I usually just lurk here, but this question prompted me to register.

Does anyone know how John Craig's artwork on Mellon Collie was created? Some of it (particularly "children in a meadow" and "cat wedding") looks almost as if it was a cut-and-paste job using images swiped from old pre-existing children's books (certain cats look like they were drawn in slightly different styles etc.). Or did he really paint it all himself?
The Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart album covers are his only other work I'm familiar with, anyone know of anything else?
I'll have to acquire a vinyl copy of mellon collie one of these days to examine the art in more detail....so damn expensive though

alot of it, in my opinion, comes from clipped pictures and early 19th century postcards. some of it was probably painted or drawn too. the front of the album was from an existing portrait of a saint or something with a different face put on it for the album..i can't remember the name of the original portrait right now and i should know it.

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/ECC/ECC123/01100016.GIF
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/raphael/img/NG168.jpg

Wow, that's pretty disheartening. I guess it shouldn't matter, but it bothers me. At least Machina's painting are all obviously originals. No one can take that away from me!

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/ECC/ECC123/01100016.GIF
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/raphael/img/NG168.jpg
May i ask you how you found those?
Comparing the paintings from the cover and the other 2, there are slight differences. The mount on the top girl is open on the cover and it isnt in the original. There is more detail in the body on the cover than in the original also.

May i ask you how you found those?

NO YOU MAY NOT. HOW FUCKING DARE YOU.

And it's clear, to me at least, that the album cover is an original painting--the two paintings above are obvious inspiration/reference, but the dude didn't cut and paste in Photoshop.

SERIOUSLY, ASK ME AGAIN. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.

yeah..original painting with reference to existing paintings..is that second one st. catherine or mary magdalin?.<<spelled wrong

I'll have to acquire a vinyl copy of mellon collie one of these days to examine the art in more detail....

When you do can you send me a fullsize high quality colour copy of the birds in the plane? kthx.

SERIOUSLY, ASK ME AGAIN. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.
Please dont hurt me... May I ask you where you got those paintings? :cry:

he will poke your eye out

I made them. Those are my paintings. What would you like to know about them.

I can see that the second painting is a Raphael, but who painted the first? Also, do you know their titles?

Do you have a reading disability? I painted them. The first one is called Gringo Hominy and the second is When I Wear Corduroy I Am a Man.

Thank you very little

Fuckin'... you little wretch. "The Souvenir" by Jean-Baptise Greuze and the Raphael is of Saint Catherine. Be thankful I didn't point you to www.justfuckinggetanarteducation.com or something.

haha
the sad thing is I have taken art history classes, but thank you

Bet you wish you hadn't tried to negrep me NOW, huh.

And it's clear, to me at least, that the album cover is an original painting--the two paintings above are obvious inspiration/reference, but the dude didn't cut and paste in Photoshop.
yeah they didn't even have Photoshop back then!

It's caled "mixed media" where you combine painting with existing artwork or photos... there was one of the pieces he used for them that said mixed media

When I Wear Corduroy I Am a Man.

sounds like a wedding present track title

sounds like a wedding present track title
lol

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/ECC/ECC123/01100016.GIF
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/raphael/img/NG168.jpg
The bottom one is a painting of St Catherine (not real title)by Raphael (I THINK)..no idea about the first one but I'd like to know .

The bottom one is a painting of St Catherine (not real title)by Raphael (I THINK)..no idea about the first one but I'd like to know .


no shit

*should really read more closely*

Humble apologies JDG.






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