Official Iron Maiden artwork and fan drawn Eddies (no AI images please)

New POM art that we missed from the comic book.

It's like a continuation of the album cover, Eddie looking through the cell (for Icarus!). I like it, but why Eddie isn't colorful?
 

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Kalata said:
New POM art that we missed from the comic book.

It's like a continuation of the album cover, Eddie looking through the cell (for Icarus!). I like it, but why Eddie isn't colorful?
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Not colorful because he's more or less painted in whitish-gray tones by moonlight in his weird floating padded cell.
 
I had forgotten that Vision Of The Beast Eddie had the DOD look in the booklet (a hint for the next release?). Good choice they didn't use it for the cover. Btw, VOB Eddie on the cover is not that bad CGI.
 

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Btw, VOB Eddie on the cover is not that bad CGI.
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Yeah, the quality of the CGI on Visions of the Beast probably isn't horrible, especially when compared to some other CG imagery on Maiden releases around the late 90's - early 00's. It's merely the design of that particular Eddie itself, and the overall lack of "Maiden world" immersion, that makes these CGI cover attempts a bit lousy. :D
 
A thought:

The pose and approach of TBOS Eddie on the cover would have still been impactful if it was with one of the booklet's arts (the jungle setting). Or just a subtle details (the pyramid's entrance, for example) and shadows for even more impact (unlike SJ's). The actual cover is a perfect back cover.
 
Kalata said:
A thought:

The pose and approach of TBOS Eddie on the cover would have still been impactful if it was with one of the booklet's arts (the jungle setting). Or just a subtle details (the pyramid's entrance, for example) and shadows for even more impact (unlike SJ's). The actual cover is a perfect back cover.
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I miss the old, fuller style of covers that took advantage of the size of vinyl or even CD. It's a bummer they're prioritizing simplistic black background covers that (might) work better for little Spotify thumbnails or whatever. The thinking behind it is just...weird. I understand trying to adapt to more prevalent forms of media consumption, but at this late stage of the game, is going simple on the art really going to move the dial sales-wise even a little?

But here we are. Two albums in a row, I open it up and see an image that would've been 1000x more striking than what they put that on the cover instead. Oh well.
 
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