Bryan Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) I recently sent an email to Steve Hales (Slime, Fort Apocalypse, Dimension X) and asked him about Tim Boxell who did all that cool artwork for Synapse games. I suggested Tim should release a book of it all. This is part of the response I got from Steve: I never met Tim Boxell directly, and doing a search finds a few Tim's, soI'm not sure which one is the correct one. All I know is that he lived in Berkeley CA in the 80's, which is where Synapse was founded. I also wish he'd reprint the Synapse art as a book, that's a great idea. He does own the artwork I believe. Anyone know where Tim might be today? -Bry Edited August 12, 2008 by Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 You could say the same thing about Roger Dean...He did all the Psygnosis (Liverpool, UK) artwork, both the graphics in the manuals as well as the static screens on most psygnosis games before they (psygnosis) were bought out by SCEE (Sony) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 You could say the same thing about Roger Dean...He did all the Psygnosis (Liverpool, UK) artwork, both the graphics in the manuals as well as the static screens on most psygnosis games before they (psygnosis) were bought out by SCEE (Sony) Yeah, but I know how to contact Dean. Plus, he already has several books out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxell Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 You could say the same thing about Roger Dean...He did all the Psygnosis (Liverpool, UK) artwork, both the graphics in the manuals as well as the static screens on most psygnosis games before they (psygnosis) were bought out by SCEE (Sony) Yeah, but I know how to contact Dean. Plus, he already has several books out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxell Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Boxell reachable at timboxell@yahoo.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxell Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Nice to know the Synapse stuff was appreciated. And, yes, I do have all the art. Boxell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Just out of interest Tim...Did you design the box/packaging artwork for Encounter, or was that Novagen's work (the peeps that coded the orignal game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 (edited) Hey Mr. Boxell! Any chance of the artwork ever being made available? I'd buy a book of it just to see nice high quality versions (heck, I'd hang prints of it all over my room if I could). Synapse boxes were always the best looking. I bet between the Atari, Commodore and Apple communities, we could get a decent list of interested parties! Also, any interesting stories from those days? How'd you get involved with Synapse? -Bry Edited August 10, 2008 by Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I would like to buy the Zeppelin artwork..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I'd certainly pay for a nice print or poster of some of this work. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 Here's what I think... If Tim were willing to offer prints of his work and we could get the news up on Digg or Slashdot, he'd be flooded with orders. The majority of the guys who read those sites played these games as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cephallus Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Absolutely...I'd be at the front of the line for a book, or at the very least hq prints of some of my favorites. I used to go to Federated as a kid and stare at these boxes for hours, figuring out which one I was going to wheedle to my mom to buy next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Wow talk about a walk down memory lane. It'd be great to have wall sized posters of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxell Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I recently sent an email to Steve Hales (Slime, Fort Apocalypse, Dimension X) and asked him about Tim Boxell who did all that cool artwork for Synapse games. I suggested Tim should release a book of it all. This is part of the response I got from Steve: I never met Tim Boxell directly, and doing a search finds a few Tim's, soI'm not sure which one is the correct one. All I know is that he lived in Berkeley CA in the 80's, which is where Synapse was founded. I also wish he'd reprint the Synapse art as a book, that's a great idea. He does own the artwork I believe. Anyone know where Tim might be today? -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxell Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hi, Love to get the paintings/prints out to those of you who are interested. There's another cover that was actually my favorite, but that hasn't ever been seen because the game was never finished. "Reptilian" is pretty weird and cool, I think. I also liked a few of the color ad paintings that ran in Antic and other mags of the time. A couple of the covers I did were included in an expensive CGI illustrated book called "Machine Phase: Booby Trap" printed by Ballistic Press. We have a sequel graphic novel coming together very slowly, something I co-wrote and laid out (114 pages in pencil...). Boxell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 You could say the same thing about Roger Dean...He did all the Psygnosis (Liverpool, UK) artwork, both the graphics in the manuals as well as the static screens on most psygnosis games before they (psygnosis) were bought out by SCEE (Sony) Roger Dean did release an art book, but mainly about his artwork for the Asia, Yes, and War of the Worlds book he did. Amazing artist!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hi, Love to get the paintings/prints out to those of you who are interested. There's another cover that was actually my favorite, but that hasn't ever been seen because the game was never finished. "Reptilian" is pretty weird and cool, I think. I also liked a few of the color ad paintings that ran in Antic and other mags of the time. A couple of the covers I did were included in an expensive CGI illustrated book called "Machine Phase: Booby Trap" printed by Ballistic Press. We have a sequel graphic novel coming together very slowly, something I co-wrote and laid out (114 pages in pencil...). Boxell Holy smack!! That is why I love this place. How DID you find this place? But yeh, sounds like you have a possible money maker... an artbook of your video game art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 Very cool! We can spread the words to other sites if you'd like to see how much interest we can drum up. -Bry Hi, Love to get the paintings/prints out to those of you who are interested. There's another cover that was actually my favorite, but that hasn't ever been seen because the game was never finished. "Reptilian" is pretty weird and cool, I think. I also liked a few of the color ad paintings that ran in Antic and other mags of the time. A couple of the covers I did were included in an expensive CGI illustrated book called "Machine Phase: Booby Trap" printed by Ballistic Press. We have a sequel graphic novel coming together very slowly, something I co-wrote and laid out (114 pages in pencil...). Boxell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Hey Commodore guys (TMR, sack, Oswald, etc...) Can you spread the word about this on some of the 64 sites? Also, can everyone post what their preference would be (maybe top 5?). 1. Zeppelin 2. Necromancer 3. Ft. Apocalypse 4. Blue Max 5. Nautilus This is based on what I have pictures of so far. If anyone has links to other covers, please post (Alley Cat? Shadow World?)! -Bry Edited August 11, 2008 by Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Here's one of the ads, and check out this Synapse catalog!! (shows Slamball and Reptilian for the Atari - wonder what happened to those) Edited August 12, 2008 by Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Picnic Paranoia is missing: Someone else did the artwork for Sentinel right? Best scan I saw for this one appeared to have someone else's sig on it. That artwork was used on the pirated Zeller's release of Turmoil. I hadn't seen this catalog before and didn't realize where the original art came from. My personal favorite of the artwork shown above is Zeppelin. How about Dodge Racer? Is that Boxell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Love to get the paintings/prints out to those of you who are interested. I am interested in quite a few prints of your Synapse artworks. Let me know what to do:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Tim's informed me that he's looking into it and will let us know what he comes up with. -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBen Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Look at this side from Mr. Bacardi http://freenet-homepage.de/mrbacardi/ games - Synapse Bernd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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