so thats what a procession of weedians looks like
― shur fine (am0n), Monday, 2 April 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
the art is good, but the fonts and font colors are atrocious. the writing was clearly done by a different person than the image. and that person should be fired.
eh, i can hang with the retro space fonts, but this cover ain't a patch on the teepee edition from a few years back
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
looks like taller jawas leaving uncle owen's house
― shur fine (am0n), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
eh, i can hang with the retro space fonts
no you can't. the feel of the fonts are completely inconsistent with the image, and not in a way that's clever.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SleepCover300dpi-RGB-e1333384944852.jpg
this works a lot better imo, from the earsplit pr blog
― diamonddave85, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
this is better, but the green does not work. it should either be shade of green from the robes, or shade of the brown from the sands. and the font does not encapsulate the tone of the band at all.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
the contrast works for me, what can i say? i like a little bit of pop in my graphics.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
2nd version is much, much better though
i think the font works, its just the color is really wrong
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
you have to imagine it as a foil stamp, knowing southern lord
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
looks like they're already committed to that logo
http://weedian.com/files/products/23054_th_94.png
― shur fine (am0n), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, that top is amazing.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
See, to me, the font evokes something good-natured, friendly, and somewhat futuristic. But it should evoke something mysterious, elaborate, hallucinogenic, and vaguely threatening. This was better communicated by the font on "Sleep's Holy Mountain," though even that album's art looked somewhat amateur and probably could have been greatly improved.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
it's retro-futuristic, as is the album title. Very 70s, fits the sound of the band just fine.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
album title font, I should say. Smoking dope is timeless.
xp: feh, the holy mountain art is magnificent and requires no mortal "improvement":
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8I5HvOvk8/SoR_vu6XCjI/AAAAAAAAIL8/NJ8gdb7STXE/s400/Sleep%2520Holy%2520Mountain.jpg
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
^ for those too stoned to click links
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
love how the 'ee' the new logo looks like a pair of lidded eyes glancing thataway
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
half want to read it as "bloop" though
otm
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I like it a lot.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
T-shirt also awesome.
philistines.
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SleepCoverSpreadArt-e1333384672854.jpg
i like the foldout even more
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
stonarz on tattoine
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
chewbacca approved
otoh you gotta give these guys credit for finding new reasons to design covers for the same album
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bOj1v_BgW2s/SoMs137RC2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/02l9I4-Rksw/s1600/Sleep+-+Jerusalem.jpghttp://www.remnantsofreason.com/temp/images/reviews/Sleep_Jerusalem_cover.jpghttp://images.uulyrics.com/cover/s/sleep/album-dopesmoker.jpg
fwiw, i have no idea where that second one came from, fan made?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
So it turns out it's part of a bigger painting:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/528504_10150799941128689_728803688_11693890_610822546_n.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― og (admrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
o rly?
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Weedian on the Edge of Time
― I will transmit this information to (Viceroy), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah that image badly needed an odd sailboat-shaped spacecraft. I was really worried for a moment there
― og (admrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
the cover is a fractal that can be infinitely zoomed out
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
IIRC the second cover was by arik moonhawk roper
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
who is no doubt a fan but i think more to the point kind of a "band bro"
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
if roger dean is an honorary member of yes then arik roper is an honorary member of at least half the good stoner metal bands out there
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
sadly it looks like he's removed a ton of his illustrations from his website, it's a much fancier website now but has way less of his art and a lot less of his early hand-drawn work which appeals to me more than his new oil painting style
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lntt4140321qc95xvo1_500.jpg
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
i think this new cover must be by roper, too. craggy peaks, loose brush for the lines, basic look of those overgrown jawas and their weird dromedary. couldn't be anyone else.
way less of his art and a lot less of his early hand-drawn work which appeals to me more than his new oil painting style
yeah, feel the same, but he probably gets sick of people saying they liked his early stuff better. my favorite moonhawk:
http://image.musicimport.biz/sdimages/upc07/690989000421.jpg
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
I wish the second Sand Person wasn't doing the River Dance.
― Conan The Asshander (Doran), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
man, bummer to realize that Ned has me killfiled and didn't see my post four before his.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
best thing
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i thought that was a bit weird myself. his is bigger though.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
yes its roper
better w/out the text
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for the update, HOOS
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bOj1v_BgW2s/SoMs137RC2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/02l9I4-Rksw/s1600/Sleep+-+Jerusalem.jpg
i've never understood wtf this is thiough
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's much worse w/out the "Sleep" text (dull painting, basically), but much improved w/out the retro-computerized "DOPESMOKER"
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
it is a picture of a mystical guy burning HEMP and also a HEMP sweater that you could wear while smoking HEMP and following the smoke to the RIFF-FILLED land
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link