Lands of Britannia (Ultima IV)

[MistyBeee]

The map itself is spectacular as always, but the corner illustrations knock the piece out of the park. That castle, holy motherf****** heavens! If you'll excuse me, I'm going to stuff my own maps into a shredder, they do not deserve to occupy the same universe as yours...

No, but seriously, this is top-notch, B. I expect no less from you, and yet you still always manage to impress me! The rhumb lines are maybe a little too strong for my taste, but that is kind of a minor nitpick. Always a pleasure to gawk at your work!

Thanks to another commission I had, I'm not afraid anymore with perspective drawing : this castle is probably the first I really enjoyed to draw. Easy and fun. And the other ornaments were a good occasion to practice pure digital painting, visit museums and explore my own house for reference pics. I literally... put my hand on this map
I agree with you regarding the rhumb lines though, but it's partly an effect of the resizing : they're not as strong on the high res version.

Thats awesome! A beautiful nap and imaginative border - oh, and I'd spotted it on your insta! Didn't disappoint.
And now I want to draw a border.

Thanks MMM ! This border was both hell and heaven, but at the end I'm happy with it. Hope the next one I'll draw in that vein will be easier though !

I just commented on DA, but I'll say it again...
This is a gorgeous piece of work.
My favorite location is Vesper, cared for by the Beee. ;P
Every part, every element is so well crafted.

I'm so glad you love it, J. !
Hehe, you're right : this is definitely my corner of the map ^_^

Brilliant and beautiful map, Beee !
The map is a jewel, and the frame and illustrations are the jewelry box .

Aww, don't make me blush !

Ahhhh so happy to finally see the finished piece! It's GORGEOUS of course. The corner illustrations are simply decadent to behold, and I love the treatment of the locations--like the map's being peeled away for a close up. And the banners!! You are not of this world, Beee. Excuse me whilst I retrieve my jaw from the floor.

Aww, thanks Liz' ! The town illustrations were an happy accident (hey Bob !). They were supposed to be smaller but I wasn't happy at all and redrew them bigger : the previous version hadn't this feeling of two maps superposed. It's definitely something I'll explore in future work ^^

Simply wonderful. It brought back some memories for me as well. Wow, it's been a while since I visited that world.

Thanks Jax ! I'm always happy when I have good feedbacks from those who know the universe

Yeah, this map is fabulous.

Thanks so much, Larb ! ^^

I know that world! I was there in the mid 90's. Dawning of a genre. There will never be another game and moment in time like UO. Great job Misty! Did you ever play that game?

Thanks Galendae !
Sadly no, I never played it : video games were not allowed at home when I was a young bee ^^. But I watched what I could find as playthrough, read the game book, read the fandom wiki and got a lot of information from my client as well.
But someone spotted an error coming from Ultima V... uh...

Simply astonishing, the level of careful detail blows me away, Beee. I seem to lack the linguistics to be able to properly describe how I feel about this piece, just stunning!

Thanks a lot, Adfor ! I must say I had the best, best client ever : no deadline, and 100% free to decide for the concept, aesthetic, details... who could ask more ?