Captain Kidd’s ice bucket challenge
book promotion, illustration processWe're still celebrating the release of P is for Pirate and the countdown to Talk Like A Pirate Day (September 19th).
Today I've got sketches and a few work-in-progress photos of Captain William Kidd. Kidd wasn't a particularly good pirate—as…
Edward Teach
book promotion, illustration processAs a follow-up to my last post about Queen Anne's Revenge, here is the man himself—the terrible Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach. I show him in close-up so you can see the slow-match fuses he used to weave into his whiskers and set alight before…
R is for Revenge
book promotion, illustration processQueen Anne's Revenge, that is. Queen Anne's Revenge is the name of Blackbeard Teach's flagship—though I have to admit I don't know why he chose that name. Queen Anne ruled Great Britain & Ireland while Blackbeard was alive, so maybe he…
Q is for Queen
book promotion, illustration processHere is one of my favorites from P is for Pirate, the notorious Grace O'Malley—Irish queen & pirate captain. She was a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I and reportedly had an interview with Gloriana (who, after all, had a soft spot for…
A is for Articles
book promotion, illustration processHere is your Monday dose of P is for Pirate—available in bookstores everywhere by Eve Bunting from Sleeping Bear Press.
The Articles were the pirates' ethical guidelines which set out rules for behavior & working conditions aboard ship.…
Ahoy, ye sea dogs!
book promotion, illustration processP is for Pirate is here!
As long-time readers know, the subject of pirates is a favorite of mine. You can imagine how happy I was when Sleeping Bear Press asked me to illustrate Eve Bunting's latest, P is for Pirate.
Here's how the jacket…
