My "Chinese Democracy" cover artwork

[JDA]

Very cool. 

[Sagolik]

very nice 

[ARC]

testing...

Get rid of that butt-ugly barcode for starters and you have a decent cd.

The back is nowhere nearly as good as the front cover through, but excellent front cover.

[shaun]

2 Banners one is to be a modern day theme, the other a illusions & AFD era theme (for the older audience)

how soon is now 

[shaun]

I thought the flag of China was 1 yellow star with 4 smaller yellow stars:


and the Russian flag was something like:

also

also:


I thought the hammer and sickle flag was a Russian thing opposed to a China thing, i might be wrong.
The Russian democracy starts now 

[russtcb]

testing...

Get rid of that butt-ugly barcode for starters and you have a decent cd.

The back is nowhere nearly as good as the front cover through, but excellent front cover.

NICE. I think everyone is right about the Red theme. I know it's kind of obvious, but I think the cover will be dominated by red.

[Axl4Prez2004]

Personally, I liked the drawing from Blender? Magazine's April Fool's review of Chinese Democracy.? Work in something like that.? Cool pic of Axl.?

Whatever the cover is, I just want a group picture of the new band!?

I have a feeling whatever they go with will look really cool.? AFD, Lies, and the UYI's (UYI's being my favorite covers) all looked awesome.? TSI, Live Era, and GH don't count.? ??

BTW, Thinsafetypin, good work.   

[DeN]

Some people might remember that one fan made cover can be seen on the Brazilian "Use Your Illusion" DVDs. 
/jarmo

yes i remember very well...cause it was mine 

damn...i made it in 2000, 6 years ago...

but well, i'm happy to have one artwork on an official Guns N'Roses thing.

[DeN]

The second on came from Robin's site and was made by a fan.

i made this one last year, for robin's site.
but it's not a "chinese democracy cover".
if i remember correctly, the theme was "record".

[Mobenrad]

testing...

Get rid of that butt-ugly barcode for starters and you have a decent cd.

The back is nowhere nearly as good as the front cover through, but excellent front cover.

NICE. I think everyone is right about the Red theme. I know it's kind of obvious, but I think the cover will be dominated by red.

That cover would own if it had a cardboard case that was...what is it called...pushed at certain areas, like writing on aluminum foil. Basically, get your hands on the Eagles Farwell I Tour Live In Melbourne DVD and you know what I'm talking about.

[Gordi]

Where's that b/w bike & graffiti photo gotten to?? I've seen it somewhere before.

[slashisvr]

you can email to tracci which says he has axl's email

axl doesnt use the internet does he?

i herd the album cover was graffiti on a wall with some bikes against the wall, but i now hear that has been scrapped

[shaun]

I was just looking up more info on the hammer and sickle thing as i thought it was a Russian thing opposed to a Chinese thing. Then i found all this info: and it appears that the Chinese did use a hammer and sickle although the Chinese hammer and sickle is different by design to the Russian hammer and sickle (see: image below).

The hammer and sickle is a symbol used to represent communism. The two tools are symbols of the peasantry and the industrial proletariat respectively; placing them together symbolises the unity between agricultural and industrial workers. The Hammer and Sickle was originally a hammer crossed over a plough (form a visual point of view, the sickle works better  ) The Hammer and Sickle, though in use since 1917/18, was not the official symbol until 1922, before which the original Hammer and Plough insignia was used by Red Army and Red Guard on uniforms, medals, caps etc.

Since 1917 the hammer and sickle (Russian: серп и молот, serp i molot, "sickle and hammer") was one of the symbols of the RSFSR. Initially it was rendered on the Coat of Arms of the RSFSR, the union of workers and peasants having been declared the base of the state, and on the symbolics of the Red Army (created in 1918).

Later it was featured on the flag of the Soviet Union, adopted in 1923 and finalized in the 1924 Soviet Constitution, and flags of the republics of the Soviet Union after 1924. Before this, the flags of Soviet republics tended to be a plain red field, with the golden text of the name of the respective republic superimposed on it, as stipulated in Article 90 of the 1918 Soviet Constitution.

Those Communist Parties affiliated to the Comintern and the Cominform (that is those who looked to Moscow) and also those who looked to Beijing for guiding leadership tended to employ the use of the hammer and sickle or similar designs in their symbology. However, even Communist Parties opposed to both the Soviet Union and China have often used the hammer and sickle as their symbol (though sometimes they made small stylistic modifications to it). Thus, the hammer and sickle has become the international symbol of nearly all communists, regardless of orientation.


Russian Hammer and Sickle:



Chinese Hammer and Sickle: (as it appears on their flag)



other similar images:
Flag of Angola as of 1975


Flag of the Korean Workers Party



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_and_sickle

[shaun]

2 Banners one is to be a modern day theme, the other a illusions & AFD era theme (for the older audience)

so, you've got a Russian Hammer and Sickle on there 

[St_Jimmyuk]

2 Banners one is to be a modern day theme, the other a illusions & AFD era theme (for the older audience)

so, you've got a Russian Hammer and Sickle on there 

lol well hopefully he still has the pdf (or whatever he had) and used layers so he can change it still looks quite good though

[Mandy.]

Nice work, mate 

Seriously, I can't imagine anything for CD's cover. I wonder what it will be like.........

[randomconcepts]

The hammer and sickle is a symbol used to represent communism and communist political parties. It features a sickle superimposed on a hammer. The two tools are symbols of the peasantry and the industrial proletariat respectively; placing them together symbolises the unity between agricultural and industrial workers. It should be noted that, although the symbol is widespread in communism, it contradicts Karl Marx's beliefs that the revolution would come entirely from the proletariat. Including the peasantry as part of the movement was part of Lenin's variation on the doctrine. The peasantry was also a strong force in the Chinese form of communism. Oh yeah... It is in the Soviet (Russian) flag but, you know just cause you put shit on a flag doesn't mean that everytime you see that symbol it is associated with that country. Besides if you follow the World Wars you will realize that of course all sorts of people had communist logos. That just gets annoying for people saying " Oh, that logo looks weird it kinda looks like the hammer and sickle but, looks weird." Ecuador and Egypt have eagles on their flag but, people associate them with America cause thats what you know. So if you read or do history it sometimes helps. This is not to be a ass or anything. Well it is when people do not know what they think they know.

[randomconcepts]

P.S. I am gonna copy more shit on the internet to waste some of my day...

[Kov]

I think this is the cover for Chinese Democracy:

dude, this is paint!   

[Evil Ash]

2 Banners one is to be a modern day theme, the other a illusions & AFD era theme (for the older audience)

hope you don't mind, but i'm using it at another forum