Cover artists

[druellan]

Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (US Gold)
Motor Massacre (Gremlin)
Thunder Blade (US Gold)

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[R-Tape]

@R-Tape I think we are going to need your magic here Also, the Tynesoft covers we have on base are pretty bad, MobyGames has one for the part 1, still low-res but looks way better:

Not my magic—Pav's doing inlays. I'm trying to be new content only.

[mention]pavero[/mention] - are you okay with these inlays? Let me know if there's anything I should do here.

[pavero]

Tynesoft inlays are on my list. But there are some gaps among them, so it will take some time to complete the set. E.g. I have hi-res version Savage Island One, but not the second part.

[druellan]

Tynesoft inlays are on my list. But there are some gaps among them, so it will take some time to complete the set. E.g. I have hi-res version Savage Island One, but not the second part.

Pavero magic then! Thanks Pav, no pressure then, glad it is already on your radar.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Twinworld (Ubisoft). Artwork by Jean-Pierre Ferte (France).

Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle (Parker/Sinclair Research Ltd). Artwork by John Berkey (USA)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-ja-jr.html

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

The Eidolon (Activision). Artwork by Ken Macklin (USA).

Luis Royo (SPA) made the artwork of:

La Aventura Espacial (Aventuras AD)
Chichen Itza (Aventuras AD)
Satan (Dinamic)
Narco Police (Dinamic)
Los Templos Sagrados (Aventuras AD)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-l.html

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Troll (Kixx). Artwork by Mark Wilkinson (UK)

Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Troops (Psyclapse). Artwork by Melvyn Grant (UK)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-ma-me.html

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Nigel Fletcher (UK) made all these Codemasters arworks:

ATV Simulator
BMX Freestyle
BMX Simulator 2
Death Stalker
Dizzy the Ultimate Cartoon Adventure
Fast Food
International Rubgy Simulator
Mig 29 Soviet Fighter
Moto X Simulator
ninja Massacre
The Race Against Time
SAS Combat Simulator
Star Runner
Super G-Man
Terra-Cognita
Treasure Island Dizzy
Vampire (Codemasters re-release of Dinamic's Phantomas 2, whose artwork was made by Alfonso Azpiri)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-n.html

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Badlands (Domark). Artwork by Peter Andrew Jones (UK)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-p.html

Space Intruders (Quicksilva). Artwork by Rich Senfield (UK)

Darius + (The Edge). Artwork by Rodney Matthews (UK)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-r.html

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Hercules (The Power House re-release). Artwork by Tim White (UK)
Tomb of Syrinx (The Power House re-release). Artwork by Tim White (UK)

ACE (Cascade). Artwork by Tony Roberts (UK)
ACE 2 (Cascade). Artwork by Tony Roberts (UK)
Adv. B - Inca Curse (Artic). Artwork by Tony Roberts (UK) (*)
Adv. C - Ship of Doom (Artic). Artwork by Tony Roberts (UK) (*)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-t.html

(*) As to Adv. B & C, there are two differents artworks for this game (Artic & Sinclair Research re-release). According to this web, "Adventure A’s original 1981 cover art would be typical of early UK bedroom-coder style covers that were functional but hardly inspiring. Publisher Artic Computing would take the pioneering step of commissioning established S.F painter Tony Roberts to create the re-release cover in 1982. Tony is at present the earliest high profile artist to design video game box art. He would go on to design Adventure B and Adventure C’s covers."

In ZXDB, the existing entry for Tony Roberts should be relating to the Sinclair re-release (different artwork from the original Artic one). So by the same analogy, the Adv. B & C above should be considered (in my opinion as it seems obvious) related to Sinclair re-release covers.

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[druellan]

Twinworld (Ubisoft). Artwork by Jean-Pierre Ferte (France).

Confirmed. Signature for future reference:

Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle (Parker/Sinclair Research Ltd). Artwork by John Berkey (USA)

Confirmed. No doubts after looking at the inlay that this MUST be Berkey's work, but also found on this page: https://johnberkeyart.com/star-wars-art/ They even have the original with the visible signature, cropped on all the inlays.



BTW, thanks for adding the nationality of the artist!

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Corridors of Genon (New Generation).

