Dishonored / Skyrim / Fallout Litho's

[rasmusvn]

Originally Posted by amb6883

She looks weird to me in it. Do not really know why but I can not get my self to like it.

I think it's horrible, and that's being kind.

[Madigan]

Home is a State of Mind > Liara screenprint in terms of design.

[Matt16]

Originally Posted by rasmusvn

New.

Dragon fight giclee.

Really like that but I've sworn off treehouse so will give it a miss

Originally Posted by Treehouse_Ryan

Would a lot of you prefer to have the logo on everything, instead of just the lithos?

I prefer to have no wording at all other than a sig and number as I think it makes them more poster like

[Treehouse_Ryan]

Originally Posted by Matt16

Really like that but I've sworn off treehouse so will give it a miss

I 100% understand your frustration and won't try to talk you into anything, but for the record I was going over your case with customer service this morning and they should be reaching out to you soon.

Wasteland was the last piece of art our warehouse handled. All of our art is being handled by a lovely girl with Mass Effect tattoos that really, really gives a shit. I've seen her spend five minutes staring at a litho in variously lit areas of the office trying to decide whether some truly tiny creases counted as enough damage to not send. I taught her exactly how we wanted things to roll, and when I've jumped in to do a couple for whatever reason, she clucked at me that I was rolling them too tight (I wasn't) and tried to scold me. I respect that this means nearly nothing to you given your frustrations, but I promise things are very different. This took too long for us to finally do, but we've fully committed to it now, and the results are very different than our previous track record....

If you do actually like this one, you should order it. I don't care at all about selling them out or taking your money, but I would hate for you to not have something you liked on account of the past mistakes that we have well and truly fixed. If you don't trust me/us, then I completely understand and respect that decision, but I'm sad that you'll miss out on something you would have otherwise wanted.

In related news, the international shipping situation is making some slow progress. Ordering multiple pieces at once will no longer jump your shipping rate up crazily, and we're trying to offer USPS as well as MSI. It's more expensive for most shipments (strangely, USPS is a fair amount cheaper on larger packages it turns out--Anthony has been spending days with the most complex spreadsheet I've ever seen), but based on your feedback and MSI's customs policies, we understand that some of you may prefer it. Rates are still very high, but they should be a little better than before and we're still doing lots of analysis here, and meeting with a number of other companies to figure out what additional options we have....

[Amnoz]

What do you guys think of the giclee's?

Honestly I cannot bring myself to like any of them and the new skyrim one seems so.. how do I put it, it seems like fan service for the prepubescent.

I really like the colours and the balance in them, but the images themselves... I'm not sure, they just do not resonate with me.

It might be because I did not LOVE dishonored but it might also be that I'm getting tired of seeing video game characters standing in the forefront of art pieces. That is probably why I really liked the first Skyrim piece, it was more scenic and told you more about the world as opposed to "look at me and all my deeply covered layers of personality."

[Treehouse_Ryan]

Originally Posted by amb6883

I do not want the name/logo all of them but would like it ones where it works with the image. In general I do not like lithographs, they are cheap reproductions and I do not see them ever going up on my wall. I have still bought a lot of them from the treehouse, but they are all sitting storage. Giclees are at least better quality reproductions and screen prints are more unique and a art form themselves.

Lithograph/giclee/screen printing are all methods of transferring the image. I would like some of the "game-collectible" pieces to be of better quality and would even pay more. Just please come out with some nice screen prints (with metallic inks!) that are actually recognizable as being associated with the game.

Also, as a collector I am actually happy the edition sizes keep getting reduced I just find it little humorous.

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.

Originally Posted by rasmusvn

I think it's horrible, and that's being kind.

James has a style that's not for everyone. The print is stunning and came out exceptionally well, though I will agree that her face was a turn-off for me also.

[Treehouse_Ryan]

Originally Posted by Amnoz

What do you guys think of the giclee's?

Honestly I cannot bring myself to like any of them and the new skyrim one seems so.. how do I put it, it seems like fan service for the prepubescent.

I really like the colours and the balance in them, but the images themselves... I'm not sure, they just do not resonate with me.

It might be because I did not LOVE dishonored but it might also be that I'm getting tired of seeing video game characters standing in the forefront of art pieces. That is probably why I really liked the first Skyrim piece, it was more scenic and told you more about the world as opposed to "look at me and all my deeply covered layers of personality."

The Skyrim one is a cool piece of concept art, but you're right, it takes a deep commitment to want to hang it.

The Dishonored ones are the paintings made for use as background art in the game itself. The style is cool, and the idea of having the same thing that's hanging in the game is cool, but I also am not in love with the content. We have some Dishonored giclees coming up that are very different. I'm not sure I love them either, but they're really, really not characters standing in front of a vignetted background, so that's at least something.

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by Treehouse_Ryan

The Dishonored ones are the paintings made for use as background art in the game itself. The style is cool, and the idea of having the same thing that's hanging in the game is cool

Exactly this for me. Played the game to death and always hoped that the awesome paintings in the game (especially lord regent, it was everywhere) would be released in the real world for collecting. So thanks.

[amb6883]

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.

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!

[Madigan]

Originally Posted by amb6883

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!

Yeah, I wanted to order it but it costs $40 and the shipping USPS Priority International $46.00 -.-

They removed XPO and now I'm fucked.