ART DIRECTION, ARCHIVAL CURATION

The video game development studio Digital Eclipse is known for its excellent retrospective game collections, and their Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection is one of its greatest. This collection of old games, refreshed versions, and interviews provides new context for that era of video game history.

I contributed to the effort, working with Digital Eclipse to provide archival artwork and materials that inform the game's historical visual timeline. Also, together with the Atari team, I commissioned illustrator Zack Anderson to create new, original art for the release. He designed a fold-out poster for the limited edition Steelbook version of the game, and I art directed it to make sure that we could capture the Atari spirit with a building full of Easter eggs and snapshots. It is certainly worth a closer look to spot everything from Steve Jobs, to Centipedes, to prototype video game systems.