Walter Velez
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Walter Velez

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Walter Velez (born in the Spanish Harlem area of New York City passed away on 2018) was a game artist known for his cover art for such popular series as Thieves World and the Myth series for Robert Asprin. He provided artwork for Dune and Goosebumps trading cards, many games and books for TSR, Star Wars books, and the cover illustrations for Rolemaster Companion II and Rolemaster Companion III. One of his paintings…

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from the Myth series novels was used as a box cover illustration for a version of the board game Kings & Things. One of his art teachers was the late Burne Hogarth who created the Tarzan comic strip and was the author of a number of anatomy books for artists. Jill Bauman was his art agent.

Biography and credits from BoardGameGeek.

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Kings & Things box cover Kings & Things · 1986
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Sanctuary: Thieves World box cover Sanctuary: Thieves World · 1982
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Armored Assault box cover Armored Assault · 1989
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