved to compare to, but it looks to me right now like the black bar is a different shade, or texture, or something. I think I remember the last version being dead black, and it made it look a little bit cheesy, but this one looks kind of stoney, and it looks a lot better to me. But the whole thing looks a bit less vibrant, so it may just be that.

Either way, it looks a lot more polished. I liked it before (I'm a sucker for that kind of landscape), but now it actually looks like a finished album cover. Two thumbs up.

Edit: Apparently I am completely incapable of making an error-free post on the first try. LADIES EMAIL ME

Wow, is it just me or the record company are really increasing their DT budget?!
First, recorded the album on The Record Plant, then they gave the album to be mixed by the same guy that mixes the Coldplay albums, and now they put Hugh Syme to do the artwork??
This is reaaaaally cool, IMO!!!
BTW, Killer cover too!!!

ORIGINAL: Caught in a glass prison

Anyone happen to have the original saved and can post a pic of it? I'd like to look at them side-by-side. Loved the cover since the beginning.

Here is the original cover and new one:

does the bar now look sort of see-thru to anybody else? Thats cool

ORIGINAL: gangstayoda

i love the imagery of this cover.
theres a supernatural element fused with the earthly. (the balls hanging from the heavens + the pasture and hills in the background; the birds are maybe a link between the two).
also the peaceful and the heavy \m/ \m/ !!! just try and imagine the sounds of nature: birds chirping, etc, and then theres these ginormous metal balls clanking in the sky! imagine what that would sound like = \m/

beautiful.

So glad somebody mentioned this! I think this contrast is huge. I mentioned it in the other thread, but it was not worthy of a reply. Lots of contrast in this cover... perhaps like the music on the album? Not too much of a stretch considering DTs back catalouge... I think this artwork fits them perfectly!

ORIGINAL: Dream Team
the other 1% are a bunch of whining, spoiled, inconsiderate, rude, obnoxious, jealous, insulting, impolite, negative pessimists

No prizes for guessing who got a Thesaurus for Christmas

ORIGINAL: jcharney
Interesting...especially the light mistake. I don't think Hugh Syme would make mistakes that noticable...but perhaps it's intended? I can't imagine why though.

I'm pretty sure Zepp3lin meant the highlight was wrong in his photoshopped version, now that he'd moved the ball... Everyone can holster their sidearms - there's no bashing happening

insultive.

looks fantastic, can't wait to hear the music!

its even better now
really liked the changes :D

I just realised that we are near the end of april, so We only need to wait for just over 1 month for the album.

Can't wait, the suspense is kiling me, but I love DT for how they handle these situations, and I can't wait to hear the album as the artwork truly rocks.

ORIGINAL: Liquid Drum Theater

I just realised that we are near the end of april, so We only need to wait for just over 1 month for the album.

51 days!

ORIGINAL: zoso

ORIGINAL: Liquid Drum Theater

I just realised that we are near the end of april, so We only need to wait for just over 1 month for the album.

51 days!

50 days for me

Excellent work!

I'm happy to see Mike prove once again that he's not a spoiled, arrogant rock star (think Dave Mustaine's posts recently) but instead a really nice, down to earth kind of guy. The fact that some details about the supposedly final cover were changed after constructive criticism from the fans (and I mean constructive - f*ck all the tactless, loud-mouthed bashers!) really undermines that. I'm very impressed with Mike's reaction to the whole situation.

~beeyautiful~

I still think the black bar will be somehow removed... The Lateralus-like cover idea would be awesome

Wait and see

ORIGINAL: Liquid Drum Theater

ORIGINAL: zoso

ORIGINAL: Liquid Drum Theater

I just realised that we are near the end of april, so We only need to wait for just over 1 month for the album.

51 days!

50 days for me

Actually i think it's 48 days and 6 hours and 20 minutes, for me

i was counting today and the release date.

i loved it before, i still love it now

bring on the music!

ORIGINAL: goalkeeper19

bring on the music!

Why so greedy?

ORIGINAL: zoso

i was counting today and the release date.

Well i only have to count 6 hours and 15 mins for today, cos it's 2.45AM here and obviously i'm not gonna take in count the whole release day cos i'm gonna be in front of the record store door 9AM

I still love it.. some of the subtle changes were for the better.. then again i never thought that the last image was the total finished cover.. it looks awesome.. as someone else said, its very relaxing, and im expecting that the booklet and rest of the packaging are gonna be amazing as well. all the colors look great together. great job guys, cant wait for the music part..

matt

I loved the first one and I love this one as well. I love landscapes such as the one on the cover and I've always found Newton's Cradle interesting.

Cover looks great! Now it's time to reveal the track lengths.

I'll say exactly what I said in the first thread.
Two words: Fucking sweet.

The artwork is gorgeous. This album is going to KILL!!
June 7th, Octavarium; June 17th, Batman Begins and June 21st, my 29th birthday!!! Oh sweet June. How I love thee.

The cover looks fantastic! As a couple people mentioned in the other thread, it reminds me a bit of Devin Townsend's "Terria" cover - one of my all time favorites. That landscape is just stunning and I love the subtle change from clarity in the foreground to the faint, shadowy fog in the background. I'm very interested to hear what that symbolism relates to.

Man, this is a nice cover. I can't wait to eat the stuff through.

I updated my wallpaper with the release of the Final Cover.