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Aribrush Guru Dec 10, 2009 at 02:35
During the mid to late 70s there was a brief window in time where an album cover wasn't a real album cover unless it featured some out of this world, crazy sci-fi themes and illustrations. Whether it be R&B, Disco, Rock or Funk, cosmic themes of space travel and science fiction fantasy were as much a part of the identity of the band as was their music. Along with illustrative gurus such as Hajime Sorayama, Japanese illustrator Shusei Nagaoka was pretty much the go to guy for hyper realistic, sci-fi gold and his work was featured on the albums covers of big names such as, Earth, Wind & Fire, ELO and Deep Purple. A seriously talented airbrush artist who's style would still standard up to the best best of the best of today's hyper-real fantasy illustrators even considering all the new technologies at their disposal. Respect.

Pictured to the right of this post is a few samples of his amazing work from over the years and for more please visit shuesei-nagaoka.com

some samples of his crazy type work here also


Posted By: Luke Lucas
Tags: Art, 70s


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True Senior Member
Love this shit! I wish my eye's would see like this all the time.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:48:32 PM

True Senior Member
That ELO cover is badass..I remember it nestled amongst my dads vinyl collection..stuck out like some kind of neon wonderland!

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:51:11 PM

True Senior Member
haven't we seen these before? p.s the front image has been stolen a million times for other cd covers..i think it was a one love cd a few years back.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:09:02 AM

False Senior Member
Oh yeah...The good old days of the real airbrush...Not the photoshop shit.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:25:47 PM


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