Re: Cover Artists 2

[Nitrowing]

the cover has a signature that seems from a different author:

First name looks like "David"

[Audionautas]

Hi! I'm reviewing cover artists again, and found this case.
The manual says: Documentation illustrated by Thomas J. Clement. But I'm not sure if it is related also to the cover.
I was looking at the manual for Saracen (https://archive.org/details/SaracenData ... ew=theater), that also mentions Clement as the "documentation illustrator", (you can even see a TJC signature) but the cover has a signature that seems from a different author:



So, I'm really unsure about it.

I had a kind of epiphany and read David Mann the first time I saw that screenshot. I searched the internet to see if there were any artists by that name and this motorbike illustrator immediately popped up. https://www.davidmannstore.com/

His output was mainly focused on motorbike paintings and I haven't found a link with the Saracen cover art.



However, I'd say his signature is the same as the one on Saracen. What do you think? Is this signature proof enough to attribute authorship of the Saracen cover to him?

Best regards

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[druellan]

However, I'd say his signature is the same as the one on Saracen. What do you think? Is this signature proof enough to attribute authorship of the Saracen cover to him?

Oh, yep! I think it's him!

About Black Magic, so far I can't see any signature and the Illustration is really not that similar to Saracen, so, it is an unknown for now.

About Clement, the manual illustrations look like Apple II 1 bit graphics, but I'm not sure we can credit him for the ZX Spectrum in game graphics.

[Audionautas]

Oh, yep! I think it's him!

About Black Magic, so far I can't see any signature and the Illustration is really not that similar to Saracen, so, it is an unknown for now.

About Clement, the manual illustrations look like Apple II 1 bit graphics, but I'm not sure we can credit him for the ZX Spectrum in game graphics.

With all those early U.S. Gold games imported from the C64/Apple II/Atari 8 bit American software market, I think we should look for American artist from that time. As simple as that. It's probably a matter of time to find out who they were most of them. And about Clement, I'd say it's not an Spectrum artist. That manual is not from the Spectrum version, so it's very, very unlikely he even knew what a ZX Spectrum was.

Best regards

[Nitrowing]

I had a kind of epiphany and read David Mann the first time I saw that screenshot.

I thought it read David Mann too but dismissed it as he used to do paintings for EasyRider and didn't think his work would appear on Sinclair stuff

[Audionautas]

I thought it read David Mann too but dismissed it as he used to do paintings for EasyRider and didn't think his work would appear on Sinclair stuff

Yeah, it's odd, but we have to think that most of those U.S. Gold games coming from the USA software companies (Access, Datasoft, Synsoft, some Epyx or Microprose covers...) use the original artwork also on the 8-bit UK versions. So, if we search a bit deeper into American artists probably will find out their names. On David Mann's case we have been very lucky because his signature is totally unmistakable. Without his signature we wouldn't have set a connection with the kind of paintings he was famous for.

[StooB]

Celal Kandemiroglu
Adidas Championship Tie Break (87)
( https://www.originalvideogameart.com/vi ... 2022-r202/ and http://www.nemmelheim.de/celal/index_galerie.html )

Bill Morrison
The Simpsons: Bart vs the Space Mutants (4513)
( https://www.originalvideogameart.com/vi ... 1959-r132/ )

Simon Roberts
Mean Streak (3103)
AcroJet (Microprose big box/Kixx version) (69)
( https://www.originalvideogameart.com/vi ... -1957-r85/ )

John Smyth
Switchblade (5089)
( https://www.originalvideogameart.com/vi ... 1946-r165/ )

Paul Kidby
Dynatron Mission (1559)
Legend of the Amazon Women (Mastertronic re-release) (2851)
Pulsoids (3936)
Energy Warrior (11299)
Megaplay 1 (13434)
Motorbike Madness (3292)
Pulse Warrior (3935)
Raw Recruit (4043)
Rogue (4224)
Vectorball (5547)
( https://www.originalvideogameart.com/vi ... -1964-r79/ )

Steve Purcell
Pipe Mania (aka Pipe Dream) (3729)
( https://www.originalvideogameart.com/vi ... 1961-r210/ )

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[StooB]

Die Alien Slime

The signature of Andrew Skilleter is visible on the original artwork:

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Reflections by Artic:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... eflections

Did anyone recognize the artist behind these letters in the signature?:

[StooB]

Did anyone recognize the artist behind these letters in the signature?:

Whoever it is also put their initials on Artic's Millimon, Snooker, ABC and Snake. What looks like their full signature seems to be on Flight Simulator:

[Rorthron]

The first two letters look like S and C, consistent with the initials on the other games. I'm not sure about the next few letters. The first looks a bit like W, but that makes no sense. Maybe it's a U. There might be an R next, or maybe another letter and an E. The last couple of letters look to me like ...RY.

S Curry, perhaps?

Honestly it could be almost anything.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

According to David White, Rafa Negrete was the artist of Triple Comando with Azpiri drawing an alternative cover.



https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... le_Comando

I'll add it to the database via preservation tool

[Audionautas]

Hi

Acccording to X (Twitter) Original Videogame Art account, Steve Crisp was the cover artist for Crack Down. Just added through the Preservation Tools.




Regards!