There's an interview with Mike Winterbauer at Sega-16. The veteran artist is responsible for some iconic art of classic games of the 80s and 90s. He talks about his work for Might and Magic games:

Almost always I was given minimal information about the game I was supposed to do cover art for. One of the exceptions is the Might & Magic covers and the maps I did art work

Mike Winterbauer is an artist behind many classic covers of computer games from the 80s and the 90s. He worked with New World Computing on Might and Magic Clouds of Xeen and Darkside of Xeen, including on the interor maps that came with the games back then. Mike has a kickstarter for a printed run of his book, "Classic Game Covers, Confessions of An Art Junkie". The project has already exceeded his goal of $4,800, but there is