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Concept Art

  • The Secret of Monkey Island
  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
  • The Curse of Monkey Island
  • Escape from Monkey Island
  • Tales of Monkey Island
  • Return to Monkey Island

This is a comprehensive layout, done in pencil, for the game’s box art cover. At this point, Guybrush’s appearance was not quite finalised yet.

This is another comprehensive layout, done in pencil, for the game’s box art cover.

Sketch done with pencil on tracing paper for the final cover of the game.

This is the line art, done in pen and ink, for the "Dial-A-Pirate" code wheel used for copy protection.

This art was created with pen, ink, and gouache for the LucasArts magazine, "The Adventurer". The game’s screen art had limited colours, leading to a blue-green monkey head. Due to this and the tiny characters, Steve always enjoyed drawing concepts as he envisioned them.

This art of LeChuck with a sword was created for the issue number 1 of the LucasArts magazine, "The Adventurer".

By Steve Purcell • From The Adventurer

This art, depicting a pirate with a sword reading an insult sword fighting book, was created for the first issue of the LucasArts magazine, "The Adventurer".

By Steve Purcell • From The Adventurer

This art, depicting a group of monkeys, was created for the second issue of the LucasArts magazine, "The Adventurer".

By Steve Purcell • From The Adventurer

This deleted scene from the Video Game History Foundation, used to be a pathway into the cannibal village.