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A Kiss in the Dreamhouse

The album's artwork was inspired by the paintings of Gustav Klimt.

Alexandra Milton

The artwork in her debut children’s book, Call Me Gorgeous, was nominated for the 2010 Kate Greenaway Medal.

All the Bells

All The Bells is an artwork by Martin Creed first given in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in October 2006, where it attracted little favourable attention.

Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico

Originally released as a double LP, the cover artwork and inside gatefold sleeve feature Andy Warhol's paintings of Coca-Cola bottles.

Artist Collection: Luther Vandross

The album's caricature-style artwork was made by Hanoch Piven, who also designed the cover art for the other albums from the Artist Collection series.

Battle Magic

The cover artwork for the album features the fantasy character "Caylen-Tor", created by Bal-Sagoth vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts.

Blockade Billy

#Signed Limited Edition - comes in a traycase and features new additional artwork from Alex McVey and Glen Orbik (the book will be signed by them too), a William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card, and a signed Stephen King baseball card

Buddha images in Thailand

Much of the basis for the Buddhist artwork of the Dvaravati period was influence from Buddhist art in India, including the Amaravati and Gupta styles, although there was also local and Khmer influence.

Chips from the Chocolate Fireball

The album artwork was originally intended to resemble that of Frank Zappa's Hot Rats LP, but a miscommunication between the band and Virgin saw a negative photographic effect used as opposed to the infrared photography of Zappa's album.

Christos Papadimitriou

Logicomix, An Epic Search for Truth (coauthored with Apostolos Doxiadis, with artwork by Alecos Papadatos and Annie di Donna).

Claude Pompidou

The building was designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers (it is said that Georges Pompidou didn't approve of the choice of the jury who picked up Piano and Rogers, and that he would have preferred a more classic architecture) and the choice of artwork for the Centre was based largely of her knowledge of her husband's tastes.

Deth Red Sabaoth

The album artwork is designed by award-winning artist Joe Chiodo.

El Eternauta

This version featured artwork by Alberto Breccia, who drew the story in an experimental and unique style diverging from the original expression.

Fisher Body

McClelland Barclay used artwork showing fashionable women to promote the image of comfort and style.

Født til å Herske

Projekt Records, an American record label, updated the CD version by including new artwork upon re-release.

Frame 137

The short film which was produced by Tilyard and Liz Tomkins features an animated sequence of new original artwork from James O'Barr as well as a cover of 'Dog Food', the Iggy Pop song referenced in the original graphic novel, from Mondo Generator and featuring Nick Oliveri and Dave Grohl, the track was created for the short film.

Fred Tomaselli

His painting, 'Gravity In Four Directions', was also used as partial cover artwork for The Magnetic Fields' album "i".

Henrietta Leaver

Years later, discussion of Leaver’s controversial nude statue would return to prominence when Vanessa Williams lost her Miss America title, by comparing Leaver not being invited back to crown her successor as she had “posed for a nude statue” – despite wearing a bathing suit while posing, with her grandmother present and with no knowledge that the artwork would display her naked.

Hillhead subway station

In addition, SPT commissioned author and artist Alasdair Gray to create a piece of public artwork for the station.

Imaginations Through the Looking Glass

The set has a typical Blind Guardian fantasy-style artwork painted by Leo Hao, mixed with photos from the show, with several humorous elements included such as a picture of Legolas, Gimli and Gollum buying tickets for the concert.

Joe In The Future

After this, Weisfeld continued to develop more Joe in the Future material with Koch and, in the early 1990s, commissioned 3 pages of comic artwork from acclaimed Batman illustrator Trevor Von Eeden for what would become the first episode of Joe in the Future in Heavy Metal Magazine.

Joe Simko

Simko has created artwork for clients and organizations including Topps, Ride Snowboards, Sims Snowboards, Outlook Skateboards, The Gotham Girls Roller Derby League, Fangoria Magazine, New York Hardcore Tattoos, Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend, Monster Mania, JLO Hangtag for Andy Hilfiger, and the NYC clothing boutinque Live Fast.

Jonathan Leo Fairbanks

Some of Fairbanks’ artwork is owned by institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Boston Public Library, the Wye House and Myrtle Grove on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Alhambra in southern Spain.

Ken Frank

He has also produced artwork for games from other companies, including Traveller (Game Designers' Workshop).

