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Published: 2004-11-07 14:13:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 16052; Favourites: 222; Downloads: 988
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Britannia - the embodied spirit of Britain (in much the same way as Uncle Sam is used in the US).An Empire on which the sun never set... etc. etc.
This was done as a favour to a friend of mind who could best be described (in this context) as having a rather... Victorian frame of mind.
EDIT: I am moving this to the scraps section. It seems to attract a disproportionate number of my viewers, and for the most part these viewers are not interested in anything else in my gallery. Perhaps if the attraction of erstwhile British patriots led to more traffic I would appreciate it more, but having something this bad as my most-faved piece is just silly.
EDIT 2: And of course, this picture has more favs than any of my other images (possibly more than all my other pictures COMBINED). Yet the image quality is so horrible it's a complete embarssment. Yep, same old DevArt.
I'd take it down if I didn't pray that maybe one in ten of the ideologues who fav this travesty would stop and look at some of my other less-terrible junk.
Ah well.
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Comments: 59
God bless Britannia, long live the motherland!Β Β
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Britannia, a nation with an epic history and an Empire of Heroes and Villains!
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Not a nation! It's a island of more nations
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Your other work is indeed excellent - I guess it just represents an ethos that many Brits appreciate.
Compared to the current heap of junk that comprises the current UK, dreaming of the imperial past is perhaps more appealling to many...
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I wish the U.K was more imperialistic along with the U.S.A.
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Just defend our influence and interests. Imperialism is a dead system, like communism.
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Oh really? I donβt think, especially in the recent light of what the President has done to recognise a certain Middle Eastern country, one can really say that...
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Wow I love Great Britain so much, IΒ΄ve visited it already 2x. The pictures is just awesome and so patriotic!
For the friendship between Great Britain and Germany!!
Nice greetings!
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wait i thouhg tbritannia was a island O.O back in roman times.....or did wikapedia fucked me over xD?
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Love the picture and how the Union Jack covers all of britain including Ireland. The soldiers are greart and Britannia overseeing the whole thing great work done.
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dont be bothered about this being your most popular work its by far the best
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Hi, I used this image in my journal [link] I can see what you mean about it being one of your lesser works, but the composition is perfect!
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There really is only two world circling empires, that of Britain and that of Spain.
Would you consider doing a similar deviation for Spain?
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I don't really understand why you find it so embarrassing that people have favourited this instead of your other pieces. You did something that touches people's hearts and I personally do like drawing and artwork that are rough around the edges, the raw state is sometimes more interesting than a polished product.
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Ikr, thereβs really nothing else on Devart thatβs so Patriotic for us, unless you want what I assume to be James Bond in a very ungentlemanly position...
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I love the picture that you depicted as the one and only Great Britain-or Ms. Sovereign Britannia herself! Wait a minute, this brings me one question-How come the anime Code Geass has mention the name Britannia(and shown many times) that is based on the similiar real world concept, and yet the characters in the show doesn't speak the British accent? That's very weird...but great job of the artwork though! Very moving indeed!!
As the one of the old British sayings-"Rule Britannia!!!"
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I still kind of think the Britannians are still Anglos lol with the anglo accent. England forever!
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I know! In the alternative CG History, Britain is invaded by Napoleon, so the British royal family flee to Canada, as do a large section of the British population, where they settle, they then invade the US and use their colonies to invade other places. Simply because they have lived in North America for 200 years (and so have lost the accent) is the reason.
Or maybe it's deliberate by the producers, Britannia in CG was based on the Holy Roman Empire, eg HRE didn't control Rome and Britannia doesn't control G.B. and so they didn't want British accents, like the Holy Romans didn't have Italian accents
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Uhm, I guess you'd have to ask the creators of Code Geass (or, well, the translators I suppose?), because I have absolutely no clue.
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Britannia Rule the Waves!!!
I am so proud to call myself British XDXD
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Well I'm sorry to hear that you're not pleased with this picture, and I understand that you would want to not have all the attention for it being a lure for British patriots, like myself, but I like how you drew the island and Brittania herself, and I'm an Imperialist, I'm rather disappointed with this modern era where no one can have an Empire without the rest of the world staring down upon us
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God save the Queen!
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Haha,
Well, I'll be happy to concede that the British Empire, faults and all, was a better sight than some other empires that could be named.
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Perhaps, I know there are some who saw it as an oppressive, murderous system of the old Imperial Age, but then, some of this is needed for the foundation of an Empire, at least we weren't as revoltingly oppressive as the Nazis, Napoleon or the any of those other famous slaughtering Empires.
You know I find that quite a few people don't even know that there was a British Empire
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I don't know about NECCESARY opression, but certainly empires bring things both bad and good with them, in varying degrees. As does most everything.
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Well what I mean by neccassary opression is the amount and degree of limitations the mother country must place upon its colonies or satallite states in order to keep a moderate amount of sovrenty needed to keep the Empire intact
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Just a note, but the Republic of Ireland is not part of Britain, only Northern Ireland. The equivilant of pasting the stars and stripes all over North America.
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This was a comission.
I understand the Irish division perfectly well, but that's not what I was paid to depict.
If you then want to call that ignorant, imperialist, insensitive, or what have you, well, that's fair - but you'll have to take that up with the man who requested the work and not with me.
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My comment was in no way an attack on you, a simple 'it's what I was paid to depict' would have sufficed. If you enable constructive criticism on your work you should expect to get it. If you had explained your knowledge of said 'division' in your comment on this piece I would not have mentioned it.
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Sorry if it came off that way. It was a pretty formal reply, but I didn't think you were actually attacking me.
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Very nicely done... I must wonder if there's a Scottish-only equivalent to Britannia? Perhaps the Fair Lady of Perth...
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Caledonia, I think.
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You could probably find one for any country... but I wasn't asked to do them!
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Good old chap. Rule Britannia! We need more patriotrism around here. It's good to know the Polish have a love for Britain.
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Errr... the Polish? I'm Canadian, and I made this for a local Royalist friend. Am I missing something?
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Sorry old boy, I must I've mistaken you for someone else, but it still good that your Canadian, we share the same Queen. Sorry about the mistake.
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Hehe, no worries. I was just rather confused.
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Nice man, although the Union Flag is the wrong way round, still, the pencil sketches are exceptionally well drawn.
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Haha, wow. I can't beleive that after all the silly "blueblooded patriots" faving this thing, you're the first to notice that (I didn't notice myself). LOL
Thanks
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lol, no problem. I have a thing for pointing stuff like that out. Some people find it annoying, but its something I have to do. I've most likely got Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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Absolutely wonderful artwork on display here. I would get all patriotic over it, but...you know...*Faves*
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Hahah! That's okay.
For a quick toss-off that I have become seriously unsatisfied with over time (that lion is AWFUL!), it never ceases to amaze me how much this peice gets faved.
Glad you liked it all the same, and I hope you're feeling betetr soon.
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well this comments pretty late but this is an awesome pic
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It never ceases to amaze me that people will fav this thing.
Patriotism trumps artistic skill in this case (and I'm not even British!).
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