Fantasy Map for Web Designers

For my day job, I illustrated this editorial illustration that represents how someone can get started with UX design. It’s posted on my portfolio website. The idea is to show the different paths someone can take to get to the same destination. I came up with the idea to draw a fantasy map. I’m pretty sure it’s because I started a re-watch of the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy the week I worked on this illustration.

The locations and geographical elements are named for aspects of the job as a UX designer. This is probably the most fun project I’ve had at my day job. That’s saying a lot because I really enjoy the work I do. It’s a great place to work and I get to utilize my interests in visual design and writing code for websites.

I’m considering making more fantasy maps. My wife is a wonderful artists and makes her living selling her art at local art and vendor markets. I go to all her events and it’s made sense to us if I started doing the same thing with my art. My idea is to make fantasy maps of where we live to sell at these local events. I think it’ll be a nice way to recognize the great people we meet and that we actually share a beautiful state that has incredible mountains, beaches, and everything in-between. Well, we don’t have a desert or tundra, but that could change (hopefully not).