Golden age of piracy

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Pirate Captain--Golden Age of Piracy

Treasure Island by Sergey Shikin on ArtStation.

I got the idea for this story while taking a course by Craig Mullins, it is based on the story of two pirates trying to divide the treasure. The most important thing for me was to capture the mood of the characters. I have also attached the stages of work on the illustration. Posting my drawings and processes almost every day in my instagram, if you are interested. All the best!

I was in Chicago for Lollapalooza two weekends ago "“ Armchair Fieldtrip coming soon "“ and, being the nerd that I am, would have been excited about making time to visit the Field Museum no matter what.

The Golden Age of Piracy is a period in the 17th and 18th centuries, when maritime piracy in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, Europe, and West Africa was at

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Clyde Osmer Deland (1872-1947) The blades rang together, c. 1924 for Captain Blood by Raphael Sabatini (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924) oil on canvas Delaware Art Museum

Ann Bonny and Mary Read, who were convicted of piracy in 1720. A brace of women pirates. Women who posed as men. The Golde Age of piracy.

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