The artwork that defined the soul of the project.
This was the most important piece in the entire project, chosen as the official rulebook cover. From the very first briefing, it was clear that the artwork needed to transcend mere character depiction — it had to embody the essence of ClockWorld.
After delivering the initial version, I created six alternative compositions exploring impact and structure. While the team was reviewing, I completed a seventh sketch on impulse — and that was the one that changed everything. The moment I presented it, it became the definitive cover.
// The collision between the Wild West and supernatural horror, reimagined into one of ClockWorld’s most iconic images.
“To tame the impossible — that is the true spirit of ClockWorld.”
Its strength lies in a reinterpretation of a print by Wallace Smith. In the original, a cowboy rides a horse in a nearly vertical, frenzied leap. In my version, Temequii rides a grotesque undead creature: exposed bones, taut tendons, and horror-woven musculature.
Temequii — my favorite character — remains composed atop the beast, skin glistening with sweat, braids and hat thrown back by the motion. Her aim is steady, seconds away from ending the fight.
She isn’t simply killing a monster; she is taming it. A twisted echo of the American myth of “taming the West,” here corrupted into a struggle against the nightmarish.
The final composition was built to support multiple graphic treatments, becoming one of the project’s most recognized symbols.