I really like the aesthetics of this series of 2006 live shows posters, they're kind of a mix between WT and YZ
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Looking at them, I can't imagine the Broken art being pictures of Trent at all. The sleeve design (incl. photography) is credited to Gary Talpas, as well.
If you ask me, it looks like a close up shot of, like, silk sheets with an orange filter over it. A bit like this.
fucking this. it's such a strong visual statement and says a 1000 words tbh. almost like a painting.
Right, so, I spoke with the IMDb admins and they rectified the situation. This is now the proper page for Year Zero artist Matthew Charles Santoro. Again, very little is known about this guy's work. I haven't seen his contributions being brought up in any Year Zero conversations. The art of Rob, Russell Mills, David Carson and Gary Talpas has been discussed to death, but this guy's art? He made one of the most memorable NIN covers ever, bringing to the YZ concept the blockbuster-like quality that it aimed for.
BEHOLD. OBEY THE PRESENCE.
My favorite NIN artwork is anything from the Year Zero era. Amazing stuff that helped draw me into becoming a NIN fan.
While I already mentioned The Fragile, I think just as far as the front album cover art alone goes, Pretty Hate Machine turns out to be my most favorite, since The Fragile got my vote as far as cover art, both inside and out. Anyway, I also still can't decide between the original version and the remastered version. I just love both of them equally.
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I never quite grasped the idea behind changing that cover so much - shift colours, turn it 90 degrees, text in capitals... meh
If you'd never read Rob Sheridan's notes about that, they're super fascinating (IMO) - http://www.nin.wiki/Pretty_Hate_Machine#Artwork
The short version is that the original artwork didn't exist anymore, so they had to completely recreate it from scratch anyway, which led to various new creative decisions being available. Regardless of whether you like the remaster design or not, that link's got a lot of info about the process that went into it.
Yeah, i read that before and still it looks like the final thing could benefit from even more adventurous approach
I think it's one of the best cases of changing the art for a remaster ever. It's immediately recognizable without being exactly the same, it updates the cover to match the darker palettes of the band's future albums, and it's not ugly. I don't think it gets much better than that.
This might belong in the controversial NIN opinions thread, but I definitely prefer the remastered PHM artwork. I think Rob & Trent improved on the original cover and made it even better. The colors of the original looks pretty dated to my eyes.
When I was first introduced to PHM I only listened to and saw the artwork for the remastered version. I was so confused when I finally took note of the original artwork, thinking my boyfriend who showed it to me was playing a joke on me. I didnt think it was possible that the PHM album was supposed to look so bright for being NIN.
Favorite nin art work... all the content that Alex over at 42Entertainment has put together as Bottom Of The Pyram1d. His work is sick.
The Hesitation Marks era artwork is pretty sweet, the deluxe edition cover is my favourite piece. The bright orange with the cracks and the cropped NIN logo looks so awesome.
Wait, deluxe edition cover is not orange, it's black and dark red...
one of my favourite too
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I don't know why I didn't post these sooner, but these pictures are also some of my most favorite artwork from Year Zero due to my constant fascination and even obsession of the connection between religion and politics. The one that combines a cross with a gun is also my ultimate favorite as a result, as it just said it all to me.
I also thought that this was just a rather nice touch to it as well.