Based on the cover for the Tankard album "Hair of the Dog". Artwork by Sebastian Krüger
3rd in the Revision 2019 Oldskool Graphics competition.
The Agony logo is based on a design created by Roger Dean specifically for the game.
The "Work in Progress" images were found in the official Psygnosis backup dump. Previous WIPs were from a "Miami Byte" slideshow.
It's also the most incomplete "WIP" image from Aquaventura, showing a lot of details missing, including a different hue of blue for the whole image.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. Some images are from the official Psygnosis backup dumps and some from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. Some images are from the official Psygnosis backup dumps and some from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
It is not quite clear which of these images was the WIP and which was supposed to be the final image.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. This was taken from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
The WIP image could also be from an animation since it shows the bay doors closed and has the spacecraft missing.
These graphics weren't used in the final game, Psygnosis' landmark 3D animated sequences were used instead. This was taken from a promotional Psygnosis slideshow.
The WIP image shows that there were several big changes done to this image while it was created.
The background was completely redone, the battleship was scaled down. The contrast between light and shadow areas was reduced to make the shapes more recognisable, although making the final image less dramatic.
The work in progress is interesting as it shows several changes to the final image from the game.
Roger's head and left hand was changed, as was the expression in his face.
If you look closely it is also visible that the copyright message was moved from the center left side to the lower left side, since the text was colored black instead of removing it properly from the brick wall.
The small artifacts scattered around the brick wall are mostly my fault, because I had to reconstruct the wip image from a badly rescaled version that I found on the internet.
There's a timelapse on Youtube showing how this picture was created.