Lewis Elton Gallery

The Gallery was named in 1997 after Professor Lewis Elton who initiated the display of original artwork at Surrey University's Physics Department in Battersea in 1963.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall

The artwork resembles the artwork for the band's third studio album, Day & Age, and was designed by artist Paul Normansell.

Lordi 3: Verensininen

All the artwork in the comic book is by Petri Hiltunen, Sami Kivelä, Mattipekka Ratia and Jouko Nuora.

Lustre

Lustre prints, a photograph or artwork with a finish between glossy and matte

Marjolein Bastin

A Hallmark designer discovered Marjolein's artwork while on a trip to Holland in the early 1990s.

Max Brooks

Jeremy Caniglia created all new artwork for this special release to coincide with the film release.

Nathaniel Milljour

His gig poster artwork is usually a staple in downtown Vancouver, predominantly on the heavily postered Granville Street.

His artwork was chosen in 2008 by Calgary Transit for their urban renewal program, "Art in Motion" where local artists works were chosen to help decorate unsightly utility boxes in downtown Calgary.

Östermalmstorg metro station

The major artwork of the subway station was created by Siri Derkert and symbolises women’s rights, world peace, and the green movement.

Peter Brookes

In the mid-1970s he replaced Chris Achilleos as regular jacket illustrator for Doctor Who novelisations from Target Books but his cartoon-style artwork proved less popular than Achilleos's more naturalistic style and he completed only four covers.

Pineapple Press

Its catalogue includes non-fiction titles such as "Baseball in Florida" and "Florida's Birds" (a reference book with artwork by Karl Karalus) as well as compilations such as "Cracker literature", books on historic homes, lighthouses, Gulf Coast islands, and fiction including historical novels from Patrick D. Smith and a mystery by Virginia Lanier ("Death in Bloodhound Red" set in in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp).

Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2

The cover of Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2 incorporates artwork by Stanley Mouse that was used in the poster promoting the concert.

Robert Alwyn Hughes

Hughes's childhood memories continue to have an impact upon his artwork, with numerous references to Welsh landscape and culture, especially that of the south Wales valleys and Dowlais Top and Caeharris in particular: As a child he would regularly explore the local rugged landscape outside his back-door, just below the Brecon Beacons.

Run with the Pack

The album was the only original Bad Company album not to feature artwork from Hipgnosis as it featured artwork from Kosh instead.

Samurai Shodown V

In spite of this, SNK managed to raise excitement by announcing that Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator and author of the Rurouni Kenshin manga and anime series, was hired to design some of the new characters, and they were gradually revealed by way of silhouettes on the official website, and slowly showing the official artwork.

St. Anne's Anglican Church

The artwork by J. E. H. MacDonald, Frederick Varley, and Franklin Carmichael is religious iconography, something they are not generally known for.

Superior Spider-Man Team-Up

The series is written by Christopher Yost with artwork by a rotating team of artists including David Lopez, Paolo Rivera, and Marco Checchetto.

Taste the Pain

The music video was filmed with the band playing in an art room, where artists are in the middle of painting a mural artwork, directed by Tom Stern and Alex Winter.

Tears on Tape

The album's artwork, created by Daniel P. Carter, consists of a snake, circling the heartagram which is encased in a heptagram, or more specifically the Seal of Babalon.

Ted Nasmith

In October 1996, Nasmith was asked by Tolkien's publishers to provide the artwork for the first illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, during which time Ted developed a strong working relationship with Christopher Tolkien.

The Amtrak Wars

In 2008-09 Patrick Tilley wrote a draft of the first script, entitled like the book, Cloud Warrior, and the production company continued pursuing the project in 2010, showing the script and tentative production artwork to several companies at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

The inner artwork includes images of other dinosaur skulls steganographically overlapped in a similar manner to the front cover, including a pachycephalosaur and an ankylosaur.

The Return of the Black Death

The artwork is taken from Birkebeinerne, a painting by Knud Bergslien.

Vandalism of art

The term vandalisme was coined in 1794 by Henri Grégoire, bishop of Blois, to describe the destruction of artwork following the French Revolution.

Western Gunfighters

The artwork included at least two stories each by Dave Berg, Vic Carrabotta, Gene Colan, and Don Heck, and one story each from Reed Crandall, Russ Heath.


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