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Promotional collage print?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 5:22 pm
by GameBrain
All... it's been a while since I used a forum like this!
Since the 90'ies I have the following print hanging on my wall. I received it from somebody at Ubisoft at E3 which was in Atlanta back then. It shows Rayman in various styles: Dali, Miro, Picasso, Botticelli, Mondriaan, Kandinsky etc etc...
Have you ever heard about it or seen it? Photo of the backside is included. It carries Ubisoft's stamp & the date 1998.
Who has any information about it?
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 5:37 pm
by Kiza/Raybox
Whoa! I've never seen this print ever before in my life. It looks quite exclusive! As in... the promo item (or somethin like that)
Now I also wonder if there's any info about it :^
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 6:27 pm
by RayCarrot
It was a collection of art pieces they did to promote Rayman 2, where they were each inspired by some existing famous artwork or style. There were several given out at the time, but I think they're pretty rare so that's really cool to see!
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 7:39 pm
by GameBrain
RayCarrot wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 6:27 pm
It was a collection of art pieces they did to promote Rayman 2, where they were each inspired by some existing famous artwork or style. There were several given out at the time, but I think they're pretty rare so that's really cool to see!
It's not a collection. It is one single piece 18''' by 14'' with 14 + 1 stylised Raymans...
Arcimboldo, Botticelli, Lichtenstein, Matisse, Klimt
Margritte, Monet, Miro, Vasarely, Van Gogh
Picasso, Mondiaan, Warhol, Dali + Ubisoft.
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 8:59 pm
by RayCarrot
GameBrain wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 7:39 pm
It's not a collection. It is one single piece 18''' by 14'' with 14 + 1 stylised Raymans...
The print you have is a collection of them. There are separate versions of the images, as well as different collections where they're ordered differently, like seen in
this magazine. I recall a retrogame store in Paris has that same print you do (or a similar one at least), but can't find the image of it now.
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 10:01 pm
by GameBrain
RayCarrot wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 8:59 pm
The print you have is a collection of them. There are separate versions of the images, as well as different collections where they're ordered differently, like seen in
this magazine. I recall a retrogame store in Paris has that same print you do (or a similar one at least), but can't find the image of it now.
Thanks! That's an interesting piece in GamePro and it does reference the print I have.
But again: what I have hanging here is one single piece and _not_ a "collection". They are _not_ "seperate images".
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 11:22 pm
by RayCarrot
I know that it's a single print you have. No need to be so condescending about it. I was just trying to help add info to the origin of it. I also found some of those other pictures from other people with the same print now.
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2025 11:27 pm
by GameBrain
RayCarrot wrote: Thu Nov 20, 2025 11:22 pm
I know that it's a single print you have. No need to be so condescending about it. I was just trying to help add info to the origin of it. I also found some of those other pictures from other people with the same print now.
Eh... I don"t want to be condescending. I appreciate the help and your post was genuinely helpful and interesting.
You know... it also brought me down memory lane. Where's the days of these magazines. The oldest one I have is a "Your Computer" (Brit) from 1984.
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 12:31 am
by Steo
I think it's really cool that you have it. I'd definitely have this on my wall too if there was an option for it.
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2025 2:56 pm
by Hunchman801
Nice, thanks for sharing! The individual images themselves are well known but it's the first time I've seen this print.
Re: Promotional collage print?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 5:25 pm
by hoodlumsworld
More details about the drawings by Ubi-Fanch from Ubisoft:
This piece has been put together by two of our artists Jacques Exertier and Alexandra Steible.
Jacques realized the following ones: 01 Arcimboldo, 02 Botticelli, 03 Lichtenstein, 05 Klimt, 06 Magritte, 07 Monet, 09 Vasarely, 10 Van Gogh, 11 Picasso, 12 Mondrian, 13 Warhol et 14 Dali.
While Alexandra did 04 Matisse and 08 Miro.
Jacques' favorite one from this piece is the Mondrian.
It has indeed been done in 1998, during the lead-up to Rayman 2 release.
It is unlikely to have been sold ever, and was probably a promotional asset, but we found a .psd with some of them in high resolution, which we might use soon!