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Originally Posted by WarderX Is this the same artist as the inside cover art of Kunark and Velious?
If not, please tell me someone else sees this as a rip off, lol |
Before Keith passed away, but when it was obvious he wasn't going to be able to paint the cover, he let us know that he wanted Donato
http://www.donatoart.com/ to do the art for the box.
What Donato did was and is amazing. He painted a large piece, of which the left section is used for the front of the box (just like Keith did with EQ). But what he did was paint the left side more in Keith's style, in homage to Keith, and then the painting blends nicely to his style as you move to the right.
Normally an artist won't do this -- if you ask them to paint in another person's style, they're not to interested. But this was a special case, something in homage to Keith, and Donato pulled it of even better than my wildest dreams.
Also, if you look at the front cover and see a character you don't recognize there... that's Keith, immortalized on the front of Vanguard's box.
