Anyone seen this image before? I'm guessing it was a concept for a feature on Simpsons video games, could be for a gaming mag but not necessarily. Probably 2000s. I spy Mario, Sonic, Crash Bandicoot, Yoshi, DK, Madden, Tyson (Punch Out), etc. Concept by Mike Butkus www.mikebutkus.pro/product-page...

I haven’t seen many Japanese print ads for the Atari Lynx. So this promo for Todd's Adventures in Slime World is pretty neat… #Atari #AtariLynx #Epyx #Japan #RetroGaming

Now that I think of it, Tom duBois probably ended up landing this gig not because of McDonalds but because Cheerios/General Mills was the client, given the major presence General Mills had in the Chicago area, which is where Tom was based. Same as Konami

I'm gonna need someone to Photoshop this into a silver Konami NES box layout

This McDonalds Mac Tonight art from Konami legend Tom duBois will soon be up for auction at Heritage. Tom got back so few of his video game paintings that is awesome to see any originals of his at all fineart.ha.com/itm/mainstre...

Steinar Lund, Phantom Fighter DOS and Amiga box art, 1988 comics.ha.com/itm/video-ga...

Help wanted! Anyone recognize what video game these concepts are for? Mike Butkus has been so prolific that he's rarely able to identify the specific projects without a bit of help. These two but look like Xbox or Xbox 360 era and are marked on his site as Untitled. Ideas?

1980s Atari box art by the prolific Hiro Kimura. Images from The Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino 1/2

Never seen this one before! I had no idea Steinar Lund did a Space Harrier II box art (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)

My one and only Edge cover (although I do consider just one pretty good going). These 20th anniversary covers are up on fleabay for pretty good money but despite the amount of sweets and comics I could get for that, this one is probably staying with me for the duration.

Bidding at Heritage Auctions for this 1998 Pokemon shikishi sketch by Ken Sugimori is now over $100k! My goodness comics.ha.com/itm/memorabi...

Thanks to the manual of the Japanese version of Battlecorps, I finally got the confirmation that Seijin is Haruhito Tomobe - the box art is signed Seijin but he is credited under his real name in the manual. vgdensetsu.net/haruhitotomo... archive.org/details/batt...

Just so you know Naoyuki Katoh / 加藤直之 painted two different illustrations for Super Aleste. I assume the one on the left was painted before the one eventually used for the cover. vgdensetsu.net/naoyukikatoh via @ozidual.bsky.social archive.org/details/the-...

Cool! Another Larry Elmore box art I had never seen before

I've yet to comprehensively document Larry Elmore's video game art, but here is one I was unfamiliar with until now, Everquest: Depths of Darkhollow expansion (2005)

Shout out to whoever at Taito was a fan of Boris Vallejo I guess

Fallout 1 & 2 loading screens illustrated by Justin Sweet. xcancel.com/BrianFargo/s... www.artstation.com/artwork/gPQLG

Recent images from a Capcom Exhibition in Tokyo have helped confirm that the European NES box arts for Mega Man 1 and 2 were by a Japanese artist (rather than someone in Europe); the artist's identity unfortunately continues to remain a mystery

Back in January, illustrator Dev Madan shared on Facebook that he had sold his original paintings for the Super Nintendo package and advertising art for Final Fantasy III (the U.S. release of Final Fantasy VI): www.facebook.com/share/p/1DQz...

Two pieces of artwork by Stephen Peringer for the #Nintendo Vs. System flyers in North America with Vs. Gumshoe on the left and Vs. Slalom on the right. Usual upscale/clean/retouch process applied.

Of course, it's Fox's birthday, too! I've been lucky enough to do a few bits and bobs with Mr. McCloud over the years. The 1993 SP cel artwork is 33 years old, as well. It's still holding up with no yellowing or paint cracking.

Rockman / Megaman original art at the Capcom Exhibition. Painted animation cels on art board (hard to capture!)

Rockman 2 / Megaman 2 original art at the Capcom Exhibition in Tokyo. This was especially difficult to try to photograph without reflections, since it had at least 2 layers of animation cels on top of the background art board.

Finally, for now, another close-up look at the texture of the acrylic on illustration board original artwork for Black Tiger/Black Dragon, at the Capcom expo/museum in Tokyo. Loving that glowing red brick work!

R-Type for Game Boy illustrated by former Irem in-house artist Shinji Kubota / 窪田シンジ. Note that this box art is actually made of 2 different illustrations. xcancel.com/Kubota_4nz/s... vgdensetsu.net/shinjikubota

In case you were wondering: Kazuyuki Hoshino drew this Sonic held by the late David Rosen. xcancel.com/KazuyukiHosh...

