Cover artists

[Rorthron]

Zulu War - William Henry Dugan

Per the inlay.

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sie ... ift-181818

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[Rorthron]

Further verification of the "dodgy post":

Dragonsbane
Smugglers Cove
Blood 'n' Gutz

Crash 14 confirms these are by Steinar Lund, as already recorded in the archive.

http://www.crashonline.org.uk/14/oncover.htm

[Rorthron]

The Drive-In - Boots Hill

Per inlay.

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Chaos - Julek Heller

Per the instructions:

Cover by Julek Heller
Production Artwork by Brian Cumming

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Dark Star - Dave De Leuw

There is apparently an Easter egg with this information:

There is a hidden message in the code: (c) Design Design Software Awful game concept & coding by Simon Brattel Awful pictures by J.P.Ritman and Inlay by Dave De-Leuw

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/equinox/ ... design.php

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[Rorthron]

Shakespeare - Henry IV Part One (Penguin) - Paul Hogarth

Per signature

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Shakespeare - Julius Caesar (Penguin) - Paul Hogarth

https://www.bookogs.com/book/192368-julius-caesar

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Shakespeare - Merchant of Venice (Penguin) - Paul Hogarth

https://www.bookogs.com/book/192392-the ... -of-venice

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[Einar Saukas]

One other thing I unearthed:

Jewels of Darkness - James Horsler (internal art, literally "pictures"). Listed in the instructions.

Per Moby Games he also contributed internal art to:

Silicon Dreams
The Price of Magik
Red Moon
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
The Worm in Paradise

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/she ... Id,101313/

What's "internal art"? Does it mean in-game graphics?

[Rorthron]

What's "internal art"? Does it mean in-game graphics?

No: inlay art that's not the cover (I think). The inlay credit just says "pictures", though, so it's not entirely clear

[StooB]

What's "internal art"? Does it mean in-game graphics?

No: inlay art that's not the cover (I think). The inlay credit just says "pictures", though, so it's not entirely clear

"Digital artist responsible for the design and creation of all the art work in a number of games: Red Moon, Return to Eden, Emerald Isle, The Worm in Paradise, The Price of Magic and the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole."

https://www.bark.com/en/company/james-horsler/0AVK/

[Einar Saukas]

No: inlay art that's not the cover (I think). The inlay credit just says "pictures", though, so it's not entirely clear

"Digital artist responsible for the design and creation of all the art work in a number of games: Red Moon, Return to Eden, Emerald Isle, The Worm in Paradise, The Price of Magic and the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole."

https://www.bark.com/en/company/james-horsler/0AVK/

This sounds like in-game graphics. The term "digital artist" wouldn't apply to cover/inlay art in the 1980s.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

I found this on his personal web page: http://www.art-of-james-horsler.co.uk/about.htm

(fifth paragraph)

"My first professional art job in the 1980’s was working with Level 9 Computers doing vector art for games. I had eight colours to work with including black and white!!"

So it seems he was referring to in-game graphics.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Besides, if we check the Mobygames entry for one of the games he work for, The Price of Magik, in the 'cover art' tab, we search for the Spectrum version and there are some scans, the inlay but also the instructions:

https://www.mobygames.com/game/price-of ... Id,419442/

and it says, in the credits section:

"Pictures: James Horsler
[...]
Cover Picture: Godfrey Dowson"

So he was not clearly the cover author. He was referring to the in-game graphics.

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[Einar Saukas]

I just finished adding to ZXDB everything posted in this thread. It will be in the next update.

Thanks a lot for all contributions! Please keep them coming!

[Rorthron]

BTW Simon Brattel kindly confirmed to me that "most (nearly all) of the original artwork [for Crystal and Design Design] was done by Dave [De Leuw], but there were different versions of some games and later re-releases that weren't."

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Gun Law by Vortex Software.

According to the instructions available in [mention]Mort[/mention] 's archive.org site, it says:

"ILLUSTRATION BY BOB HABERFIELD"

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Steinar Lund has confirmed today in his Instagram account the cover of 'The Vindicators' by Domark:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuTIT6ahqh2 ... i5w26gkwqa

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Arcticfox by Electronic Arts.

According to the credits in the inlay, "Artwork: John Burton"


https://ia801607.us.archive.org/zipview ... inlay2.jpg

(From [mention]Mort[/mention] 's archive.org site )

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[Audionautas]

According to the in-game credits, Rodney Matthews is the artist behind The Fury cover art. Game developed by Creative Reality and released by Martech in 1988.

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Android Two by Vortex Software.

Read in the instructions:

Illustration by Bob Haberfield

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Silent Service by Microprose.

Read in the game credits:

'COVER ART: David Phillips'

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Already included in the game entry, but I wanted to share this. Steinar Lund published today in IG a story behind his Star Wars artwork:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxCxy5NBv7e ... ofvqyoiy4y

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Gunship by Microprose.

Artwork confirmed by Steinard Lund himself in his IG account:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4KC_xBy4Z ... zfoejgp376

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Last Mohican by CRL.

If we stare at the artwork, down right, it seems Phil Gascoine's signature, doesn't it?

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