Freyja's Castle, 1987

Roger Dean (born August 31, 1944, in Ashford, Kent) is a contemporary English artist best known for his work on album covers, which he began painting in the late 1960s. Image File history File links Freyja's_Castle. ... Image File history File links Freyja's_Castle. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The town of Ashford is spanning the confluence of the River Upper Great Stour, River East Stour, Aylesford Stream, Whitewater Dyke, Ruckinge Dyke and the resulting River Great Stour, in the borough of Ashford, located just south of the North Downs, in Kent, United Kingdom. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... An album cover is a cover used to package commercial audio recordings such as the printed cardboard covers that were typically used to package 12 gramophone records from the 1960s through to the 1980s when the 12 record was the major format for distribution of popular music. ...

Biography

Dean was born in England, but spent most of his childhood moving around the world with his British Army father. The family returned to England in 1959 and he earned a National Diploma of Design from the Canterbury School of Art. In 1968, he graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. Beginning in the field of design, he preferred to distinguish between design, or the reworking of existing models, and invention, or the making of something new. One of his inventions was the "sea urchin chair." It was a foam chair, which, though appearing spherical, would conform to the sitter, who could obtain a seated position of varying angles. Later, he was asked to design a "landscape" of similar seating for a club belonging to Ronnie Scott. ^[1] Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Kent Institute of Art & Design (KIAD - often pronounced phonetically as ) was an art school based across three campuses in the county of Kent, in the United Kingdom. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Ronnie Scott (left) with Tubby Hayes. ...

His first album cover work was in 1968 for a group called Gun. In 1971, Dean produced the cover for the first album by the African/Caribbean band, Osibisa, which attracted a lot of attention to his work. Later that year, he began the partnership for which he is best known, designing his first album cover, Fragile, for the progressive rock band Yes. Dean designed the classic Yes "bubble" logo, which first appeared on the album Close to the Edge, and has created covers for the band as recently as 1999 (The Ladder). Yes guitarist Steve Howe said, "There is a pretty tight bond between our sound and Roger's art." In addition to their album covers, Dean also contributed to his brother Martyn Dean's stage set designs for the band.^[2] Cover of Osibisa, 1971. ... Fragile is the fourth album by British progressive rock band Yes. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Close to the Edge is the fifth album by British progressive rock band Yes. ... The Ladder is an album by progressive rock band Yes and was released in 1999. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... Stephen James Steve Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is a guitarist best known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes. ...

Known primarily for the dreamy, other-worldly scenes he has created for Yes, Budgie , Uriah Heep, Gentle Giant and other bands, Dean has said, "I don't really think of myself as a fantasy artist but as a landscape painter." Characteristic landscapes show graceful stone arches (as shown in Arches Mist, above) or floating islands, while many paintings show organic appearing habitats (such as shown in the cover for Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, below). Though he primarily works in watercolor, many of his paintings make use of multiple media, including gouache, ink, enamel, crayon and collage. In addition to his cover paintings, Dean is respected for his calligraphic work, designing logos and titles to go with his paintings. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Budgie is a hard rock band from Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. ... Uriah Heep are an English rock band, formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley (previously a member of The Gods and Toe Fat) to join Spice, a band signed to his own Bronze Records label. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Carl Larsson, Crayfishing, watercolor, 1897. ... Corridor in the Asylum, black chalk and gouache on pink paper by Van Gogh Gouache (from the Italian guazzo, water paint, splash) or Bodycolour (or Bodycolor, the terms preferred by Art historians) is a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water. ... An ink is a liquid containing various pigments and/or dyes used for coloring a surface to render an image or text. ... In a discussion of art technology, enamel (or vitreous enamel, or porcelain enamel in American English) is the colorful result of fusion of powdered glass to a substrate through the process of firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. ... Wax crayons A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other materials used for writing and drawing. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Beginning in 1985 with the software company Psygnosis, Dean has been responsible for the cover artwork for several videogames, including Tetris Worlds as well as a redesign of the Tetris logo.^[3] The cover artwork of most Psygnosis games was by fantasy artist Roger Dean. ... Tetris on the Nintendo Game Boy Tetris is a computer game invented by Alexey Pajitnov in 1985, while he was working for the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, inspired by a pentominoes game he had purchased earlier. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Two compilations of his work, Views (1975)^[1] (the success of which led him to form publishing house Paper Tiger Books) and Magnetic Storm (1984)^[2], have been published. In addition, his architectural and furniture work have been exhibited in the Victoria and Albert Museum and in the Royal Academy. Paper Tiger is a publishing house started in 1976 by Martyn and Roger Dean, on the back of their success at publishing Deans Visions graphic album under the Dragons Dream imprint. ... Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, a master builder, from αρχι- chiefs, leader , builder, carpenter)[1] is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Look up furniture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square. ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ...

