Geek-Art & Caurette: a shared passion
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A match made in heaven…
Today is the day Geek-Art and Caurette get together once again to delight all the art fans out there!
After many months spent working on that project, we are beyond proud to finally launch our Time Limited Art Prints (TALP for short)! Here’s how it works: instead of printing a fixed number of posters and then sell them in only a few minutes, we’ll put an art print on sale for a few days and then print however many were sold during said timeframe. That way, no need to stress out if you are usually compromised by a slow Internet connection or if you are not available in the minutes following the launch of the print, eveyone can get their hand on one! Ordering during the few days the sale is happening guaranties that you will get your very own art print!
The artists we’ll be working with are thoroughly picked by Geek-Art and we trust them entirely. These time-limited art prints will be numbered depending on how many you guys will order. We’ll then be in charge of mailing your posters and we’ll send them, as we usually do, with all the care they deserve.
Mathieu Bablet – The Journey Begins
From November 1st to November 5th 2023
Two years ago, in collaboration with Geek-Art, we launched Mathieu Bablet’s first limited edition poster:
Le Palais des Bains.
And now, this autumn, we have a suitably golden opportunity we are sure you will fall for!
We are continuing the adventure with a new signed and numbered poster in tribute to ZELDA.
The fun begins Wednesday, November 1st at 4 pm and you can order until 11.59pm on Sunday, November 5th.
Characteristics :
Limited edition signed and
numbered poster
Format: 24 x 36 inches
Price: €80
Anato Finnstark – The Witch King
From February 4th to February 7th 2022
The Witch King of Angmar
Admire this supeeeerb illustration by Anato Finnstark inspired by the universe of The Lord of the Rings and featuring the famous Lord of the Nazgûl, Sauron’s second-in-command in the second and third age.
The evil Witch King of Angmar, riding his fellbeast, a gigantic wyvern-like creature, is ready to swoop down on the Pelennor Fields which (spoiler alert!) will see his final downfall. The city of Minas Tirith is but a mere silhouette, yet strong and mighty, the white tower of Ecthelion, siege of the throne of the kings of Gondor, standing out from the mountain background. The whole composition is a moment frozen in time before the battle begins…
The true identity of this devilish creature is unknown. Once a mortal king of men, he was corrupted by one of the nine Rings of Power, becoming an undying wraith in the service of Sauron. After Sauron’s defeat by the Last Alliance, he eventually reappeared to found the evil realm of Angmar, where he gained the epithet “Witch-king” and ruled for almost seven centuries until the kingdom of Arnor was conquered.
The Witch-king returned to Mordor to facilitate Sauron’s return to power, then took Gondor’s city of Minas Ithil and refortified it as the fearful Minas Morgul, and there snuffed out the line of kings of Gondor too. He led Sauron’s armies in the War of the Ring, stabbed Frodo Baggins on Weathertop during the first months of Frodo’s venture out of the Shire to Rivendell, and at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields he broke the gates of Minas Tirith and killed King Théoden of Rohan.
Chief lieutenant and greatest servant of the Dark Lord across over 4000 years of Middle-earth history, he was a mighty war leader and an undying sorcerer of incomparable fear and dread. In his hour of triumph at the Pelennor, however, he was killed by the hobbit Meriadoc Brandybuck and Éowyn, niece of Théoden, at the end of the War of the Ring.
For more info about him, check out the One Wiki to rule them all or (re-)read the books by Tolkien ! 🙂
About Anato Finnstark
For those of you who don’t know Anato, he’s a French artist who’s been working in illustration and concept-art for several years now and has worked on a lot of licences including Magic: The gathering or Dungeons and Dragons.
In a unique and dark style, using a limited color palette and playing a lot with shadows, Anato manages to create heavy and beautiful atmospheres. It is clear that he has understood the essence of the work from which he drew inspiration and has managed to capture it in this digital illustration.
If you’re interested in Anato’s work, we can’t recommend enough his artstation or his website. You can also subscribe to his Twitter or Instagram 🙂
The sale of The Witch King took place from Friday, February the 4th, 2022 at 6:00 pm (French time) till Monday, February the 7th at 5:59 pm. The prints are printed and numbered according to the number of sales.
Shipments will be made in reinforced cardboard tubes, and we will of course take all the usual care that we put in sending our books. All packages will be insured and tracked (if your country allows it!).
All art prints will be signed by the artist, numbered according to the number of sold copies and provided with a signed certificate auf authenticity by the artist.
Characteristics:
50 x 70 cm / 19,69 x 27,56 inches
60 €
All prints will be signed by the artist
High quality printing on 220g satin coated Canson paper
Each print comes with a certificate of authenticity numbered and signed by the author
Stan Manoukian – A Sparkle in the Night
from the 12th to the 15th of November 2021
This second Time Limited Art Print featured this wonderful illustration by Stan Manoukian, A Sparkle in the Night, and we couldn’t be prouder! For those of you who don’t know Stan (yet), he published many books with Glénat, Ankama and Delcourt. He is best-known for his work with Vince, such as Vortex and Les Chronokids, which got them the Fauve jeunesse at the Festival International de la BD d’Angoulême in 2011!
A Sparkle in the Night is a magical work of art, where poetry and (friendly) monsters coexist in a gorgeous play of light! It was printed on beautiful fine art paper in a 19.69 x 27.56 inch (50 x 70 cm) format, so let’s just say that expectations were high!
The sale period for the TALP was from Friday, November 12th 2021 at exactly 6PM (Central Europe Time UTC+2) until Monday, November 15th at 5:59PM. The prints were then numbered depending on the number of sales.
Characteristics:
50 x 70 cm / 19,69 x 27,56 inches
60 €
High quality printing on 220g satin coated Canson paper
Each print comes with a certificate of authenticity numbered and signed by the author
Mathieu Bablet – The Bath House
from the 16th to the 19th of July 2021
We did start things off on the right foot with this stunning art print by Mathieu Bablet (Adrastée, Shangri-La, Carbone et Silicium) called The Bath House (or in French: Le Palais des Bains), inspired by the wonderful world of Spirited Away from the Studios Ghibli.
This poster came in an “oversized” format of 61 x 91 cm / 24 x 36 inches and was printed on a beautiful art paper! These dimensions allow it to be framed very easily by going to a famous scandinavian furniture store (for example).
This Time Limited Art Print was available from Friday, July 16th at 6PM (Central Europe Time, UTC+2) until Monday, July 19th, at 6PM.
Characteristics :
61 x 91 cm / 24 x 36 inches
80 €
High quality offset printing on Fedrigoni design paper
Each print comes with a certificate of authenticity numbered and signed by the author
