Official limited Tomb Raider screenprints and giclees now live! - Page 17

LegendaryChopChop · #1 05-10-2013, 08:02 AM

I picked up the recently-released Summit litho from the set to go along with the spectacular Sam Spratt print. I would prefer them to continue down the litho route instead of the giclee and screenprints for future art from the game as I think Treehouse does better on the lithographs.

I am disappointed by most of these prints they have for sale, though. I know they're fan art sold in the store, but most of them are just kind of gangly, even if they are printed very well. The art itself on them is nothing I'm that excited about, and none of the depictions of Lara look particularly accurate nor very good. I've felt no real desire to order them and I think many others feel the same, as they are all still available sans the Spratt print.

Romeo · #2 05-10-2013, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LegendaryChopChop

I picked up the recently-released Summit litho from the set to go along with the spectacular Sam Spratt print. I would prefer them to continue down the litho route instead of the giclee and screenprints for future art from the game as I think Treehouse does better on the lithographs.

I am disappointed by most of these prints they have for sale, though. I know they're fan art sold in the store, but most of them are just kind of gangly, even if they are printed very well. The art itself on them is nothing I'm that excited about, and none of the depictions of Lara look particularly accurate nor very good. I've felt no real desire to order them and I think many others feel the same, as they are all still available sans the Spratt print.

I can understand where you're coming from though I must say this. Initially I would have agreed with you, but I insist that you would have to see them first in person before writing them off. I own every print and I could say without a day many blow me away seeing them up close. There is so much detail and intricacies with each print that a small jpg online couldn't come close to showing. At least two of the prints made me say "wow" out loud as I unrolled them.

LegendaryChopChop · #3 05-13-2013, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Romeo

I can understand where you're coming from though I must say this. Initially I would have agreed with you, but I insist that you would have to see them first in person before writing them off. I own every print and I could say without a day many blow me away seeing them up close. There is so much detail and intricacies with each print that a small jpg online couldn't come close to showing. At least two of the prints made me say "wow" out loud as I unrolled them.

I definitely know what you mean, even the pictures shown of them look very jaw-dropping and colored very well, but I'm just not feeling the art of the prints very much, they look a little unpolished IMO.

A few of them look pretty cool no doubt, but none of them really evoke the feeling or tone of the game all too much to me.

"Love the Island" is probably my favorite of the fan prints, but it reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus moreso than Tomb Raider.

winds · #4 05-13-2013, 03:45 PM

I just received my giclee's and have to say, they ARE absolutely amazing, even moreso in person. I wish I could afford to get these things framed at the moment, but will probably have to wait a month or two

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Another thing I am pleasantly surprised about... the Spratt Litho was included in my order? I didn't think these things were available. Were they distrubuted out randomly to peoples orders? It's quite amazing as well!

. It seems unnumbered however, unless i'm just blind.

Romeo · #5 05-13-2013, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by LegendaryChopChop

I definitely know what you mean, even the pictures shown of them look very jaw-dropping and colored very well, but I'm just not feeling the art of the prints very much, they look a little unpolished IMO.

A few of them look pretty cool no doubt, but none of them really evoke the feeling or tone of the game all too much to me.

"Love the Island" is probably my favorite of the fan prints, but it reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus moreso than Tomb Raider.

I completely agree with the Island print. I took my copy of Shadow out to compare the two. I haven't played the new TR yet though so I have no idea how that image fits.

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Originally Posted by winds

I just received my giclee's and have to say, they ARE absolutely amazing, even moreso in person. I wish I could afford to get these things framed at the moment, but will probably have to wait a month or two

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Another thing I am pleasantly surprised about... the Spratt Litho was included in my order? I didn't think these things were available. Were they distrubuted out randomly to peoples orders? It's quite amazing as well!

. It seems unnumbered however, unless i'm just blind.

Congrats on the Spratt litho! I received one in my order as well. I'm not sure how randomly they were given, perhaps with orders of multiple prints?

amb6883 · #6 05-10-2013, 03:57 PM

Not a big fan of litho's. I am hoping for more screen prints, just with better images and printed on different paper. Summit would have been much better as a giclee or screen print (would take a lot of screens). Litho's are cheap and have a better profit margin, so they will probably continue to go down that route. I bet, however, if they had TOMB RAIDER printed on the giclee's more of them would be sold out at this point.

Mancoon · #7 05-10-2013, 06:59 PM

I myself would much rather have a giclee or screenprint than a litho. The tomb raider art I've gotten has been beautiful and high quality. So far litho s are the cheaper print and from tree house for me have been terrible quality, at least the handling as all my lithos have been damaged terribly.