Teaser trailer for my second @nineinchnails concert film, BESIDE YOU IN TIME, released 15 years ago #OnThisDay in 2007. An early entry in the new frontier of HD home video, it was the first live music feature released simultaneously on DVD, Blu-ray, and the ill-fated HD-DVD. 1/
My cover art for NIN's BESIDE YOU IN TIME concert film, released 15 years ago today. This marked the end of NIN's "With Teeth" era and the visual style I created for it; by the time this release hit we had already begun the #YearZero campaign. 2/
For the DVD version we could use a sleek cardboard package, but for the new Blu-ray & HD-DVD formats we had to use the standard ugly plastic clamshells. I was so bothered by how the blu-ray blue clashed with our red cover, I proposed a blue alt cover for it (label said no). 3/
Early cover concept for NIN: BESIDE YOU IN TIME. This was a clear reference to the WITH TEETH cover art, meant to bookend the era. We decided to go with the artier and more striking red cover, as this one was *too* similar to WT. This art became a promo poster for the release. 4/
To promote BESIDE YOU IN TIME we released daily wallpapers ahead of the release, featuring my live photos from the 2005/2006 NIN tours. A commenter has kindly shared their archive of those wallpapers here: 5/
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