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Originally Posted by Treehouse_Ryan
I am 100% with you on this. I vastly prefer art over collectible, and have passed on getting almost all of our lithos.
I thought most of our gearbox screenprints were pretty exceptional (though sadly not metallic--we can't get samples of screenprints, so we've been gun-shy about trying them out since they're difficult to get right and expensive to mess up).
One of the issues we run into is that so much art is created for a game over such a long period of time by really invested, hard-working people that getting art done by outsiders is sometimes a difficult pitch.... They want to see the art they've been slaving over, which is perfectly reasonable (and they're the boss), so the stuff that I personally think is more fun takes a backseat.
Then when we do get approval to do this, and find someone willing to do the work, they're not always really hip on the game, so that makes things a little difficult too. The guy in charge of running these projects with outside artists doesn't make the same choices I would all the time, but I'm kind of a snob about this stuff and rarely predict what ends up selling well, so I'm sure I would do much worse.... This is the kind of armchair quarterbacking that everyone does, but if I'm being honest, the diversity (including the stuff I haven't personally liked) is probably a good thing.
Anyway, I'm with you, and I've got a couple pet projects that I'm hoping finally see the light of day soon.... I'm fighting for less keyart and more interesting stuff, but it's hard for a lot of reasons.
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I have the yellow claptrap screen print framed up in my living room and love it!
Ever think about reaching out to Olly Moss? I mean he is selling a Lara Croft doodle right now (though not my taste). Though I pretty sure if he ever did licensed video game print I would have zero chance of actually getting it.
Also, the new Sam Wolfe Connelly Mass Effect giclee is pretty nice!