I had been thinking of creating an icon to represent the fictional tournament, but also to brand the game with a symbol… like Superman’s “S” or Batman’s bat symbol. “I used the dragon from my cabinet side panel sketch to inform the look of the dragon icon as our symbol.” “I had been thinking of creating an icon to represent the fictional tournament, but also to brand the game with a symbol… like Superman’s “S” or Batman’s bat symbol,” he explained. When Tobias saw the dragon statue, he incorporated it into the design for the game’s coin-op cabinets, but the design soon inspired the game’s logo itself. “John borrowed it to digitize for use in our game’s backgrounds.” “The inspiration for the dragon icon’s design started when John Vogel saw a golden dragon statue on the desk of Midway’s general manager, Ken Fedesn,” recounted Tobias. Still, the logo stuck, and its design emerged when Mortal Kombat artist John Vogel saw a golden dragon statue on the desk of Midway Games general manager Ken Fedesna. The inspiration to use a dragon as the fictional tournament’s symbol came from “Dragon Attack,” which was in contention as our game’s title before and I changed it to “Mortal Kombat.” Here’s my rough marker sketch of the marquee logo… (3/9) /g3UY2X2boX- John Tobias September 22, 2022Īpparently, the name “Dragon Attack” came from Ed Boon’s love of the Queen song by the same name, but this was eventually changed to the Mortal Kombat we know now. “Here’s my rough marker sketch of the marquee logo.” “The inspiration to use a dragon as the fictional tournament’s symbol came from ‘Dragon Attack,’ which was in contention as our game’s title before and I changed it to ‘Mortal Kombat,’” he revealed.
Why a dragon? Well, Tobias explained that was all because of the game’s original name. Tobias’ original pencil drawing was digitized by both Tobias himself and Mortal Kombat artist John Vogel, who traced over the digitized image with pixels. I designed the icon as both a symbol of our game and its fictional tournament… (thread) #MK30 /vVIDr4K9aP- John Tobias September 22, 2022 Here’s a recently discovered image of the very first drawing of #MortalKombat’s dragon icon. “I designed the icon as both a symbol of our game and its fictional tournament.” “Here’s a recently discovered image of the very first drawing of #MortalKombat’s dragon icon,” he revealed.
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