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[enzo_gt]

I have this Dark Souls world map on one of my narrow walls. Click the pics to zoom in on detail:

I have this in my corridor:

IMO these two are the only ones in this thread I'd probably put on my wall. The Dark Souls one especially looks great.

 

[HardRojo]

I've wanted to order this poster a few times. I just wish it didn't say Last of Us on it as it ruins it for me.

The guys store has a bunch of nice minimalist game posters but they all feel the need to slap the games name on it too.

That's the kind of poster I like. Shame about the logos though, they really ruin the picture.

 

[monocromo]

Tasteful is based on taste.

Sure you can always wave that subjectivity flag thats so loved on the internet, but there is a difference in OP´s intention between naming a thread "Putting tasteful gaming artwork on your walls" and "Putting gaming artwork on your walls".

Spoiler

Hint: the first title leans towards consensus.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I could see putting some cool stuff on the man cave walls, but nowhere else in my house.

 

[cakely]

I think my idea of taste is a bit different than some of you here but I really like a few of those ... the Dark Souls map and the Rapture masquerade ball poster would fit right in with the rest of my artwork.

 

[nilbog21]

I'm in the process of buying some of these for my wall. They're by Astor alexander.

Haha wow these would be so dope in someone's home theater

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

I have lots of posters from gaming magazines up on the walls, they're probably tasteful right?

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

I have a 36" X 24" of this framed but without the Persona 4 Design works or Atlus logo on it.

I have some of the Nintendo club posters up too.

At some point I'll get this to frame as well.

Also Claire Hummel did this that I would love to buy someday if it were made available.

 

[OldGangWarily]

I have the prints from Ukiyoe Heroes in a stand at work:
http://mokuhankan.com/heroes/portraits/collection.html

This is still my favorite

 

[Prototype]

I framed the map that came with Skyrim, it's hanging in my living room.

 

[kingwingin]

I've always wanted to something like this

 

[Splatterpunk]

Ico on the left, Metal Gear on the right. I get lots of compliments on both. Thank fancy poster gaf!

Where from?

 

[Robot Pants]

Depends what you mean by tasteful xD

I got this Doom artwork from the bethesda store early this year, it's fucking sick.

That's awesome

 

[ebullientprism]

I have these two hanging on the wall 24x36". They look fantastic.

Will try to take a pic but Mrs is sleeping so it will have to be a crap phone pic.

 

[Trumpets]

Great idea! And while you're at it why not tattoo 'MASSIVE NERD' onto your forehead in big black capital letters?

 

[Feebastic]

Great idea! And while you're at it why not tattoo 'MASSIVE NERD' onto your forehead in big black capital letters?

Good point. Everyone should stay locked within themselves and never express their interests or personalities anywhere. Especially not in their own homes.

 

[eXistor]

I just hung this on my wall:

/edit: Actually I have more:

My gameroom is another thing of course, but I think these fit the living room nicely.

 

[Rinoa]

a matte decal

 

[Magnus]

I've been wanting to do this for a long time, but the two things stopping me were cash (it's expensive to get art beautifully framed or mounted or otherwise presentable, nevermind acquiring the art itself) and a home to be proud of. Thankfully, I've got those two things now, so my partner's given me carte blanche to put up a piece or two.

What's important to me is that it's a game or property that I'm emotionally invested in and something that was important to me in my gaming 'career'. The first piece therefore just has to be something Blizzard/Warcraft-related. I need to find the right piece, though.

Does anyone have any Blizzard/Warcraft art favourites that would make for ideal art to have up?

I have this on a large canvas on my wall, this image is reversed though, so Cloud is the opposite side to what is shown. It looks great.
I like to put things up that are no so blatantly video game art, making it something people can wonder or spark a conversation about.

Gorgeous

 

[monocromo]

Great idea! And while you're at it why not tattoo 'MASSIVE NERD' onto your forehead in big black capital letters?

This feels like one of those "well that escalated quickly" moments.

 

[Fuz]

I'm in the process of buying some of these for my wall. They're by Astor alexander.

Those are fantastic.

 

[LyleLanley]

I've always wanted to something like this

I think something like this works a lot better in theory than it does in practice. It just looks off to me for some reason.

 

[GuardianE]

The nice thing about game artwork is that it can be as overt or subtle as you like. And certain mainstays like Mario are seen more as retro geek hipsterish nowadays. It's all a matter of your comfort zone. Gaming is an important hobby to me. I'm not so insecure in thinking that I can't

 

[Frecklestein]

Gotta get this beauty framed one day

 

[NinjamicWZ]

I have this on a large canvas on my wall, this image is reversed though, so Cloud is the opposite side to what is shown. It looks great.
I like to put things up that are no so blatantly video game art, making it something people can wonder or spark a conversation about.

I love this one, but I also like it reversed like this because it evokes the positioning in the final battle scene of FF7.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I have this on a large canvas on my wall, this image is reversed though, so Cloud is the opposite side to what is shown. It looks great.
I like to put things up that are no so blatantly video game art, making it something people can wonder or spark a conversation about.

Isn't Sephiroth left-handed?

 

[Cheeseman Battitude]

I think something like this works a lot better in theory than it does in practice. It just looks off to me for some reason.

