The Wizard by JoeJarrah
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Over the years I've done a few images inspired by the cover art of albums that were major influences in my youth; You can see works loosely based on Thin Lizzy "Live and Dangerous" and "Nightlife", Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run", Hendrix "Band of Gypsys" , BB KIng "The Thrill is Gone" and Osibisa "Woyaya" all in my gallery.
Today its the turn of the venerable Uriah Heep, and their seminal "Demons and Wizards" which celebrates its 50th anniversary. Along with Santana's "Abraxas" this was an important part of the soundtrack of my childhood and remains a firm favourite till this day. The opening track (From which this picture takes the title) was probably the first thing I learned on the guitar! The original cover was by the great Roger Dean; I have adapted it loosely (transposing it to a snowy scene to make use of MDDs "Icelyn") but you can hopefully still see the family resemblance...
Comments (15)
CoolDimension
Great style!
jdwtrxk
I remember the album and the scene does a fine job of conveying...the color palette is excellent.
uncollared
Awesome scene. Great character
LilMichiganDevil
Outstanding work!
eekdog Online Now!
Black Sabbath also had a tune by that title. such great fantasy work Joe.
RRun
That is a really cool piece, love the colors and the trailing magic.
RodS
Ooooohhhhh.... Uriah Heep.... Oh, those were the days.. All you hear these days is that obnoxious rap / hip-hop s##t.
This is an excellent take on the album cover, Joe. I definitely see the resemblance here - great job!
gaius
Great albums and superb illustration.
jmattatall
Fantastic work Joe!
UteBigSmile
This new image looks as always simply very beautiful! I wish you a nice weekend and a great new week!
Aidolatrie
Pretty cool and nicely done scene. The sky looks pretty to watch.
Wolfenshire Online Now!
An amazing cover image.
MollyFootman
Dang! Uriah Heep!! I hadn't thought of them for years. Lovely picture although I admit without reading your textual explanation of your inspiration I would not have thought of that band.
Molly
robertswww
Excellent fantasy scene and I really like the purple hues and the colorful ice-sculpture design!
Flint_Hawk
This is truly magical! Everything is magnificent!