Wednesday, December 12, 2012

JUNGLE BOOGIE

 
 
 
 
MINNEAPOLIS.  BACK IN MY AD DAYS (when 'X' was just a letter in the alphabet and a box was something you kept stuff in and the X-Box was still a long ways off) I designed the cover for the MATTERHORN SCREAMER computer game, but I also did a rough cover for another Disney theme park ride adaptation for THE JUNGLE CRUISE.  For whatever reason it was initially entitled JEWEL OF THE JUNGLE (probably because the goal was to get the sizable diamond hidden somewhere... I dunno -- we never got past the box cover.)  Anyway, I did my rough and it was sent to Disney and the artist there Disne-fied it -- and made it 110% better.  But he/she did retain my design... and the cool bamboo typeface I did.  I did wonder why they gave the jungle-guy such a big nose though...

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