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presidentmax
06/10/2009, 11:10 am
Was wondering whether Purcell will do the tales of monkey island cover in a realistic style like he did for the first two games or will he be doing it in the more cartoony style that the new games have?

What would people prefer? (just curious, i feel it would look awesome regardless since Purcell is a fantastic artist.)
HoppyDragon
06/10/2009, 11:17 am
Was wondering whether Purcell will do the tales of monkey island cover in a realistic style like he did for the first two games or will he be doing it in the more cartoony style that the new games have?

What would people prefer? (just curious, i feel it would look awesome regardless since Purcell is a fantastic artist.)
Well, I could go for either.. but two years ago at San Diego Comic-Con I asked him to do a sketch of Guybrush for me, and it's more cartoony than his Monkey Island cover artwork.. so perhaps it will be closer to this?
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=245&pictureid=1608
salmonmax
06/10/2009, 11:55 am
Well, I could go for either.. but two years ago at San Diego Comic-Con I asked him to do a sketch of Guybrush for me, and it's more cartoony than his Monkey Island cover artwork.. so perhaps it will be closer to this?

Wow, that's awesome! How nice of him to take the time to do that for you. Do artists at conventions typically take requests from fans like that?
HoppyDragon
06/10/2009, 12:02 pm
Wow, that's awesome! How nice of him to take the time to do that for you. Do artists at conventions typically take requests from fans like that?
I think it depends on how busy they are. He was at his booth doing autographs and small sketches. He had to pause for a moment when I asked him and think what Guybrush looked like because he'd been drawing Max all day long. I don't think it's something he gets asked about often enough.

Last year however he had an entire panel at the convention dedicated to himself and his work.. there was some pretty awesome concept artwork from Monkey Island that he showed off that had pretty much never been seen before. I hope it resurfaces in his blog, thanks to TMI.
salmonmax
06/10/2009, 12:13 pm
Well, the artwork for LeChuck's Revenge remains probably my favorite computer/video game covers of all time. So, I'd love to see something in exactly that style on the new game.

Of course, I'm sure whatever he ends up doing will be brilliant.
Rather Dashing
06/10/2009, 05:47 pm
It's going to be hand-painted, at any rate. As a pre-order exclusive, I'd hope it'd be done in the style of the old covers, as a gift to long-time series fans who would be the ones to pre-order anyway(other than die-hard Telltale fans I guess).
Olaus Petrus
06/11/2009, 01:50 am
Hopefully the style will be similar as in the first games. LeChuck did look really good on the cover of LCR.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/LeChuck%27s_Revenge_artwork.jpg
Masquerade
06/11/2009, 05:01 am
Hopefully the style will be similar as in the first games. LeChuck did look really good on the cover of LCR.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/LeChuck%27s_Revenge_artwork.jpg
That cover is probably the most iconic Monkey Island image around, and easily one of my favourite pieces of game-related art.
Tacobob
06/11/2009, 06:48 am
Yeah, the cover for MI2 was awesome. I remember (This was the days before the internet had taken off so I didn't see the box ahead of time) pulling it out of the shipping box and looking at the cover for the first time. Steve Purcell is the man. :)
Laserschwert
06/12/2009, 08:51 am
I assume he's going to be a little more cartoony here, like on his old concepts:

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/346/guyn.jpg http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5725/emf.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/707/captain200.jpg http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8484/crewman.jpg
Jake
06/12/2009, 09:01 am
Steve's starting to drop off his first line art sketches... Happy days are in store for anyone who is getting the pre-order edition box.
Irishmile
06/12/2009, 09:03 am
If you see him ask him if he minds if I marry his artwork..... its gotta be legal somewhere right? First I have to convince my wife its cool.

BTW just kidding I'm not an artophile.... im pretty sure its not even a word. But his art is really cool.
Laserschwert
06/12/2009, 09:06 am
Tie him to a chair and force him to publish "The Art of Steve Purcell". Okay, okay, hold that until AFTER he has done the TMI-painting.
HoppyDragon
06/12/2009, 10:15 am
Steve's starting to drop off his first line art sketches... Happy days are in store for anyone who is getting the pre-order edition box.
You lucky ba...nana. The anticipation is killing me. But it's oh so wonderful too. :D
Secret Fawful
06/12/2009, 11:41 am
If you see him ask him if he minds if I marry his artwork..... its gotta be legal somewhere right? First I have to convince my wife its cool.

BTW just kidding I'm not an artophile.... im pretty sure its not even a word. But his art is really cool.

It's legal in Japan. :p

I can't wait to see what the art will look like. Is the work on it going to last all the way through the course of the TMI season?
xbskid
06/12/2009, 01:32 pm
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8484/crewman.jpg

This image reminds me of the robot pirates from Ratchet & Clank Future.
Hayden
08/27/2009, 05:16 am
That cover is probably the most iconic Monkey Island image around, and easily one of my favourite pieces of game-related art.

Agreed! It is very cool!
wisp
08/27/2009, 05:35 am
from the small parts of the cover that were shown on twitter and also his blog i would assume that the style is more like the above character sketches..more like his original style. the mi2 cover is completely awesome, but i wouldn't say it's a typical steve purcell drawing.
so, the limited cover will also have to fit the tales style somehow...a little more cartoony than mi1 or 2, but somewhat less than curse or escape.
Cyphox
08/27/2009, 05:41 am
imho these two pictures describe best how the cover will look:

http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/stevepurcell-awesome/underpaint.jpg

http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/stevepurcell-awesome/elaine-detail.jpg
wisp
08/27/2009, 05:41 am
awesome?
coolsome
08/27/2009, 05:41 am
Steve's starting to drop off his first line art sketches... Happy days are in store for anyone who is getting the pre-order edition box.

Im drooling allready
Astro Gnocci
08/27/2009, 05:44 am
Smoking monkey head :eek:
The guy's not only talented, he also works at the coolest desk ever :D
Silverwolfpet
08/27/2009, 05:45 am
His desk resembles mine... How come I can't draw like that if we have the same type of desk??
Arodin
08/27/2009, 06:45 am
MI2 box is my favorite, too. I remember when I got it, I think it was a Christmas or birthday present, I unwrapped it and stared in awe at the cover for probably 10 minutes (holding my breath, maybe?).
Arodin
08/27/2009, 06:47 am
http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/stevepurcell-awesome/elaine-detail.jpg

This image makes for an interesting desktop background. :D
Mataku
08/27/2009, 06:55 am
http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/d3njp.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6825/22010275.jpg
Santino
08/27/2009, 06:55 am
This image makes for an interesting desktop background. :D

Im missing a couple hundred pixels, but i agree.

EDIT: Well, my PowerBook actually likes it a bit more
petethepanda
08/27/2009, 04:10 pm
Steve's starting to drop off his first line art sketches... Happy days are in store for anyone who is getting the pre-order edition box.

So very pumped.
Vainamoinen
09/24/2010, 10:04 am
imho these two pictures describe best how the cover will look:

http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/stevepurcell-awesome/underpaint.jpg

http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/stevepurcell-awesome/elaine-detail.jpg

Oooookaaaaayyyy.... there was a picture of Steve Purcell's desk in this thread, and at the time, I'm trying to find that picture. Desperately. Yes, it's been more than a year. Can anyone help me with that?? ;)

/edit: Found it (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DTVwWsE92hw/SlHZ4AM0vtI/AAAAAAAAAPw/X9EwhGBRZN0/s1600-h/underpaint.jpg). That was hard, actually. You'd think it'd still be on the TTG site, but IT ISN'T.

Okay, he uses Liquitex acrylics. Still... how does he do it? ;)