Paradoxically in this case, the art for the LSL 1 box -- and the LSL 2 box and the LSL 3 box -- was all done by none other than Mark Crowe, co-designer of Space Quest! (But I don't know how much say Mark had over the composition of these boxes, and how much would've been dictated to him by the Creative Services department.)

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Does anyone know why on this cover of LSL1, it looks like Eve is a woman of color?

I've always just perceived it as red skin tones resulting from the heat of the jacuzzi.