Pirate gangs framed prints

I'm happy because today I just finished framing my 3 prints of the pirate gangs that will be in my story "Swashbuckling Steve Silverado". Each print shows the gang's logo, members and vehicle that they use.

Swashbuckling Steve Silverado Teaser

This is the final concept for the development of my story. The next step for me is that I am going to create a book with all of the art that I have done so far for this story and explain all of the characters.

Freygor tied up colored

Freygor The Living Dragon Island

The concept is that Freygor is a Living Dragon Island that was suppressed by Captain Blackberry Beard. He tied Freygor up with his purple electric wires. Freygor was once peaceful and in control of his fire and island. Now Blackberry Beard's purple wires have infected him and caused him pain. His pain causes the entire island to become unstable purple volcanos and people cannot live on his island anymore. Freygor cannot control the pain and needs to be rid of Blackberry Beard's stranglehold on him. This is a very rough idea to show a size comparison between Steve Silverado and Freygor. It is another piece of a puzzle that is almost complete in my mind. 

Ramsey Longhorn

This original sketch was done probably about 3 years ago. I took a photo of it on my iPad and drew over it in Procreate. I added an important “mood ring” that he will be wearing which is an important element of the story.

Steamboat Pirate Ship

The Steamboat Pirates Steamboat Pirate Ship. 

I researched steamboats and came across the most common ones with the paddle wheel in the back. As I continued looking them up, I found some boats with the paddle wheel covered up and almost in the center of the ship's design. I felt that as a pirate ship that it would make more sense to have the paddle wheel in the center of the boat's design and covered up. Simply because it could be easier to defend in case the boat was under attack. It would be easier to guard in the center. As far as structure, I noticed that most steamboats have stacked layers and multiple support beams supporting those layers. Those beams seemed very flimsy to me and easily susceptible if the ship was under attack. I decided to think bulky when creating the final design. In the end, I decided to make the steamboat look like a floating metal diner with wooden decks. I also added the checkered board motif to the side of the cabin.

This is only a few of the drawings that got me to that point. 

Now the Steamboat Pirates are complete and all of the Pirate Gangs are complete. 

The next part of the story is to focus on Steve Silverado and an uncharted volcanic island that he visits.