Game art copied from elsewhere

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I made a mistake on Rastan earlier. The green creature is copied from the cover of The Savage Sword of Conan 22.

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Ralf already identified the origin of the male figure in the Storm cover, but the female figure is also from Vallejo.

The Victorious, by Boris Vallejo

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Storm cover

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Great find with Arkos!

This is a very exact copy, not an inspiration. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't drawn but photocopied.

Actually it asked for a legal case :)
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Cover of The Punisher (1986 1st series), issue 2

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Cover of The Savage Sword of Conan, issue 43

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Cosmic Wartoad cover

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(Clearly Bob Wakelin was a fan of these two comic series.)
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BTW I have started editing the thread to make sure all the images have proper captions, so that if in future the image links break, the discussion can still be followed.
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Photograph of Boris Becker diving to make a shot at Wimbledon in 1985

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Photograph of Boris Becker lifting the trophy at Wimbledon in 1985

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Cover of Adidas Championship Tie Break

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Photograph of US Navy SEAL

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Operation Thunderbolt cover

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Still of Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars (1977)

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Chase HQ cover

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I am not sure about the source of the second face. I first thought it might be Philip Michael Thomas (Tubbs in Miami Vice), but I think it is actually Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian in Star Wars).

Photograph of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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Still of Philip Michael Thomas as Tubbs in Miami Vice (1984-1989)

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Photograph of Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon in the Apollo 11 mission

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Nodes of Yesod cover

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Alice Cooper, Goes to Hell album cover

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Go to Hell loading screen

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Good find!!!
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Golden Axe II cover, by Boris Vallejo

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Fear Tales loading screen

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(The loading screen footer does actually say Golden Axe II. Presumably the screen has been reused.)
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I had a quick look and couldn't find the exact source image that was used but I can't help but think that the cover artist for Kosmos may have relied just a tad on Marvel's "Rom: Spaceknight" comic for inspiration here.

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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:49 pm Good find!!!
Actually I stole that one (and a few others) from this article (and the associated discussion thread):

https://hg101.kontek.net/tracing/tracing.htm

This is a thread about plagiarism, after all....
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richl wrote: Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:56 pm I had a quick look and couldn't find the exact source image that was used but I can't help but think that the cover artist for Kosmos may have relied just a tad on Marvel's "Rom: Spaceknight" comic for inspiration here.
I had never heard of ROM: Spaceknight before, but you are absolutely right. The resemblance is uncanny.
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Three Robin Hoods in one...

Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) movie poster

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Sherwood loading screen

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Patrick Bergin in Robin Hood (1991) movie poster (see the cameo in the bottom left)

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Photograph of Errol Flynn as Robin Hood

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Sherwood cover

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Title drawing for Chapter Eight of How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

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Drawing of Spider-Man in How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way*

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Flash Gordon cover

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* This looks to me more like someone's copy of that image than the original, but I don't have a copy of this to check.
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Yet another copy of this...

The Magnificent, by Boris Vallejo

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Draconus cover

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Pencil sketch of Tarzan and a gorilla, by Frank Frazetta

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Dynasty Wars cover

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Boris Vallejo, The Eternal Champion

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Bionic Ninja cover

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Frank Frazetta, The Frost Giants

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Ramparts cover

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Clyde Caldwell, Dragon's Despair:

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Heroes Of The Lance loading screen:

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Movie still of Eddie Murphy in Another 48 Hours

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E-SWAT advert

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Imperial Shuttle in a Star Wars toy advert

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Cover of The Guardian (PSS)

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I can't find the exact source image, but the cover of Eagle clearly shows Vipers from the original Battlestar Galactica movie (1978).

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