I heard it’s #AntarcticaDay! Hope you wanted a thread of my sketches related to the Ross Antarctic Expedition (1839-43) because that’s what you’re getting! Here is Francis Crozier wrangling emperor penguin chicks.
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@eleanorcrane.bsky.social
artist, writer, history lover and boat guy⚓️ she/her, 20s, eleanorcrane on tumblr 🪞
#OTD 1759– The Battle of Quiberon Bay The battle which inspired ‘Heart of Oak’ & stopped French plans to invade Britain. Mahan wrote that it was 'the Trafalgar of the Seven Years War' 24 British ships of the line under Edward Hawke engaged 21 French, commanded by Marshal de Conflans #NavalHistory
this one makes me feel shrimp emotions when i look at it. god. him
daily reminder to support your local library, even if that’s just by checking out ebooks! 📚
Not MY blue art but here is a painting reportedly done by James Ross during the Antarctic expedition (Or as he might say… azure)
Levi Hastings@levihastings.bsky.social · 2y agoLet's show off our blue art! Requote with 💙🖌️ This piece is titled "Safe Passage" and was originally created as a holiday card+print a few years back.
can i interest anyone in mildly undead, alien butch pirate captains? if yes, i would like to introduce you to ra’tha varrack, my sw5e oc 🧟 #DnDcharacter #originalcharacter
okay that’s the semi-important stuff on here i am done with my spam👍🏻
peek into a bigger project i’m working on based on sketches by captain owen stanley! the last picture is the final sketch i’m currently in the process of painting
okay i am going to reupload my recent terror arts on here, starting with good old horribly sad fitzy #jamesfitzjames #theterror
introductory post for the New App: hi everyone, i’m Eleanor and i’m an artist and writer that loves history. you’ll mostly find boatposting and fanart on here at the moment, but i’m also working on a novel & big ole art project surrounding it! i’ll be sharing updates on that here as well :-)