Boris VALLEJO
Note: Julie BELL painted the cover art for 3 Mega Drive games published by Accolade (Hardball, Mike Ditka Power Football and Turrican) but the signature you can see on the box of each game is Boris Vallejo’s’. The latter asked Bell to paint these illustrations to help her start her career but Accolade wanted a bigger name on their game covers. You can spot Bell’s signature on the original artworks. (source: mentioned by original artwork collector Jeremy Buzash (who met Vallejo and Bell) in a video)
Games
Gallery Part 1
Gallery Part 2
Website
Website (old)
Games (in alphabetical order)
BioShock 2 / バイオショック2 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows – 2010)
Cover art promotional illustration published on 2K’s website (with Julie BELL) (Source: Featured on 2K’s website)
Champions: Return to Arms (PS2 – 2005)
Illustrations x2 (wallpapers?) (with Julie BELL) (Source: signature found on each artwork)
Conan the Cimmerian (Amiga, DOS – 1991)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Demise – Rise of the Ku-tan (Windows – 2000)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Dragon Wars / ドラゴンウォーズ (Apple II, Commodore 64 – 1989; then Amiga, DOS, PC-98 – 1990; NES, X68000 – 1991)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Ecco the Dolphin / エコー・ザ・ドルフィン (Mega Drive – 1992, then Mega-CD, Game Gear – 1993; Master System – 1994, Windows – 1996)
Cover art for the US and European versions (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future / エコー ザ ドルフィン ディフェンダー オブ ザ フューチャー (Dreamcast – 2000, PS2 – 2002)
Cover art for the US version (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Ecco: The Tides of Time, AKA Ecco the Dolphin II / エコー・ザ・ドルフィンII (Mega Drive – 1994, Master System – 1996)
Cover art for the US and European versions (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Eric the Unready (DOS – 1993)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Golden Axe II / ゴールデンアックスII (Mega Drive – 1991)
Cover art for the US and European versions (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Golden Axe III / ゴールデンアックスIII (Mega Drive – 1993)
Unused cover art for the US version (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Les Manley in: Lost in LA (DOS – 1991)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (Windows – 1999)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Onslaught (Mega Drive – 1991)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Comments from Julie BELL: “Yes, I’m the model, actually for both of the hero figures!! We needed a male model and didn’t have time to get one, so Boris just hulked me up until I became that guy!!😂 Boris posed for the bad guy!”
Phantasy Star: The end of the Millenium / ファンタシースター 千年紀の終りに (Mega Drive – 1994)
Cover art for the US and European versions (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Rageball (PS1 – 2001)
Cover art for the European version (Source: original artwork auctioned in 1984 + signature found on the artwork)
.Note: original artwork created in 1984
Ryl: Path of the Emperor (Windows – 2005)
Cover art, in-box illustrations (with Julie BELL) (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Shannara (PC – 1995)
Cover art (with Mark Heifner) (Source: in-game credits)
Star Control (Mega Drive – 1991)
Cover art for the US version (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Swords and Serpents (NES – 1990)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Wings of Wor, AKA Gynoug / ジノーグ (Mega Drive – 1991)
Cover art for the US version (Source: signature found on the artwork)