Hello guys, I was asked to do a cover for an adventure game book, needless to say I was very excited and it was lots of fun to do so I wanted to share, there aren’t many characters featured in it but I included one character from Thimbleweed Park
Oh right, I haven’t played Fran Bow yet. I think my wife might have it. I’m not sure who Goal might be though. And while I’m at it, I also don’t recognize that woman on Simon’s left and the joker (troll?) in front of Larry.
Goal is the love interest from Deponia. Can’t remember if she’s ever a playable character, but basically all the games revolve around chasing after her.
The lady next to Simon I would guess might or might not be Zanthia from Legend of Kyrandia.
And the guy dressed up as a joker reminds me of Gobliiins, but again I don’t think it’s any of the playable characters.
That is correct, the woman is Zanthia and the jester is from Gobliins 2.
The idea wasn’t to display playable characters only, after all you can’t play with purple tentacle nor Murray or Goal but they are recognizable characters on their games :).
Great cover art! I love how you took all these characters from lots of different styles and managed to make them your own, infusing a certain sense of black humor along the way.
I never expected someone to notice it but I wanted to make a sort of nod to the dig with a “space landing” photo (so it’s supposed to be an astronaut holding a flag haha!!) but it was something I threw in really quick just to add textures since it was going to be covered by the title and the background wasn’t going to have any focus.
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Yeah, they are kind of limiting their stuff to the market in Spain, not sure if it’s due to licensing.
Oh, the objects on the screen are the same Guybrush has around him too :P, I wanted to add a few more but time was limited.