{"id":541,"date":"2021-04-19T22:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T22:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?p=541"},"modified":"2021-04-19T23:02:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T23:02:07","slug":"canadian-design-today-hugh-syme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/2021\/04\/19\/canadian-design-today-hugh-syme\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Design Today: Hugh Syme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.discogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hugh-syme-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"hugh syme headshot\" \/><figcaption>Canadian graphic artist and keyboardist Hugh Syme is known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There may not be a person alive on this earth who hasn&#8217;t seen at least one of Hugh Syme&#8217;s 325 album cover designs. The Toronto-born graphic artist has designed for a wide range of musicians, from Canadian Pop Queen Celine Dion to American thrash metal forerunner Megadeth. Syme has been responsible for all of Rush&#8217;s album art since 1975&#8217;s Caress of Steel, as well as their famous Starman logo. Being a keyboardist, Hugh Syme has also played with Rush, Alice in Chains, Ian Thomas Band, Tiles, and Jim McCarthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-3.35.59-PM-1024x1017.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"546\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-3.35.59-PM.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=546\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-3.35.59-PM-1024x1017.png 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-3.35.59-PM-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-3.35.59-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-3.35.59-PM-768x763.png 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-3.35.59-PM.png 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Aerosmith-Get-A-Grip.jpg\" alt=\"Get A Grip: How Aerosmith Reclaimed The Rock Crown | uDiscover\" data-id=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">(left) Power Windows by Rush, 1985, designed by Hugh Syme (right) Get A Grip by Aerosmith, 1993, designed by Hugh Syme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;A lot of people don\u2019t know that\u2019s a painting-<em>[Rush\u2019s]&nbsp;Power Windows<\/em>-because I worked from several images. I found the room, found the guy, and found TV, then painted the final as acrylic on canvas.\u201d<\/p><cite>Hugh Syme<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Syme was a big fan of Salvador Dali growing up. One of his friends was fortunate enough to meet Dali at his Port Lligat studio and came back with descriptions \u201cabout Dali\u2019s floor being strewn with reference photos,&#8221; which is when Hugh realized there was no shame in utilizing photo reference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81MCb0rY%2B-L._SL1401_.jpg\" alt=\"IRON MAIDEN - X-Factor - Amazon.com Music\" data-id=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Come-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"545\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Come.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/?attachment_id=545\" class=\"wp-image-545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Come-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Come-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Come-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Come-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Come-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11640\/2021\/04\/Come.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">(left) The X Factor by Iron Maiden, 1995, designed by Hugh Syme (right) Come What(ever) May by Stone Sour, 2006, designed by Hugh Syme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Implementing what he calls &#8216;improbable reality&#8217;, as well as &#8216;breaking the frame&#8217; (ie. extending past the canvas limits) has led Hugh Syme to win 5 Juno Awards, as well as being nominated 18 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<br>https:\/\/blog.discogs.com\/en\/beneath-the-covers-hugh-syme\/<br>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hugh_Syme<br>http:\/\/www.hughsyme.com\/#<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There may not be a person alive on this earth who hasn&#8217;t seen at least one of Hugh Syme&#8217;s 325 album cover designs. The Toronto-born graphic artist has designed for a wide range of musicians, from Canadian Pop Queen Celine Dion to American thrash metal forerunner Megadeth. Syme has been responsible for all of Rush&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/2021\/04\/19\/canadian-design-today-hugh-syme\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Canadian Design Today: Hugh Syme&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11586,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,63,1],"tags":[72,73,71],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ides-142","category-survey-of-design","category-uncategorized","tag-album-art","tag-graphic-design","tag-hugh-syme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":550,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions\/550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/tobineckstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}