IMHO 'cover design' and 'cover artwork' are basically the same thing in this context. I think, at that time (early to mid eighties), was very uncommon that more than one person was involved in doing the art work. Later on when companies started to pay attention to the product presentation in large boxes with illustrated instructions and so on, probably there were more people involved, even some design studios, but in a 1984 game with a very simple cover is rare.
Audionautas wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 5:04 pm
IMHO 'cover design' and 'cover artwork' are basically the same thing in this context. I think, at that time (early to mid eighties), was very uncommon that more than one person was involved in doing the art work. Later on when companies started to pay attention to the product presentation in large boxes with illustrated instructions and so on, probably there were more people involved, even some design studios, but in a 1984 game with a very simple cover is rare.
There were definitely cases where cover design and cover artwork were separate, eg at Ocean and Imagine. Personally I wouldn't treat them as the same thing.
Mountains of Ket - G Williamson (per .txt instructions)
Temple of Vran - Kimberley Gunn (per inlay)
The Final Mission - G Williamson (per .txt instructions)
Confuzion - Matthew Tidbury, Peter Carter (per instructions)
There are other credits in the instructions, which are not showing in SC:
SPECTRUM CONFUZION
AUTHORS: BRENDAN KELLY and PAUL SHIRLEY
LEVEL DESIGNS: PAUL SHIRLEY and IAN ANDREW.
COVER BY: MATTHEW TIDBURY and PETER CARTER
MUSIC BY: PRIVATE PROPERTY (Joanne Holt, Gary Seaward, Matt Smith, Steve Salt and Chris Weller)
PRODUCED BY: IAN ANDREW
The cover artist was Mark Wilkinson. (This info is listed on other sites, was mentioned in YS back in the day, and has been confirmed by Fergus McNeill)
In the game entry, Glenn Fabry appears as the author (I supposed is the original comic artist). Besides, in the game instructions recently uploaded by Pavero, it can be read:
'We would like to thank the following people:
[...]
Steinar Lund - for airbrushing the Creative Reality logo.'
Do you think S. Lund should be included as a second artist in the game entry for 'airbrushing the logo'?
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 2:32 pmLast Mohican by CRL.
If we stare at the artwork, down right, it seems Phil Gascoine's signature, doesn't it?
I was looking at other works, and yes, looks like his signature.
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:29 pm
His signature appears behind the letter 'M'. Almost sure it's him. The same as the post above. Don't you think?
[mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] Rodney Matthews, inlay artist, is listed as "contributor" in Seas of Boold: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6941 Is this the correct way to reference him (since it is not a staff artists, but a freelance), or it is just the way the artist got imported into the database?
Edit: Phil Gascoine is also reference a "contributor" on many titles.
druellan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:09 am
@Einar Saukas Rodney Matthews, inlay artist, is listed as "contributor" in Seas of Boold: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6941 Is this the correct way to reference him (since it is not a staff artists, but a freelance), or it is just the way the artist got imported into the database?
Edit: Phil Gascoine is also reference a "contributor" on many titles.
The term "contributor" has nothing to do with ZXDB.
Spectrum Computing considers that certain roles (such as coder, in-game graphics artist, etc) are main authors, other roles (inlay artists, etc) are contributors.
There was a long discussion somewhere in this forum about it...
Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:02 pm
The term "contributor" has nothing to do with ZXDB.
Spectrum Computing considers that certain roles (such as coder, in-game graphics artist, etc) are main authors, other roles (inlay artists, etc) are contributors.
Rorthron wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:52 pm
Academy - M Bromley?
Per "MB" signature in bottom right corner; A Tau Ceti advert is by M Bromley in a similar style
