Seriously people, Y U NO WORK FOR DREAM THEATER?! Some of these covers are truly amazing. I am now much less pleased by the real thing. I absolutely love the idea in Steve's OTBOA cover .
In fairness, Steve has worked for Dream Theater.
I would say that Hugh Syme is, to his credit, a little more consistent than Steve, but given that Hugh's been doing it for decades, it's hard not to be floored by how often Steve aces it - and sometimes exceeds Syme's stuff. It's amazing that there's even a comparison, let alone how well they hold up against each other. Stellar stuff.
Well thank you, those are kind words.
Here is my latest creation. I was inspired by the picture below. I had to make the guy's body more feminine using ''Puppet Warp'' (awesome tool in photoshop CS5). Sky, rocks, lightning, wings, sea and woman's head are all separate images. The rain and splashes I made myself with some psd tricks. And a dozen of other things which I will not tell.