Jeff EASLEY


Born in 1954, Easley worked at TSR from 1982 to 2003. He created many illustrations for the TTRPG Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, some of which were reused for video game covers (although he also created several illustrations specifically for video games).

Games
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Website

Games (in alphabetical order)


Advanced Dungeons & Dragons – Limited Edition Collector’s Set (DOS – 1990)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)

Al-Qadim: The Genies Curse (DOS – 1994)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)

Dragons of Flame / ドラゴン オブ フレイム (Amiga, Atari ST, DOS – 1989, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum – 1990, FM Towns, NES, PC-98 – 1992)
Cover art (Source: featured on the artist’s website)

Dungeon! Computer Adventure Game (Apple II – 1982)
Cover art (Source: credited on the cover of the manual)

Dungeon Hack (DOS – 1993)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
.Note: this is a mix of 2 previously created artwork: one by Easley, the other by Larry Elmore

Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara / ダンジョンズ&ドラゴンズ シャドーオーバーミスタラ (arcade – 1996)
Main visual (Source: signature found on the artwork)
.originally created for The Classic Dungeons & Dragons board game (1994)
.Later used for the cover of Dungeons & Dragons Collection / ダンジョンズ&ドラゴンズ コレクション (Saturn – 1999)

Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus (DOS – 1991, Atari ST, Amiga – 1992)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)

Eye of the Beholder / アイ・オブ・ザ・ビホルダー (DOS, Amiga – 1991, PC-98 – 1992, Mega-CD, SNES – 1994)
Cover art x2:
.the cover art for the first versions was originally created for Dragon Magazine (1988) (Source: featured on the artist’s website)
.a different artwork was used for the US version of the SNES adaptation) (Source: signature found on the original artwork)

Eye of the Beholder II / アイ・オブ・ザ・ビホルダーII (DOS – 1991, Amiga – 1992, FM Towns, PC-98 – 1993)
Cover art (Source: featured on the artist’s website)
.Originally created for the TTRPG The Magister (1988)

Heroes of the Lance / ヒーローズ オブ ランス (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOS, ZX Spectrum – 1988, Commodore 64, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1 – 1989, FM Towns – 1990, MSX2, Master System, NES – 1991)
Cover art (Source: featured on the artist’s website)

Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers (Android, iPad, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 – 2013)
Additional illustration(s) (Source: in-game credits)

Menzoberranzan, AKA Menzoberranzan – Yami no Monshou / メンゾベランザン 闇の紋章 (DOS – 1994, PC-98 – 1995, FM Towns – 1996)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (Windows – 2007)
Additional concept art (designed enemies from the desert) (Source: in-game credits. artwork featured in a blog post by a person in contact with one of the devs)

War of the Lance (Apple II – 1989, C64, DOS – 1990)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)

X-Men: Legends (PS2, Xbox, GameCube – 2004)
Additional art (Source: in-game credits)


Advanced Dungeons & Dragons – Limited Edition Collector’s Set

Al-Qadim: The Genies Curse

Dragons of Flame

Dungeon! Computer Adventure Game

Dungeon Hack

Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara

Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus

Eye of the Beholder

Eye of the Beholder (SNES version)

Eye of the Beholder II

Heroes of the Lance

Menzoberranzan

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

War of the Lance