Good Evening one and all… I wanted to post this sooner but as I am sure you all can understand, life has gotten insane around here this month… Not only did I miss the live stream of the one year anniversary, but I missed most of the Deep Dive videos as well. I sure am grateful for YouTube.

One post in the Shroud of the Avatar forums was made not too long ago by the Lead Concept Artist, Stephen Daniele. The idea was floated of offering the chance for the Shroud of the Avatar community to vote on which concept art piece would be considered if Portalarium would decide to have a  Limited Edition Art printing done.  Now this would be a REAL limited edition art printing – ie: no future re-printings like some businesses do.

The art would be on archival paper so it will last and will be numbered and signed by Stephen himself.  He even gives some details on the current thinking as to size of the piece and other details.  Being a one time printing only would this a truly unique and a one of a kind collector’s item.  As a historian and an artist, these opportunities are something I adore seeing as so many companies fall into the trap of re-printing limited edition art multiple times, thus reducing the value of the art.
Now please note, this is not a promise or a guarantee that Portalarium will be doing this. However, I would highly encourage everyone to vote in the poll as I think this is a great opportunity for Steven’s hard-work to be immortalized.  Concept Art is not something that fans and players get to see for many games.  There has been a trend lately to share some of it, often only in “collector’s editions”, pre-orders, or other special situations.

Below are the five concept arts in the poll.  VOTE NOW because the poll closes the end of April.  I know what my favorite is… what is yours?  Feel free to share by commenting below.