another recreation after i stumbled over this tutorial:
http://gimptutblog.wordpress.com/2010/1 ... s-in-gimp/

original 1997 cover looks like this:


my attempt looks like this:

I actually think yours is better than the original. Nice work.

thanks Erisian

my version is glowing, while the original has an almost dull quality, but i think that was on purpose

tbh, i dont like the cover but i just had to do it - kind of a collectors urge to have them all

I like the subtle lens flare. Usually people WAAAYY overdue lens flares, but yours is very very subtle, which looks much better.

thanks maria, tbh, the original lens flare was barely visible, i tried another option from the Lights and Shadow menu and had to duplicate it quite a lot to make it noticable
the glow and bright colors are probably fighting the light effects, maybe thats why the original is much duller

esper: good job! the original is a bit of a bore, your version is definitely better. you must learn heaps by making these covers, i often wish i had the patience that you seem to have. that tutorial, for example, has been in my bookmarks for ages but i've been too lazy to try it out.

thanks AnMal, that swirl effect is really quick and easy
i can almost see a paisley waving from the horizon to you, while being sucked into the vortex of eternal paisleyparadise, whispering:
"AnMaaaaal, you will do this tutorial - its good for you !"
*makes hand gesture*

paisleys are very persuasive things, you know.