Welcome to "Adventures in Odyssey Art Time" Where we talk about Art, what I think of the Art and a little bit of more Art.... Today's topic of art is: album 4 "FUNdamentals"...3D 2010 re-pack.
2010 re-pack border.
2005 3D Gold-Audio-Series
2005 Gold-Audio-Series border.
Old Gold-Audio-Series border.
Gold-Audio-Series Tape.
1989 original tape.
2010 re-pack back cover.
2005 Gold-Audio-Series back cover.
1989 original tape.
Whats this? I'm on Holiday at the moment (Australia holidays are different to other Countries) so I wasn't able to scan in my Fan-Art to the computer!
Around 1989-1990 the art for this album was released (the same time as the album) and the album was very popular but I'm not sure about the art... The art in my opinion just looks rushed (I know its a type of art), Its got a hundred different, okay only 5 or 6 but that's still a lot. The problem about 5 or 6 different scenes is that it distracting and some people won't care to look at it because its too hard to look at a scene that interests them (especially if the art looks rushed).It was a good thing they changed the art in 2004...
Around 2004 they changed the art and the title. I didn't talk about the title in the last section because I wanted to compare both titles together: "FUNdamentals" vs "Pun Parables and Perilous Predicaments"... Which one is a better title... "FUNdamentals" is a much better title for this album. Because Episodes like "A Matter of Obedience", "By faith, Noah" and other episodes matches the album title "FUNdamentals" (if you don't agree with me then feel free to comment bellow and tell me what you think)...
Back to the art: When I first saw the art I didn't like how the boy (a young Tom) had his arms spinning around and making him look like he had like 20 arms, But now since I know more about art I like the style and facial blurriness of the arms, I also love the look on Toms freaked out face... In 2010 they re-packed it again, but left the art and the title alone!
In 2010 they changed the Border and logo, and to be honest I really like the border and the logo, I think they match the art and feel of the album. They did touch up the art a bit by making the background a dark/ish grey instead of just a plane white and a couple of other small changes.
Back to the art: When I first saw the art I didn't like how the boy (a young Tom) had his arms spinning around and making him look like he had like 20 arms, But now since I know more about art I like the style and facial blurriness of the arms, I also love the look on Toms freaked out face... In 2010 they re-packed it again, but left the art and the title alone!
In 2010 they changed the Border and logo, and to be honest I really like the border and the logo, I think they match the art and feel of the album. They did touch up the art a bit by making the background a dark/ish grey instead of just a plane white and a couple of other small changes.
My final opinion on the album art is that while the art "Pun Parables and Perilous Predicaments"is boring, looks rushed and is to distracting to see a scene that you like, But the art and the title fixes up all its previous art mistake by having a nice design, good art work and a nice title... If you don't agree with me or think they should have re-drawn the art for album or have a different design then feel free to comment bellow and tell me what you think...
3 comments:
Hey Brock,
When do you think Risk will come out?
Jesse, Risk will come out in April/May 2012. Not sure the exact day yet. It's in final edits right now. You can pre-order under the store tab in my blog right now.
I'm disapointed we didn't get a picture of the full art.
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