Sunday, June 24, 2012

Muse - The 2nd Law album cover




So I received a cool new Bamboo drawing tablet for fathers day from my wife and son and decided to give it a try. After a couple hours of learning how to use the stylus pen and software, I came up with a fun idea on what to draw.


Muse are releasing their sixth new studio album on September 17, 2012 entitled "The 2nd Law." I had made a cover for their last album "The Resistance" also and had fun making it so I said, "Why the hell not?"


First, I had to come up with a concept and saw in their teaser video http://youtu.be/IqFZGnfMLMw that they were referring to The 2nd Law of thermodynamics. I found this model that represents the dynamics of the 2nd law:



I decided to base my artwork on two aspects. The first being the way the model shows heat transfer, flow, and work based on the 2nd law using energy systems(machines) by the body of heat, earth, and a black hole. Second, I put the objects in the same formation as the model above to show the flow representation.


So there we have it folks. If you use my pictures, feel free, but please make sure you cite me, Ian Cole, as the owner of the images, thanks!


For more of my Muse related creations and collectibles go to my photostream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/13319115@N02/


More blog entries and ridiculous pictures to come this week, cheers!