Time Bandits Map of The Universe

I purchased this online.

This is an absolutely fabulous piece of work, and I tip my hat to the maker. Too bad I don't know who he is! If you happen to know who drew this masterpiece, please drop me a line so I can give credit where credit is due. Updated: I just got an e-mail from Chris Meeks, the dude who made this thing. Chris, great work, and great job! You da man!!

In early 2001, someone started kicking around the idea of making the Time Bandits map. I thought it was a great idea, as it was a movie that I had really liked as a kid. Injected with a huge dose of enthusiasm, I thought it would be cool to sit down and draw one out. I've always been pretty good at Adobe Illustrator, and I thought it would be a great tool to hack it out with.

I dilligently rounded up the DVD from an online source, and even went so far as to make screen captures on a friends computer. Then I realized just how complicated the whole thing was, and promptly lost interest.

Flash forward to late 2002 when this beauty shows up on the internet. It's printed on heavy stock canvas, and looks absolutely great close up. Whomever drew this up went to great lengths to get it right. I compared this one with a bunch of the screen caps, and it's dead on. There appear to be some fine details in the background that were skipped, but you can barely tell, and would never know.

This is a totally great piece, and I hope to get it framed some day and show it off to potential mates.