We can check its artwork artist in the available inlay at SC:

'Cover artwork by Mike Cole'

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Star Trader (Bug-Byte).

In the instructions:

'Graphic design: Gary McNamara'

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Repulsar (by Softek).

In the inlay:

'Cover Illustration by Angus McKie'

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[druellan]

Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Troops (Psyclapse). Artwork by Melvyn Grant (UK)

Confirmed by signature:

[druellan]

Nigel Fletcher (UK) made all these Codemasters arworks:

Interesting, as already happened with another artist, Nigel Fletcher is listed as part of the team on: Grand Prix Simulator but not attributed as inlay artist, nor in the BOX=ART page, but we can confirm attribution in the manual: "Design & Artwork - NIGEL FLETCHER" (https://ia800604.us.archive.org/view_ar ... ulator.txt)

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[druellan]

BMX Freestyle
BMX Simulator 2
Death Stalker
Dizzy the Ultimate Cartoon Adventure
Fast Food
International Rubgy Simulator
Mig 29 Soviet Fighter
Moto X Simulator
ninja Massacre
The Race Against Time
SAS Combat Simulator
Star Runner
Super G-Man
Terra-Cognita
Treasure Island Dizzy
Vampire (Codemasters re-release of Dinamic's Phantomas 2, whose artwork was made by Alfonso Azpiri)

Confirmed attribution via game manual

[Juan F. Ramirez]

3D Tunnel (New Generation).

In the instructions: "Covert artwork by Rob Pengilley, Bath"

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[druellan]

Flash Gordon: (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1791)
We have another case of artist vs designer: the covert art is based on the works of Alex Raymond (looks like a composition more than original art), but the inlay was put together by Words and Pictures LTD.

We don't have a "designer" role on the ZXDB. For sure we have a lot of cases just on this thread alone, for example, NIGEL FLETCHER above was the artists AND the designer, but I'm unsure if we need this kind of detail on the database, specially if adding a new role kind of force us to retro-fit everything.

I'm inclined to have it, and do what we can to fill in the gaps, but I'm a compulsory completionist, so, take my vote with a grain of salt

[Rorthron]

Flash Gordon: (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1791)
The covert art is based on the works of Alex Raymond (looks like a composition more than original art),

It may have been inspired by Alex Raymond, but I don't think the image is by him. The art seems to have been copied from a Marvel book, as discussed in the copied art thread.

[druellan]

It may have been inspired by Alex Raymond, but I don't think the image is by him. The art seems to have been copied from a Marvel book, as discussed in the copied art thread.

Seems like a composition on my eyes, but, Yeah, that's why I think an "inlay designer" role might be useful for this and other cases on where we know someone "designed" the inlay manipulating someone's art.

[Audionautas]

Hi all!

As some of you already know, Steve Weston (1948-2010) was the artist behind a big part of Hewson's covers: Uridium, Rara Rama, Impossaball, Zynaps, Marauder, Cybernoid 1 and 2, Nebulus or Exolon are some of them. He also worked for Telecomsoft (Jinx, Starglider 2 or Fish are some of his works). However his signature is not easy to find on the canvas. In some cases is probably missing or out of frame on the final cover, but luckily in other cases is visible.

Here you have three examples of Steve Weston's signature: Starglider 2



5th Gear (a 16 bit Hewson title).



Onslaught (another 16 bit Hewson game).



And finally the cover of the february 1982 issue of Computer & Video Games magazine. You can clearly see Steve Weston's signature on the bottom right.



So, if you come across covers with this signature you know who the artist was. Thank you!

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[Rorthron]

Badlands is by Peter Andrew Jones per the artist's website:

http://www.peterandrewjones.net/biography.htm

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[druellan]

'Graphic design: Gary McNamara'

McNamara did other covers like Alchemist (Imagine) and the style looks similar, but since the instruction sates "Graphic design" I'm not sure if we should add him as inlay artist, also, there is no references of him working on this particular title in BOX=ART. Another case on were that role might be useful.

This game also has NO entries about the authors on the database, but we have that information on the manual.

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[druellan]

For some reason, Alien 8 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=9302 inlay is not credited to Tim Stamper.

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