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Derek Riggs (born 13 February 1958) [1] ... Born in Portsmouth, England, Riggs is a self-taught artist, both in his traditional painting and in his digital work. [1]
Album covers by the British artist Derek Riggs. Media in category "Album covers by Derek Riggs" The following 34 files are in this category, out of 34 total.
The cover for Somewhere in Time, created by the band's then-regular artist Derek Riggs, displays a muscular cyborg-enhanced Eddie in a futuristic, Blade Runner-inspired environment. [24] Much like the cover of Powerslave, the wraparound album cover holds a plethora of references to earlier Iron Maiden albums and songs, [25] such as:
Fear of the Dark is the first cover not created by Derek Riggs and features Melvyn Grant's design of Eddie as a tree monster. [34] "Be Quick or Be Dead" shows Eddie attacking Robert Maxwell. According to Riggs, Eddie was drawn directly onto a photo of Maxwell. [82] A Real Live One depicts Eddie biting through an electrical cord. [83]
The cover art, by Derek Riggs, pictures the band's mascot, Eddie, rising from a grave. Engraved on his tombstone is a misquote from fantasy and horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft's The Nameless City: [14] "That is not dead which can eternal lie Yet with strange aeons even death may die."
As with all of Iron Maiden's albums during the 1980s and early 1990s, the sleeve artwork was painted by Derek Riggs. The cover was originally created for the song " Purgatory ", but manager Rod Smallwood deemed it of too high a calibre for the release of a mere single, and decided to save it for The Number of the Beast . [ 13 ]
Pages in category "Artists from Portsmouth" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Derek Riggs; Eric Rimmington; S. George Shalders; W.
According to the artist, Derek Riggs, this is a reference to Led Zeppelin's break-up a few years before. [ 6 ] The song received criticism in the UK on release, with Garry Bushell commenting, "Plodding rather than powerful, it seemed universally unpopular with hardcore British metallurgists whose worst fears were bolstered by the number's ...