Monkey Island 2 *Special Edition* - Artwork

[irishmile]

very cool

[Thrik]

TimoVihola wins the internet.

[SyntheticGerbil]

Wow, I love the brush strokes and lighting you did!

[Lagomorph01]

Wow, awesome!

[Fealiks]

The lighting and textures of that are brilliant.

[Aububuh]

Why doesn't MI2:SE look like that?

[Tomas]

Originally Posted by TimoVihola

Awesome thread and so inspiring!

I did some Monkey Island 2 fan art recently and thought I would share it with you guys:
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(colors & shape is based very closely to the MI2 sprite)

It's my first time posting here so hopefully I got the tags correctly :P

Cheers,
Timo Vihola

Really nice colour work and lighting on this one! However, I think you are forgetting something; the original sprites were not designed to be viewed with squared pixels but rather rectangular pixels where the height is a factor 1.2 larger than the width. So, in-game LeChuck would rather look like this:



Still, really cool style (the hands are a bit grotesque though ) and I would love to see you do some more characters!

[Monkey Mania]

Because the game was made in 320x200 resolution rather than 320x240.

[TimoVihola]

Thanks a lot everyone for the comments!


Tomas: So I've got it all wrong :P Though I have to admit I like the fat stubby look

You wanted to see another character, here's a very unfinished Guybrush:


It would be painful to finish that one because I only have a hazy idea how he should look. Technically the Monkey Island 3 Guybrush was very beautifully drawn but to me the MI2 Guybrush looks more correct. Somehow I've always felt him as a character with high energy level, ready to do anything (...ready, not capable) - sort of like Rhama Sabrier from Galleon (Xbox game) without the superhuman abilities... well, except for that one ability...

Cheers,
Timo

[Fealiks]

That Guybrush looks so similar to how I picture him in-game... it's pretty much spot on.

[Lagomorph01]

Wow, that's a good version of Guybrush indeed, no silly blonde hair for you!
I just think he looks a little too manly and heroïc, I like the whole "wearing daddy's coat and boots" thing he seemed to have going on in MI2.

[LordTrilobite]

That guybrush looks so awesome. But I agree with lagomorph, he looks a bit too manly. Perhaps his beard and moustache are also a bit too full.

[Thrik]

I always imagine the Guybrush in MI2 to look how he does on the cover, and that rendition is pretty similar. Nicely done!

Actually it looks even closer to Purcell's scrapped MI2 cover.

[Chyron8472]

We, over at the TTG forums have been updating the boxart for MI2:SE...




Hahaha... Thanks Irishmile!

...but seriously, check this out:

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

@TTG forums


okay, since no one has updated the Cover Art recently, I'm going to upload what I liked most about what we've done to it so far, after having found the source art on the net. ( http://www.joystiq.com/photos/money-...venge/#2790024 )

First, the original art:




UPDATES:
--Monkey's eyes focused on LeChuck (Spadge)
--LeChuck: improved face and beard (Fealiks)
--Old School Guybrush head, hands and visible torso [Parabolee (touch-ups by Chyron8472)]

NOTE: I have two updated versions, since some people like LeChuck's eyes focused toward the camera, and I like them focused on the doll (Fealiks)....



Eyes on camera:





Eyes on the doll:





...btw, here's Purcell's art again:

[SyntheticGerbil]

I think the only answer is to copy and paste Steve Purcell's original over the new one pretty much, otherwise you guys are just sort of polishing a turd.

[Aububuh]

I think the updated LeChuck face looks fantastic, but old Guybrush's head on his new body does look kind of silly, and this new poster is still terrible compared to the original. Nice work, though.

[Giant Graffiti]

Why are LeChuck's clothes so different between the original boxart and the SE boxart? It just seems like such a random thing to change.

[Varrok]

They stole my idea! :/ http://www.lucasforums.com/showpost....9&postcount=45

...they made it about 100x better than mine, though - his beard is now perfect

[SyntheticGerbil]

You're avatar is amazing Aububuh. Post a big one!

[Aububuh]

Originally Posted by SyntheticGerbil

You're avatar is amazing Aububuh. Post a big one!

This all right?



EDIT: Image location changed.

[SyntheticGerbil]

Yes, it is!

[Thrik]

Haha what the hell.

[Aububuh]

I made it for my dad, who is a bass player.

[TimoVihola]

Originally Posted by Tomas

Really nice colour work and lighting on this one! However, I think you are forgetting something; the original sprites were not designed to be viewed with squared pixels but rather rectangular pixels where the height is a factor 1.2 larger than the width. So, in-game LeChuck would rather look like this:



Still, really cool style (the hands are a bit grotesque though ) and I would love to see you do some more characters!

Hey Tomas! I was reminded by your post and how the character was too short. So I did another pass on the LeChuck painting, making him 120% taller and fixing few other things like the hands

So here it is, Zombie Pirate LeChuck version 2:

[ThunderPeel2001]

Nice!