This art appears on the back of the Atlas game Majin Tensei for the Super Famicom. While Kazuma Kaneko was the art director for the game, I'm not sure if he did the package illustration. The illo has also been credited to Yasuhiro Kagami but I understand that he may have only painted the horned head

Has anyone documented or scanned these Nintendo brochures? Were probably aimed at retailers rather than direct consumers. Not sure if the images are fronts or interiors. SNES one saw additional use in international Nintendo mags (Chile, Sweden) but I'm looking for info on the actual brochures

US box art gets a lot of flack for characters & details deviating wildly from the actual game but what's up w/ the sword in Japan's first Zelda game logo? That intricate hilt looks a bit conspicuous... @historyofhyrule.com? Big Zelda fan but haven't played the first entry. Hope I'm not too off-base!

Our recent podcast episode talked a bit about Justin Carroll and John Hamagami who together formed Hamagami/Carroll Inc., a graphic design consultancy w/ significant work in the video game industry. In 1992, John did the Sega Genesis box art for Parker Brothers' Monopoly (full image seen on poster)

Here's a quick one cause I already had these guys lying around: Metal Morph for the SNES. Another one where the center figure is still a mystery. #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

The box art for Pac-Man (Atari 5200) is signed but I don't think the artist has yet been identified. The same initials also appear on the unused box art for Pac-Man 5200 on page 169 of Art of Atari but the artist also isn't named there. The initials look to me like 'PL' or 'AL'

Really great find, Pedro! I never knew about Ultra Fighters. I don't think there is much supporting an association with Raiden Trad, other than perhaps a comment on David Schleinkofer's Flickr, which could very well have just been a collector guess that David repeated www.flickr.com/photos/38157...

Those are the initials of Dirk John Wunderlich (DJW). He did the SNES box art for Super Troll Islands and confirmed he did the NES Europe art for ASC's The Trolls in Crazyland. He is credited in the manual for Snow White in Happily Ever After SNES but said it wasn't his (though perhaps he forgot)

Art from this BurgerTime arcade cabinet is actually coming to Heritage as part a Pinball and Arcade art showcase in February. The description isn't as clear as it could be, but I think this is the original ink rendering seen on the side of the cabinet: entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv...

I don't think I've yet properly identified "C. Buxton" but here are two additional illustrations they did: Defenders of the Earth and Death Trap. Death Trap was published by Anco. I haven't been through their catalog much yet, but I suspect they worked on other Anco boxes

Anyone ever seen these prototype SNES boxes or artwork before? F-Zero here is very reminiscent of Stunt Race FX, which wouldn't have come out until 1994 (and both Pilotwings and F-Zero were NA launch titles in 1991). From a Torrance, CA branding company

The painting for The Neverending Story II by Renato Casaro (1935–2025) is still in possession of the family. Photo from a recent visit by a collector

Always wonderful to see the art for a series rounded up like this. The Super Nintendo box art for Populous is by Tim O'Brien (confirmed with the artist). An "O'Brien" signature can be seen (very small) along the image on the cover of the manual!

There are now over 500 profiles in my website's database. Over the past few months, I have spent a lot of time researching some of the big names in the field of illustration and chara design: vgdensetsu.net/designers/

FTL Games artist David R. Darrow passed away in May 2025. He was known to gamers for illustrating the box art for Dungeon Master as well as for FTL's first game Sundog. He also did extensive work for Hollywood films

Whoops! Until now, I NEVER knew that the guy on the left was attempting to pull a lever. I always thought it was someone scaling the wall. It looked awkward and I thought the person possessed (the boot blends in with the wall) so I always dismissed the art as weird. Funny seeing it different now

The artwork of Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom by Brom used on the cover of the Japanese #SegaSaturn Dungeons & Dragons Collection release and arcade flyers. Unfortunately sources weren't very good. Removed logos/text, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch.

The box art for Team 17's The Speris Legacy was illustrated by Mark Taylor. I'm not sure whether this is the same Mark Taylor (1941–2021) known for his involvement in the creation of Mattel’s Masters of the Universe (MOTU) franchise

British illustrator Carl Critchlow did the box art for Ocean's Sea Legends (DOS, 1996)

The original box art concept for survival horror game Ecstatica depicted a skull rather than a werewolf! Art by Carl Critchlow, who also did the final painting #psygnosis

An unused #SNES piece of #Battletoads in Battlemaniacs artwork by Steve Lang. The artwork we got it's pretty good but this one is also fantastic. Usual upscale/clean/retouch process applied. Thanks to @ovga.bsky.social for sharing this one!

Master Chief Halo package illustration done for Rockstar Energy by Yuko Shimizu. Listed for sale by Felix Comic Art: www.felixcomicart.com/Featured.asp...

Mark Bagley cover art for a mini comic for Activision's Ultimate Spider-Man game for PlayStation 2 (2005). This comic was packed in with the Limited Edition release of the game. The original art is currently for sale on eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/26744526...