It could do with labels describing each part, so that when you're up close looking at it, you've got something to do.

 

[Momentary]

Displate has some good shit. When I come back home next year I'll be putting them up in my game cave.

 

[Riposte]

Sure you can always wave that subjectivity flag thats so loved on the internet, but there is a difference in OP´s intention between naming a thread "Putting tasteful gaming artwork on your walls" and "Putting gaming artwork on your walls". Hint: the first title leans towards consensus.

Consensus among whom and where? Context completely changes the answer, which is, to some disappointment perhaps, "subjective".

The difference between those two thread titles is that the latter wouldn't necessarily be "good", but it's most common for people to find what they do put up on their walls to be aesthetically appealing, so it's a small difference.

 

[LyleLanley]

It could do with labels describing each part, so that when you're up close looking at it, you've got something to do.

I think the problem is that it looks like someone just glued the parts to a piece of paper. I think if you're going to do this you really need to mount it properly.

 

[Regiruler]

Got these on my office wall at work: (without the logo)

Okami in general works really well for this purpose. The art style is a godsend.

 

[Videoneon]

What about morally/aesthetically unpleasant gaming artwork

Actually I have two wall scrolls and two posters in my room. Wholesome and a testament to my character. There's no cohesion or unifying theme and I couldn't arrange them in any way besides "one on each wall" but ey sometime that how we do

 

[Hero Prinny]

Great idea! And while you're at it why not tattoo 'MASSIVE NERD' onto your forehead in big black capital letters?

You should tag along and put 'MASSIVE TWAT' on yours

 

[GamerJM]

I still have some bad gaming posters in my room that I'm too lazy to take down. But no one goes in my room aside from me so it doesn't really matter.

 

[GorillaJu]

I feel like "gaming" and "tasteful" are kind of mutually exclusive in this context.

 

[Nikodemos]

I think I've just heard Shigeru Miyamoto's brain explode.

 

[preheatedbibby]

I plan to frame a few pieces framed and want more. Also have a piece of The Last of Us artwork on one what was never released as an actual poster (but given to me by a friend who knows the concept artists).

Currently trying to figure out what to do with this...

(Hohokum Kiteland Isles from Blik)

Might even give it away, since I'm not sure how long I'll be living here and don't want to apply it to my wall

I actually think these would look great in a nursery.

Here's the only thing I have gaming related:

Bioshock 2 Collectors Posters:

and Giant Bomb poster:

 

[kirby_fox]

When I was looking at buying houses last year, I started working on some simple images to hang on the walls. An idea I really liked was the original Pokemon sprites lined up. Made my brother and cousin a shirt for Xmas with the design for Red/Blue.

My plan was to have the art line certain parts of the house in framed pics. Life makes you change things though, so wound up w/ an apartment and bare walls. Made one for each gen, except for X/Y because I couldn't find any sprite rips.

 

[Lionheart1827]

How did you get this? I was under the impression the original artist left it unfinished? This is a must buy for me.

That is great! I want a copy for my game room, where did you find that?

You can get it from this awesome site:

http://www.fangamer.com/products/laudate-solis

I got the Chunk. The slab(largest) would've been awesome, but its way too big.

 

[Hedge]

I feel like "gaming" and "tasteful" are kind of mutually exclusive in this context.

It can be done, even though personally I find that this thread doesn't inspire much confidence.
"Tasteful" is just too subjective to be agreed upon here. I imagine Mucha or Monet, while some imagine guts hanging from an open gut and guns.
I had a friend for whom everything non-porn was tasteful.

 

[Neiteio]

The Gold/Silver art in the OP is wonderful, but I wish there was no text, and it feels wrong to not include Donphan.

The Japanese woodcut someone posted of Red Gyarados riding a wave with some Magikarp is amazing.

Also I love the poster someone showed of Lordran in Dark Souls, although I'm not sure it's spatially accurate — it appears to depict New Londo Ruins as being deeper than Ash Lake, although that might just be a perspective trick with New Londo Ruins in the foreground.

 

[family_guy]

I'm in the process of buying some of these for my wall. They're by Astor alexander.

How do you buy these?

 

[furfoots]

My wall of game!

 

[Hedge]

My wall of game!

Is that the beta login to GW2 or is it your desktop wallpaper?

 

[Chû Totoro]

I used to have this above my couch (image was cut in 3 paintings)

Every Extend Extra (cover)

Quoting myself for adding a real life picture of the frames

 

[Fattony12000]

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[Hero Prinny]

k so i got home now, this is the only poster i got hanged in my room, would like some more but i don't got one of them fancy printers that can do that stuff. got this from a bi weekly gaming get together in nyc

 

[VexationStation]

Some of you seem very embarrassed by the hobby that you have ostensibly come to an online forum to discuss.

For reference I have Marinko's Smash and OOT/Majora's Mask prints framed. Also some Star Wars prints from Bottleneck, and a few canvas pieces by local artists, all very nerdy.

 

[Fou-Lu]

Quoting myself for adding a real life picture of the frames

This is really cool.

 

[vetrox]

Pop-art and posters are fun for decoration, sure. For how long do these stay interesting though? How often do you find yourself admiring them?

For images like these I find myself needing steady rotation to keep it interesting. They provide a breathing space and some nice colour, but that's about it.