Dream Theater artwork (made by me) - The Eleventh Day

STEVETHEATER · February 02, 2011, 03:44:48 PM

Hello there,

Here I have some new artwork I want to share with you guys.
Last week I was watching Tim Burton's Big Fish again (awesome movie btw) and looking at the cover I got inspired.
So I came up with these 2 covers. I made the tree in Adobe Illustrator and it took me 'about 7 hours to make.
Halfway I was like.... pffffff wtf am I doing?
Hope you like the end result.

PS: Oh yes, the 2nd is totally Storm Thorgerson style. Couldn't help myself.

Steve

jsem · February 02, 2011, 03:48:20 PM

Mindblowing.

JayOctavarium · February 02, 2011, 03:50:08 PM

You win. everything.

TheKillingHand · February 02, 2011, 03:54:18 PM

Amazing work as usual Steve!!

Adami · February 02, 2011, 03:55:30 PM

Those are both incredible and quite fascinating!

DarkLord_Lalinc · February 02, 2011, 03:56:14 PM

The second one is impressive

TheMadgician · February 02, 2011, 03:58:17 PM

Sweet mother of yes. I pray to the god of gods they happen to see this, contact you, and use one of those.

Nic35 · February 02, 2011, 03:59:42 PM

The second one is mindblowing.

DarkLord_Lalinc · February 02, 2011, 04:02:03 PM

Quote from: TheMadgician on February 02, 2011, 03:58:17 PM
Sweet mother of yes. I pray to the god of gods they happen to see this, contact you, and use one of those.

Yes, seriously. Your quality is up there with the big names.

orcus116 · February 02, 2011, 04:04:13 PM

The concept is a lot cooler than the execution. The color and font choice for the first one hurt my eyes and I almost like the landscape minus the Majesty symbol on the second one. The guy in the corner really ruins the whole look for some reason.

STEVETHEATER · February 02, 2011, 04:15:40 PM

Quote from: orcus116 on February 02, 2011, 04:04:13 PM
The concept is a lot cooler than the execution. The color and font choice for the first one hurt my eyes and I almost like the landscape minus the Majesty symbol on the second one. The guy in the corner really ruins the whole look for some reason.

lol

You really don't like my work don't you?... that's cool, no worries.

Are you familliar with Storm Thorgerson's work? Go here https://www.stormthorgerson.com/
The reason I put the man in there is that you get the idea on how big ''the object'' (in this case the Majesty symbol) is.

Steve

toro · February 02, 2011, 04:17:03 PM

I came.

chrisbDTM · February 02, 2011, 04:20:05 PM

second one

holy crap. someone send that to the band

SeventhSon · February 02, 2011, 04:20:25 PM

Awesome work, man. I agree, the band should see some of your artwork.

orcus116 · February 02, 2011, 04:28:07 PM

Quote from: STEVETHEATER on February 02, 2011, 04:15:40 PM
Quote from: orcus116 on February 02, 2011, 04:04:13 PM
The concept is a lot cooler than the execution. The color and font choice for the first one hurt my eyes and I almost like the landscape minus the Majesty symbol on the second one. The guy in the corner really ruins the whole look for some reason.

lol You really don't like my work don't you?... that's cool, no worries.
Are you familliar with Storm Thorgerson's work? Go here https://www.stormthorgerson.com/
The reason I put the man in there is that you get the idea on how big ''the object'' (in this case the Majesty symbol) is.

Steve

You've clearly got a lot of talent I just think you should learn to utilize it better. A lot of your work feels a bit too familiar at times but it's still well done.

Zorander · February 02, 2011, 04:31:55 PM

Love your cover art Steve

Do you by any chance have the various covers etc available in different sizes to be used as wallpapers? That'd be neat

rumborak · February 02, 2011, 05:21:41 PM

Second one is way cool.

rumborak

juice · February 02, 2011, 05:32:34 PM

Excellent work!

ReaperKK · February 02, 2011, 05:36:01 PM

The first one is great and the second one is amazing, I can definitely see the Storm Thorgerson inspiration who is my personal favorite album cover designer.

lateralus88 · February 02, 2011, 05:40:58 PM

Wallpaper size please?

DeanTheater · February 02, 2011, 06:37:53 PM

stunning work. I really love the 2nd, as do most of us so far. great efforts!

LieLowTheWantedMan · February 02, 2011, 06:53:44 PM

I, personally, prefer the first. They're both amazing, though.

The Letter M · February 02, 2011, 06:55:50 PM

Amazing work as always Steve! Both are great, and I love the use of the Majesty symbol as more than just a symbol on a sign - it's part of the actual environment itself! And yes, it's very Storm-like, which of course, is a great thing!

-Marc.

Tsev Eyd Ecaps · February 02, 2011, 07:12:58 PM

whoa

King Postwhore · February 02, 2011, 07:17:03 PM

Fantasitc work Steve. Now if you could work on the tour shirt for us. May I sugest this with your new logo?

Adami · February 02, 2011, 07:21:55 PM

That's very funny Kings. I had a similar thought actually.

j · February 02, 2011, 07:27:42 PM

Wow. Second one in particular looks incredible, but personally I think it'd be ideal without the guy standing in the corner. That throws it off a little, IMO.

Both of 'em are very cool though.

-J

Jamesman42 · February 02, 2011, 07:28:57 PM

I love the second one. The first one would be good for a singles release.

Jirpo · February 02, 2011, 07:52:39 PM

Quote from: Nic35 on February 02, 2011, 03:59:42 PM
The second one is mindblowing.

IMO it would be better without the person, but still, incredible stuff!

emindead · February 02, 2011, 08:50:38 PM

The second one is freaking amazing. Although I do concur with orcus: if you take the guy out, it would be better. IMHO.

The Letter M · February 02, 2011, 09:09:52 PM

The title has me thinking... while their next album might not be titled The Eleventh Day, what about the The Eleventh Hour, which "is a colloquial expression meaning "a time which is nearly too late"."... seems a bit cliche, but why not? They're Dream Theater, and they can do whatever they want. Besides, something like that might be related to one/some/all of the album's songs/lyrics. I mean, after all, we got a title like Black Clouds & Silver Linings, which takes part of it's title from the expression "Every cloud has a silver lining". It could be a running joke that their album titles are derived from expressions! Also, Train Of Thought comes to mind (no pun intended).

-Marc.

chrisbDTM · February 02, 2011, 09:32:29 PM

i think you should change the guy to a different person and it would be perfect, or get rid of him. not really sure

TheMadgician · February 02, 2011, 09:39:02 PM

Perhaps instead of a guy, maybe a small child?

yeshaberto · February 02, 2011, 09:44:54 PM

Quote from: Nic35 on February 02, 2011, 03:59:42 PM
The second one is mindblowing.

Implode · February 02, 2011, 09:54:24 PM

Quote from: TheMadgician on February 02, 2011, 09:39:02 PM
Perhaps instead of a guy, maybe a small child?

Or perhaps a picture of the new drummer.

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