Sorry that it’s a bit of a Dare-fest round here at the moment, just in a comfort read mode for some reason.
art by Martin Wheeler, pic from ZX Art.
Anyway. One of my more profound early (earlier?) inspirations lies with Martin Wheeler’s art for Dan Dare II. Both of the Gang Of Five Speccy Dare games are great (Probe’s entry, not so much) but gosh, the tile work in Dan Dare II still kind of blows me away. It’s up there with the more recent Vallation as one of the best examples of Speccy tile art.
Look at this! What an amazing thing to wring out of a Speccy. The colours! Just wow stuff still for me.
art by Martin Wheeler, screen from ZX Art.
Martin’s still plugging away at games, their latest is Separation for PSVR. Sadly, I can’t play it due to my sore noggin not really being receptive to weighty things being placed on it. It does look gorgeous though.
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