›

Purcell's ToMI cover art revealed at PAX

WapcapletWapcaplet
edited September 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
...and here's a bad photo of it, courtesy of Telltale's Twitter:

http://twitpic.com/ggdw0

Edit: Another shot, with better view of characters:

http://twitpic.com/ghchw
«1345

Comments

  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited September 2009
    Looking good, I want that Threepwood model thingy on the left though!
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited September 2009
    They're selling prints of the Purcell painting too... I wish I could go to all these conventions :(:(:(:(:(:(
  • kevintrimkevintrim
    edited September 2009
    im gonna beat the kid covering elaine in the picture!
  • LaserschwertLaserschwert
    edited September 2009
    Am I the only one reminded of "Day of the Tentacle"? At least by the color-palette (including the logo). DOTT was of course done by Peter Chan.
  • KromsKroms
    edited September 2009
    Pretty nifty.

    Looking forward to the high-res version.
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited September 2009
    No, but I did notice that monkey's tail around wooden rail, along with the fog on the bottom, looks like a duck.
  • KromsKroms
    edited September 2009
    Farlander wrote: »
    No, but I did notice that monkey's tail around wooden rail, along with the fog on the bottom, looks like a duck.

    Creeeeeppyyyyyy. I was just making a news-post about that, as a joke. God bless ya, low-res.
  • Sir PantalonesSir Pantalones
    edited September 2009
    Dang, that's real nice.
    Huh. I was for some reason convinced that the Elaine used for the desktop icon for Siege of Spinner Cay would be part of the image. Guess not. : o

    Now I'm just curious about why the monkey has a pipe, but that might not have to be explained.
  • Bigfoot77Bigfoot77
    edited September 2009
    Boy I really hope that the prints that they are selling right now will be available at the Telltale store later!
  • Guybrush ThreepwoodGuybrush Threepwood
    edited September 2009
    Do want signed print in store.
  • The CommissionerThe Commissioner
    edited September 2009
    I'll take one of those wall-sized ones to go, please.
  • Wolfstar27Wolfstar27
    edited September 2009
    hopefully Telltales will sell these prints also in store, and hopefully a whole load of Monkey Island goodies...maybe they will doing something around christmas...if so i know what im getting for christmas or my birthday (probably from myself :( oh well )
  • ChemBroChemBro
    edited September 2009
    Wallpaper, please? :o (I mean the pc-desktop one)
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited September 2009
    Give me a print! I need one!
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited September 2009
    Can I get one big enough to wrap my house in?
  • petethepandapetethepanda
    edited September 2009
    Damn, hope these are available online at some point.
  • pilouuuupilouuuu
    edited September 2009
    Amazing!
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited September 2009
    Looks pretty awesome. Makes me want a CMI and EMI cover made by Mr.Purcell, so I can have the coolest Monkey Island set ever.
    Farlander wrote: »
    No, but I did notice that monkey's tail around wooden rail, along with the fog on the bottom, looks like a duck.

    If you squint and turn you head it looks like a bunny. :p
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited September 2009
    Spadge wrote: »
    If you squint and turn you head it looks like a bunny. :p

    If you close your eyes it looks like a three-headed-monkey.
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited September 2009
    If you squint and turn you head it looks like a bunny.

    Ah, so it's a skull, then. :)
  • JazzyJazzy
    edited September 2009
    Love it, want it!

    Also, has anyone noticed Guybrush's hand in the poster? Noticeably that he's got one and it doesn't look pox-ridden like in the first one but rather very...glowy? And skeletal/ghost-like? Or is it just me imagining things again?
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited September 2009
    is that a smokeing monkey?
  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited September 2009
    I too want to know why the monkey has a smoking pipe. It also looks like he's holding a sai, which might be for... dare I say it? Monkey Kombat?
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited September 2009
    ...I'm kind of disappointed.

