ioc Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 (edited) God I hope this is the shortest thread ever. The question is authoritatively answered by St. Lerxst himself. The artwork as usual is stunning and Hugh Syme has really delivered. Do you all sit down together and discuss ideas or do you give him a brief remit and he goes away, does his work and brings them back to you? Neil and Hugh work very close together at every stage of the development of the graphics. Hugh`s great for the detail like the 2112 time on the clock face. He`s such a great guy, very clever and the master of detail. Edited May 22, 2012 by ioc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertk Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Now let's be done with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketom Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (rocketom @ May 22 2012, 06:20 AM) I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. You better be fking joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertk Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (rocketom @ May 22 2012, 07:20 AM) I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. So the band doesn't know what their own album cover is? Interesting theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (rocketom @ May 22 2012, 08:20 AM) I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Enemy Without Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (Gilbertk @ May 22 2012, 07:29 AM) QUOTE (rocketom @ May 22 2012, 07:20 AM) I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. So the band doesn't know what their own album cover is? Interesting theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendlyfloridian Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (danielmclark @ May 22 2012, 08:29 AM) QUOTE (rocketom @ May 22 2012, 06:20 AM) I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. You better be fking joking. At least it wasn't ME that made that comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioc Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (Gilbertk @ May 22 2012, 07:29 AM)QUOTE (rocketom @ May 22 2012, 07:20 AM) I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. So the band doesn't know what their own album cover is? Interesting theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powlich Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Just use a protractor and you can see the exact angle of the clock hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 All I can say is it sounds like Hugh needs a kick in the ass. First off this album cover is not exactly super inspired as many have already discussed. Next we have Alex telling us how he is "really clever" to think of a detail like making the clock time 21:12. Really? I'm sure most of us would have thought of that. Time to get back on the dope Hugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 So much for the shortest thread ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 There was a discussion about the clock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioc Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (Khan @ May 22 2012, 08:52 AM)So much for the shortest thread ever... Silly me. I didn't take into account the one thing you can always count on: Edited May 22, 2012 by ioc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdog2112 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Of course it's supposed to be 2112, that was plainly obvious. But it's fudged to make it clearer. I'm still arguing that in the real world the clock doesn't say anything, it's broken. Unless the minute hand is pointing straight up to the 12 then the hour hand should not be directly on an hour number, in this case 9. It should be almost a quarter of the way up to the 10. A real working clock would never look like that cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 what clock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (friendlyfloridian @ May 22 2012, 08:22 AM) QUOTE (danielmclark @ May 22 2012, 08:29 AM) QUOTE (rocketom @ May 22 2012, 06:20 AM) I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. You better be fking joking. At least it wasn't ME that made that comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioc Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ May 22 2012, 09:57 AM)what clock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdog2112 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (Merely Space @ May 22 2012, 09:17 AM) QUOTE (friendlyfloridian @ May 22 2012, 08:22 AM) QUOTE (danielmclark @ May 22 2012, 08:29 AM) QUOTE (rocketom @ May 22 2012, 06:20 AM) I still think it's 9:11 or 21:11. Maybe "Clockwork Angels" is a 2112 Prequal. You better be fking joking. At least it wasn't ME that made that comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (snowdog2112 @ May 22 2012, 09:51 AM) Of course it's supposed to be 2112, that was plainly obvious. But it's fudged to make it clearer. I'm still arguing that in the real world the clock doesn't say anything, it's broken. Unless the minute hand is pointing straight up to the 12 then the hour hand should not be directly on an hour number, in this case 9. It should be almost a quarter of the way up to the 10. A real working clock would never look like that cover. I'm pretty sure there's a clock in my house that has the hour hand designed like a second hand, whenever the hour changes, the hand changes abruptly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/disgusted.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (snowdog2112 @ May 22 2012, 10:51 AM) I'm still arguing that in the real world the clock doesn't say anything, it's broken. Unless the minute hand is pointing straight up to the 12 then the hour hand should not be directly on an hour number, in this case 9. It should be almost a quarter of the way up to the 10. A real working clock would never look like that cover. Not true. A watchmaker controls the intervals at which the hands move depending on how they want to configure the gears. For a clock to be functional, the minimal requirements is that any hand of the clock must move at least once per unit of time measurement that it is responsible for. An hour hand must move at least once per hour, the minute hand at least once per minute and so on... These micro-intervals of movement depend on the purpose of the clock. For the most part however as the art of watchmaking has evolved this has allowed greater precision and fluidity of the hands. Whether this is all nit-picking baloney on our parts or actually has anything to do with the story, well we'll know soon enough. In the meantime, there is nothing at all "incorrect" about this clock. If anything it is a bit "old school". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (D3strukt @ May 22 2012, 11:38 AM) QUOTE (snowdog2112 @ May 22 2012, 09:51 AM) Of course it's supposed to be 2112, that was plainly obvious. But it's fudged to make it clearer. I'm still arguing that in the real world the clock doesn't say anything, it's broken. Unless the minute hand is pointing straight up to the 12 then the hour hand should not be directly on an hour number, in this case 9. It should be almost a quarter of the way up to the 10. A real working clock would never look like that cover. I'm pretty sure there's a clock in my house that has the hour hand designed like a second hand, whenever the hour changes, the hand changes abruptly. Yes, this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioc Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (Khan @ May 22 2012, 10:38 AM) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/disgusted.gif TOTALLY THIS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 QUOTE (ioc @ May 22 2012, 11:41 AM) QUOTE (Khan @ May 22 2012, 10:38 AM) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/disgusted.gif TOTALLY THIS! Really? IMO that is in the top 5 dumbest animated gifs I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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