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Bill Morrison (b. 1959) Paul Kidby (b. 1964) Tom duBois (b. 1957) Lee MacLeod (b. 1953) Lisa French (b. 1956/7) Greg Winters (b. 1956) Greg Martin (1956–2013) Ezra Tucker (b. 1955) Dave McMacken (1944–2019) Mark A. Nelson (b. 1953) Mark Fredrickson (b. 1957) Bill Hall (b. 1948) Walter Carzon (b. 1965) Mick McGinty (1952–2021) Bud Thon (b. 1938) Ken Steacy (b. 1955) Jeremy Pyke Nixon Galloway (1927–2003) Greg Hildebrandt (b. 1939) Pete McDonnell (b. 1959) Frank Cirocco (b. 1956) Steve Lang (b. 1960)Sanford_US's Achievements
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European Mega Drive box art for Streets of Rage 3 recently identified and added to Steve Weston's bio!
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Here's a great interview out today (February 24, 2024) with Wil Overton on his work for Super Play magazine: Wil Overton talks Super Play magazine, anime, video games and grey imports. — Forgotten Worlds
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One more Paul Kidby box art for the list: Time to Die (1989), as confirmed by Paul and Vanessa Kidby:
Meanwhile, they confirmed that Kikstart 2, Kobayashi Naru, and Hundra are not his work
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Donato Giancola's original painting for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004). 24”x32” Oil on Panel. This was likely originally set to be the game's package art. However, to its detriment, the final box art appears to be a digital reinterpretation of Donato's phenomenal work
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New find for Chris Dellorco: Tonka Search & Rescue 2 (2002) by Infogrames Interactive, Inc. for Macintosh and Windows.
http://www.dellorcoart.com/dellorcoart/Portfolios/Pages/General.html#18
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Always glad to be able to identify and credit more box art to an artist, especially if they have passed away. I recently discovered that Lawrence Fletcher had illustrated the box art for New World Computing, Inc.'s Nuclear War, released in 1989 for the Amiga, Commodore 64, and DOS. His "Lars" signature is visible on the poster in a spot that is covered up on the box art with a "Caution" warning.
I've added Nuclear War to his bio above as well as Chaos Overlords, which he also did for New World Computing. Chaos Overlords artwork sold on Heritage Auctions in January 2023: https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/video-game-art/lawrence-fletcher-chaos-overlords-computer-game-original-box-art-and-advertisement-art-new-world-computing-1996-/a/7348-28505.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515
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This piece was sold in 2022, but here is a clean image of Tim's art for Leander. The game was also released for the Genesis/Mega Drive but with different art and under the name Galahad (or The Legend of Galahad).
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Based on a preliminary illustration shared to CAF, Donato Giancola appers to be the box artist for The Bard's Tale for Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox (2005): https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1986573
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One more new one for Celal: Hollywood Poker Pro by reLINE Software for the Amiga, Atari ST, and Commodore 64 (1989)
Separately, OVGA hasn't yet made a bio for Celal's brother Ogan Kandemiroglu, but today I came across his "Ogan" signature on Oxxonian by Time Warp Software GmbH (1989):
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And another new one: Inve$t by StarByte Software for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and DOS (1990). Steinar's signature can be seen on a German ad for the game
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Here is a more in-depth interview Paul Mann gave in 2017 that through discussing a then-recent commission captures the work process for his paintings: https://illustrated007.blogspot.com/2017/02/interview-with-artist-paul-mann.html
And another from 2022: https://layeredbutter.com/editorial/a-touch-of-genius
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Here's a little interview Paul Mann gave for Retro Gamer magazine issue 176, which featured Paul's soundtrack artwork for Contra III on the cover
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Here's one more for Steinar Lund that I'll add to his box art catalog above. Oriental Games by MicroProse (1990) for Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, and ZX Spectrum.