In recent years, Roger Dean has focused a great deal on his architectural ideas. He has designed both homes and sustainable villages. As a designer, Dean has developed all aspects of his homes, from construction techniques to emotional comfort and security. The design of these homes is based on his Home For Life concept, a house that is artistically beautiful and environmentally kind, but cheap and quick to build.^[4] Sustainable development is defined by its proponents as balancing the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. ...

Pathways, 1973

In early 2005, Dean announced plans to create a feature film titled Floating Islands. This film will be produced by Roger Dean and David Mousley. The story is based on the underlying theme depicted in the album artwork for Yes. It will feature animated 3D renderings of classic Dean images and music by Yes. Pathways by Roger Dean. ... Pathways by Roger Dean. ... 3D rendering is the 3D computer graphics process of automatically converting 3D wire frame models into 2D images with 3D photorealistic effects on a computer. ...

Roger travels every summer to the North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest, as the invited guest, and has designed the festival logo every year since 2001. He welcomes the chance to meet many of his fans in person and has signed thousands of autographs of his work. The North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest for short, is a two-day event celebrating the resurgence of art rock and eclectic music in the United States and around the world. ...

Dean has lived in Brighton since 1972. Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ...

Selected list of works

• 1964 Sea Urchin Chair
• 1971 Fragile
• 1972 Demons and Wizards
• 1972 The Magician's Birthday
• 1972 Close to the Edge
• 1973 Escape
• 1973 Arrival
• 1973 Awakening
• 1973 Pathways
• 1973 Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
• 1973 Tales from Topographic Oceans

Arches Mist, 1996

• 1974 Relayer
• 1975 Green Castle
• 1976 Jade Sea
• 1980 Drama
• 1981 Green Tower
• 1982 Asia Dragon
• 1983 Asia Pyramid
• 1984 Hunting Dragon
• 1987 Freyja’s Castle
• 1989 Blue Desert
• 1989 Red Desert
• 1991 The Guardians
• 1991 Tsunami
• 1991 Yellow City
• 1993 Floating Islands
• 1993 Shadowland
• 1994 Aria
• 1995 Sea of Light
• 1995 Dragon’s Garden
• 1995? Dragon’s Garden (i) Mist/Dragon
• 1995? Dragon’s Garden (ii) Mist
• 1995? Dragon’s Garden (iii) Sunrise/Dragon
• 1995? Dragon’s Garden (iv) Sunrise
• 1996 Arches Morning
• 1996 Arches Mist
• 1999 The Ladder
• 2002 Floating Jungle

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Game box covers

• 1986 Brataccas, Mindscape Inc./Psygnosis
• 1987 Barbarian, Psygnosis
• 1987 Terrorpods, Psygnosis
• 1988 Baal, Psygnosis
• 1988 Chrono Quest, Psygnosis
• 1988 Obliterator, Psygnosis
• 1989 Blood Money, Psygnosis
• 1989 Shadow of the Beast, Psygnosis/Reflections
• 1989 Stryx, Psyclapse
• 1990 Infestation, Psygnosis
• 1990 Shadow of the Beast II, Psygnosis/Reflections
• 1991 Amnios, Psygnosis
• 1991 Ork, Psygnosis
• 1992 Agony, Psygnosis
• 1992 Faceball 2000, Bullet-Proof Software
• 2001 Tetris Worlds, THQ

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Books

• The Flights of Icarus (ISBN 0-905895-16-9 editor, contributor). Large format color book with numerous paintings by Dean, Martyn Dean and others. Edited by Donald Lehmkuhl, Martyn Dean and Roger Dean.
• Views (ISBN 1-56640-448-7) Large format color book with full page and double page images of Roger Deans works, both architectural and artistic. Text by Dominy Hamilton and Carla Capalbo in association with Roger Dean. Architectural section by Donald Lehmkuhl.

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} Roger Dean (1975). Views. Reissue: Pomegranate (1993): ISBN 1-56640-448-7
2. ^ ^{a b} Roger Dean (1984). Magnetic Storm. Reissue: Pomegranate (1993): ISBN 1-56640-449-5.
3. ^ Roger Dean's profile at MobyGames
4. ^ Home for Life designs at the official Roger Dean website

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External links

• Roger Dean's personal web site
• Information about the Floating Islands film project
• Roger Dean's profile at MobyGames
• BBCi Music Interview, 2002