Exai cover is a crime

  On 2/18/2013 at 4:51 PM, Joyrex said:

I like Cavity Job

 

*runs*

Cavity job cover wouldn't be that bad if there wasn't the guy with the drill. Now it's just I used to draw human figures like that to Cyberpunk RPG character sheets when I was 13.

This has probably been linked somewhere before, but since it isn't in this thread:

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=4081886&boardid=41&threadid=94682

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if you treat the 11x11 grid of the front cover as a series of 11-bit binary numbers, they add up to the release date as YYMMD (13034)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AougnYAALBAvdHI0MTNBNm1ZbldiN29ISHFBUWp4WVE#gid=0

  On 2/19/2013 at 11:50 AM, mokz said:

 

  On 2/18/2013 at 4:51 PM, Joyrex said:

I like Cavity Job

 

*runs*

 

Cavity job cover wouldn't be that bad if there wasn't the guy with the drill. Now it's just I used to draw human figures like that to Cyberpunk RPG character sheets when I was 13.

I guess you don't know much about Cavity Job

Cavity Job was released in 1991, when Sean and Rob would've been in late teens early twenties, and most definitely around the era they were into their tagging. The artwork was made by Hanal, a close friend of theirs whose artwork style is very heavily influenced by a particular graphic artist responsible for a comic series, the name of which eludes me at the moment (Hanal has told me a few times, and even has tattoos in homage to this artist and a character in particular).

Taking this knowledge into account, it makes sense. But I'm sure you already knew all of this, right?

  On 2/19/2013 at 5:39 PM, oscillik said:

Taking this knowledge into account, it makes sense. But I'm sure you already knew all of this, right?

I did not know that. Thanks for the info. The style the guy is drawn does look familiar. The first thought was my own drawings but I was probably influenced by something. Judge Dredd comes to mind but it doesn't quite fit. The Cyberpunk 2020 RPG I mentioned does have kinda similar style though with the blocky heads, weapons (well, drill..), crazy hairdos, etc.

I still find the drill guy facepalm worthy. It just looks hilarious and out of place. Otherwise the design is nice.

As for the Exai cover, I quite like it. I like minimalist covers in general because they give very little ready made visual interpretation of the music. I can work it out inside in my head instead.

the exai artwork bites.

the draft album cover makes a much better exai cover. i mean, this is pretty much what exai sounds like:

Btw, Exai cover could be a crime, but it looks amazing as an iPhone/iPod background.

It's just me being nerdy and assburger but I find it a little bit funny that there's anti-aliasing on the edge of the squares and noise/artifacts in the 1000 x 1000px 85kB JPG that came with the digital download. I mean it could have been better quality by being simply a 13 x 13px 2 color image.

there ya go

  On 2/19/2013 at 5:39 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 2/19/2013 at 11:50 AM, mokz said:

 

  On 2/18/2013 at 4:51 PM, Joyrex said:

I like Cavity Job

 

*runs*

 

Cavity job cover wouldn't be that bad if there wasn't the guy with the drill. Now it's just I used to draw human figures like that to Cyberpunk RPG character sheets when I was 13.

 

I guess you don't know much about Cavity Job

 

Cavity Job was released in 1991, when Sean and Rob would've been in late teens early twenties, and most definitely around the era they were into their tagging. The artwork was made by Hanal, a close friend of theirs whose artwork style is very heavily influenced by a particular graphic artist responsible for a comic series, the name of which eludes me at the moment (Hanal has told me a few times, and even has tattoos in homage to this artist and a character in particular).

 

Taking this knowledge into account, it makes sense. But I'm sure you already knew all of this, right?

So what? How does that justify a (imo) shitty cover? Just because the cover was made by that guy, and he was influenced by this other guy, does that automatically improve the artwork's quality?

  On 2/16/2013 at 1:24 AM, Obel said:

 

Found it on Youtube.

Whoa, killer!