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Randy also appears to have done artwork for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) game Death Jr., however the usage of Randy's art isn't entirely clear, possibly as a magazine interior of some kind. The piece shown is posted on Comic Art Fans: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1848288&GSub=12387
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Celâl's signature can be seen on the box art for Mystery of the Mummy from Rainbow Arts, released for the Amiga, Commodore 64, and DOS in 1988
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Here's a recent interview Takaya Imamura did in July 2023 with Video Games Chronicle (VGC): https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/takaya-imamura/
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Keith’s box art paintings for EverQuest were often more expansive scenes than what the fronts of the boxes showed (see hover images in Keith's box art catalog). Additional portions of his paintings would adorn inside covers or find bonus usages such as on the actual game CDs used for installation. Keith also created additional EverQuest images beyond just the front box art. For example, for The Shadows of Luclin expansion, Keith painted a standalone image of Firiona Vie on a horse. This image was used on the back of the game box but was also published as the cover to the December 2001 issue of Computer Gaming World magazine (issue 209).
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With credit to @VgDensetsu, OVGA has removed the Sonic & Knuckles logo from Greg Martin's box art catalog. That logo was the work of Tom Nikosey, working for designer Garrett Burke:
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With credit to Bitmap Books' Art of the Box (2023), OVGA has added two additional titles to Paul's box art catalog: the Mastertronic re-release of Legend of the Amazon Women for the ZX Spectrum (page 244) and the PAL European release of Battle Arena Toshinden for the Sony PlayStation (page 249). As it happens, these titles would just about bookend Paul's box art career, with Legend of the Amazon Women being among a small handful of titles done in 1987 and Battle Arena Toshinden being Paul's final box art in 1995.
Paul's interview in Art of the Box additionally includes an appreciative mention of OVGA's own @Ibrahim_UK: "We have people who collect the artwork I did from back then, which is wonderful. There's a chap called Ibrahim who's a big collector of what I did, and he's trying to put together a catalogue of the work; a more comprehensive list than the one I've sat down and done. He's keen that it's documented. He's building a website [OVGA], and it all helps with the prestige of the work."
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The explosion in "Starmada" that became Thunderhawk appears to have additionally been flipped upside down to serve as a significant element of the Sega Genesis box art for Dune: The Battle of Arrakis. The rest of the box image appears to be early photo manipulations with a strange filtered effect.
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Keith Parkinson also created art for Diablo II.
As documented on Keith's website: "I was originally approached by Blizzard to do a poster for the Diablo II release, but I couldn’t take the project because my schedule was already booked. The next time they approached me was the the expansion that followed. Again, there were scheduling problems on my end. That was unfortunate too because not only did I wanted to do the project, buy my kids were ready to meltdown. They were big Diablo fans and wanted me to do the cover so they could get in on the beta! They were incensed the first time I had to pass, but the second time they were fit to be tied. The guys at Blizzard understood the scheduling problems, but they did want the poster so they said, 'Okay, we won’t have it for the expansion release, but go ahead and paint it when you can. We’ll use it somewhere.' So I did, and had a great experience working with them."
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Steinar's signature can be seen in this advertisement for Power Pyramids
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The following titles have not been definitively identified as Bob Wakelin’s work but based on publisher, year, and style could be his work.
The QuelleSoft game with the title “Eine Handvoll Dollars” corresponds to the 1985 Ocean game A Fi$tful of Buck$. Searching for other QuelleSoft games, I identified the box for the game Das Spukschloß, which corresponds to the game the Secret of Kandar.
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A known comic fan, Bob's box art paintings for Green Beret and Cosmic Wartoad—both 1986—draw clear inspiration from some of Mike Zeck's cover art for the five-issue The Punisher comic book limited series that debuted in January 1986.
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Greg Martin (1956–2013)
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OVGA has updated Greg Martin's box art catalog to include two Sega Pico games: The Great Counting Caper with The 3 Blind Mice and Adventures in Letter Land with Jack & Jill.
The original painting for The Great Counting Caper with The 3 Blind Mice has been listed on Heritage Auctions, and OVGA subsequently identified Adventures in Letter Land with Jack & Jill from the same publisher and year as also having been Greg Martin's work.