    Maybe it's just a bad angle. The face just looks off to me.
  • fwed1fwed1
    edited September 2009
    I don't like it. The hand seems too forced and the wrong colour. The face looks abit weird. The monkey is smoking (might be revealed why later I suppose) and it doesn't really seem to fit with ToMI theme.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited September 2009
    fwed1 wrote: »
    I don't like it. The hand seems too forced and the wrong colour. The face looks abit weird. The monkey is smoking (might be revealed why later I suppose) and it doesn't really seem to fit with ToMI theme.
    Hey woah, I can understand the first couple things(though I personally like them), but what in the world is wrong with smoking monkey?
  • WapcapletWapcaplet
    edited September 2009
    Here's another pic from Telltale -- a closer view of the characters (you can see Elaine now):

    http://twitpic.com/ghchw

    First post edited to include this link.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited September 2009
    fwed1 wrote: »
    I don't like it. The hand seems too forced and the wrong colour. The face looks abit weird. The monkey is smoking (might be revealed why later I suppose) and it doesn't really seem to fit with ToMI theme.

    Since when does the box art have to match the game? Lechuck is a different color entirely on the box art for MI2, for crying out loud, I think a slightly differently colored hand is just fine.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited September 2009
    fwed1 wrote: »
    I don't like it. The hand seems too forced and the wrong colour. The face looks abit weird. The monkey is smoking (might be revealed why later I suppose) and it doesn't really seem to fit with ToMI theme.

    You've got to be kidding me. Are you guys trolling? This poster is awesome.
  • pilouuuupilouuuu
    edited September 2009
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    You've got to be kidding me. Are you guys trolling? This poster is awesome.

    Those guys are just George Lucas with a troll custome, annoyed for the fact that he haven't got red herrings lately.
  • zmallyzmally
    edited September 2009
    Very, very nice! And nice and hi-res to boot!

    So Telltale are selling wallpaper now? I would pay a LOT of money for that! *hint hint, wink wink*
  • hamziehamzie
    edited September 2009
    you can see the COMI guybrush in that guybrush

    How many of these will end up on ebay?
  • RebirthRebirth
    edited September 2009
    i want that big Poster of the cover art^^ thats what i call high Resolution...
    btw did you see the belt Guybrush is wearing under his coat, now he realy looks like the MI2 Guybrush. I think that belt is not ingame, nor on the artwork, only on that cover
  • PaintbrushPaintbrush
    edited September 2009
    That second shot of poster is gorgeous! Now I REALLY want it :(
    Is there any chance Telltale would make it available for those of us who were too late and didn't preorder the season (I'd gladly pay more for special edition with this cover)? Pleeeeeease
  • Astro GnocciAstro Gnocci
    edited September 2009
    what the hell is wrong with a smoking monkey ?
    Reminds me of the sam and max comics, filled with that kind of stupid little irrelevant details in the background. And the monkey looks pretty badass.
  • MasqueradeMasquerade
    edited September 2009
    Yet another beautiful piece from the ever so talented Purcell. It matches the earlier covers nicely.
  • ThriftweedThriftweed
    edited September 2009
    Errrrrrr... where's LeChuck.
    Seems a bit empty to me.
  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited September 2009
    Thriftweed wrote: »
    Errrrrrr... where's LeChuck.
    Seems a bit empty to me.

    What he/she said. Seems like his previous works had a lot more happening.

    The Secret of Monkey Island (Purcell)

    LeChuck's Revenge (Purcell)

    The Curse of Monkey Island (Tiller)

    Escape from Monkey Island (?)

    Anybody know who made the EMI cover art?
  • taumeltaumel
    edited September 2009
    I love the style and the colours. What i'm unsure about is the scene itself. Is it a final or a wip?
  • Lola_MinnieLola_Minnie
    edited September 2009
    Thiftweed Fancy Pants wrote: »
    What he/she said. Seems like his previous works had a lot more happening.

    The Secret of Monkey Island (Purcell)

    LeChuck's Revenge (Purcell)

    The Curse of Monkey Island (Tiller)

    Escape from Monkey Island (?)

    Anybody know who made the EMI cover art?

    I suppose it's a bit different with those games because they were just one solid game, as opposed to episodes, so they had a lot less main characters. In Tales, it's really main characters per episode, so you'd be cramming a lot of them onto the box. The older games there's just the 4 recurring characters and then a couple of others, then the rest is filled out with randomness. That's just a theory though, discard it at will. Actually, I probably am wrong, just looking at them now it seems only EMI tried to get all the characters on the box, SMI and MI2 just have a lot of background stuff going on. MI2 looks so cool.
    I am sad LeChuck isn't on it, though.
Sign in to comment in this discussion.