  On 2/21/2013 at 3:55 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 2/19/2013 at 5:39 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 2/19/2013 at 11:50 AM, mokz said:

 

  On 2/18/2013 at 4:51 PM, Joyrex said:

I like Cavity Job

 

*runs*

 

Cavity job cover wouldn't be that bad if there wasn't the guy with the drill. Now it's just I used to draw human figures like that to Cyberpunk RPG character sheets when I was 13.

 

I guess you don't know much about Cavity Job

 

Cavity Job was released in 1991, when Sean and Rob would've been in late teens early twenties, and most definitely around the era they were into their tagging. The artwork was made by Hanal, a close friend of theirs whose artwork style is very heavily influenced by a particular graphic artist responsible for a comic series, the name of which eludes me at the moment (Hanal has told me a few times, and even has tattoos in homage to this artist and a character in particular).

 

Taking this knowledge into account, it makes sense. But I'm sure you already knew all of this, right?

 

So what? How does that justify a (imo) shitty cover? Just because the cover was made by that guy, and he was influenced by this other guy, does that automatically improve the artwork's quality?

You clearly don't read too well.

It's called context

What I'm trying to say is the context helps me understand why the cover is the way it is, but it doesn't make it more enjoyable or appealing to me

  On 2/21/2013 at 4:04 PM, Ascdi said:

 

  On 2/16/2013 at 1:24 AM, Obel said:

 

Found it on Youtube.

 

Whoa, killer!

That was brilliant! Confield is king

  On 2/19/2013 at 12:22 PM, Tok said:

This has probably been linked somewhere before, but since it isn't in this thread:

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=4081886&boardid=41&threadid=94682

 

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if you treat the 11x11 grid of the front cover as a series of 11-bit binary numbers, they add up to the release date as YYMMD (13034)

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AougnYAALBAvdHI0MTNBNm1ZbldiN29ISHFBUWp4WVE#gid=0

Wow, if that is the "thought" that was put into the album cover, it makes it even more of a crime.

hm

http://daily.artspace.com/post/43646402381/artwork-of-the-day-step-by-step-2002-by-richard

  On 2/23/2013 at 5:53 AM, Marked x 0ne said:

hm

 

http://daily.artspace.com/post/43646402381/artwork-of-the-day-step-by-step-2002-by-richard

I guess it does kinda say

EX

AI

if you squint at it hard enough

i like it, i think i'll tattoo it on my buttcheek

  On 2/15/2013 at 9:45 PM, beerwolf said:

abstract art seems kind of fitting for autechre, perhaps the covers represent microcosms of an infinite bigger picture (of your choice), represented in a flicker of the eye, or real life pixel of something or other.....lol.

 

I know what I mean, but I ran out of steam....

I understood you perfectly, Beerwolf.

  On 2/28/2013 at 12:33 PM, Seginustemple said:

I guess it does kinda say

 

EX

AI

 

if you squint at it hard enough

Well, more people adds up to the "Occam's Razor" theory: the easiest explanation is the correct.

A friend of mine was over and commented that the painting in my studio looks similar to the Exai cover. I've had this piece up since I finished it back in July, never really noticed till he pointed it out.

  On 3/1/2013 at 6:21 PM, danada cry said:

 

  On 2/15/2013 at 9:45 PM, beerwolf said:

abstract art seems kind of fitting for autechre, perhaps the covers represent microcosms of an infinite bigger picture (of your choice), represented in a flicker of the eye, or real life pixel of something or other.....lol.

 

I know what I mean, but I ran out of steam....

I understood you perfectly, Beerwolf.

Not many do, so congratulations lol

  On 3/1/2013 at 9:05 PM, Drahken said:

A friend of mine was over and commented that the painting in my studio looks similar to the Exai cover. I've had this piece up since I finished it back in July, never really noticed till he pointed it out.

 

That's pretty cool. And before even tdr started working on it....

got my pre-ordered Exai CD today...the cover is awesome! Really like the total package, with the stickers and all.. .. .. .