Derek Riggs / Budgie & Maiden Artwork
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I just took a look at the artwork Derek did for the Futureal 7" and the
fact that it's quite a bit in the vein of Powerslave prompted me to bring
something else up.
Has anyone taken a look at the artwork Derek did for Budgie's 1981 LP
"Nightflight"??? It's got, for lack of another term, a budgie style
creature standing in front of a pyramid in futuristic garb holding almost
the identical ray-gun that Eddie is holding in the Somewhere In Time cover.
As a matter of fact, the creature is in almost the same standing position
as Eddie. The first thing I thought of when I saw the cover art was that
it looked like a combination of Powerslave and Somewhere In Time. If
anyone is interested in seeing it I'll post it to my web site - you'll
notice the similarities instantly.
Maybe Derek had the painting from the 1981 Budgie cover hanging around when
he painted the Iron Maiden covers in the mid 80's! :~)
BTW, are there any other bands he's done artwork for?
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swedish band DESTINY in 1988:
http://www.bahnhof.se/~kvist/destiny/logos/atomic.jpg
The artwork that you mentioned for Budgie "Nightflight" can be viewed for
anyone interested here: http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-15184/drnightflight.jpg
Besides that he did some artwork for a role playing game called "Odyssey":
http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/~bcy1/odyssey/screenshots/odyssey_cover_small.gif
If anyone know some more official artwork that he has painted (besides these
three and the Maiden-stuff)? Let me know, ok?! Thanx...
/Christer
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> three and the Maiden-stuff)? Let me know, ok?! Thanx...
The artwork on Bruce's Accident of Birth is also done by Riggs.
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Tonnie
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you'll see Derek's symbol. I was shocked to see it when I first got
the LP!
Ron
Max White
Where's the symbol?
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> If you look closely at the yellow pyramid, to the left of the Budgie,
> you'll see Derek's symbol. I was shocked to see it when I first got
> the LP!
Which picture are you talking about? It's very handy to quote a part of the
original message in a case like this.
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Tonnie
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