Latest Posts by starboardharpy - Page 7

GUESS WHAT

If I somehow manage to graduate this year, I'm going to unironically change my discord status to "I came back like a boomerang✨️🎀🎉" or smth 😭

hiii im like a huge fan of your art and i LOVE your rinney art they’re literally so adorable in your style 😭😭🫶🏻

GJCSJHGJV TYTY :D :D 🫶🫶 they're two of the dumb lil guys living in my head rent free. Wouldn't get their shit together until they're in highschool or smth 😭

Also your hcs?? They're absolutely right, they're canon to me (also realised I wasn't following you, that's criminal of me 😔)

CW FOR BLOOD (it aint that heavy but stils there)

would yall believe me if i said i drew this ≈ a year ago

Hey so remember that joke animatic I talked about a couple days ago but had no intention of ever making?? But it got stuck in my brain, so I had to draw smth quickly so it'll leave my brain alone for a sec, but the urge to make the animatic grew stronger??? Yeah

Quickly sketched smth, then my brain was like "add more" and here we are

o whoopsies i thought i was following u already😭😭

ur so swagger:O

So are you bestie 🫵>:3

(Love your artstyle btw :D colouring style makes my brain happy JHCSJCH)

Favourite things to say before doing something incredibly stupid:

Hey everybody watch this

I'm God's favourite

I'm always right and I'm never gonna die

(Person nearby) gets my crap if I beef it

I'm way too sexy to fuck this up

It's okay I've done this a hundred times

This is gonna to be on purpose

Hello you're watching Jackass

Check out this cool magic trick

If I die I want you to tell people it looked really cool

Wanna see a trick I learned in prison

It's okay, I saw this on TikTok

This is only illegal in Massetchuschessetts

My dad used to do this all the time before the divorce

If you're a cop you have to tell me or it's entrapment*

I'm doing this as a prank

Could a mentally ill person do THIS

Out of two thousand possible futures this is the only way we live

I have to. (Stupid thing I'm doing) killed my mom

The government doesn't want you to know this is even an option

I'm about to become so powerful you have no idea

Woe, aberrations be upon ye.

Radiant Squid

All-Seeing Cod

Anchovy King

Vortex Interloper

big humongous urge to make a little joke animatic

sorry i can't stop thinking about this. it's finally our month honey

Happy pride month to the tiny cowboy and tiny Trojan man from Night at the Museum

Henryk the Sturgeon Knight Character I made a while ago that started story about fish knight I'm working on (temporarily called "Ashore Project" till I figure out a better name). Will probably do some smalled tweaks to his armor at some point, but I love him very much.

I forgot I have to be active here so here’s my Twitter tutorial on how to draw folds I made a while back to help a friend!

@dr-hystericals psst Keke have you seen this??

skullgirls... but skullguys

Suddenly remembered this while laying in bed, where someone across the room said "Hey, queer" and I turned to look at them like a dog whose name was called by its owner, and I just 🧍‍♂️ when I realised they weren't even talking to me, anyways

the image is from an article on skin color measurement in regards to oximetry readings, it was the best I could find as far as having a decent range but a small enough number to fit in a poll

hooray! death to all first born sons!

rocky horror is the worst and is also transmisogynistic can we please finally get over this shit movie

lord the peasants are so loud today

I think you'd like this :> @feelo-fick

hawk's eyes

RINNEY ART⁉️⁉️IN THIS ECONOMY ⁉️⁉️🤯🤯🤯

song: clusterhug by I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

i drew this instead of working so yall better eat this up😕 /j

(BONUS because i was olayiing around with the layers and found this masterpiece)

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐚

The Aims of Nautical Fights

Sink the other ship

Methods: ram, set on fire, blow a hole in the hull

Typical Contexts: out-and-out warfare, especially in the ancient Mediterranean

Advantages: fast, no person-to-person fighting

Drawbacks: getting close eough to the other ship exposes own ship, mass murder of the crew, no chance to get their cargo and provisions.

2. Plunder the Other Ship

Methods: disable the ship - damage mast/oars and other methods of propulsion - board the ship, get cargo and kill the crew - sink ship.

Typical Contexts: piracy, privateering

Advantges: valuable cargo sold for profit, much-needed drinking water and food sustain own crew for a while longer, selected captives can be ransomed or sold as slaves.

Drawbacks: dangerous, need to get close enought to gain access to the ship, crew unlikely to surrender, ferocious combat which poses significant risk to own men.

3. Capture the Other Ship

Methods: Capture ship while causing minimal damage and keeping the crew alove - put own officers in charge - add enemy ship to own fleet or collect prize money from the government (the ship will get a new flad, renamed and refitted)

Typical contexts: 18th-19th C Europe (Regency period inclusive)

Advantages: minimal losses of life, humane, gaining a ship

Drawbacks: difficult to capture a ship iwhtou firs samaging it captains may take foolish risks in the hope of prize money, captive crew needs feeding, captive crew may munity.

Weapons

The ship's weapons:-

a ram at the bow - for driving into the hull of another ship. There's the danger of going down together if the ram gets stuck in the body of the other ship.

Artillery - hurling fire at enemy ships to bring them down.

Warships with carry canons.

The crew's weapons:-

Sailors will almost always carry multi-purposes knives which can turn quickly into weapons.

The swords used by marines were always slashing swords (for cutting, slashing, slicing, very sharp, with a lightly curving blade)

Cutlasses are most often associated with nautical combat.

Ship or Boat?

Consider the follow factors when differentiating between a ship and a boat:

the historical period (different periods have different definitions)

the vessel's size

vessel's weight (ships are heavier)

the purpose (fishing vessels, ferries and submarine are typically boats, regardless of size)

the number of masts (three or more masts is a ship)

the number of decks (with more than one deck, it's a ship)

the shape (flat bottom means its a boat)

where most activity takes place (if on deck - boat)

where the bessel travels (if on a river, probably a boat)

Avoid using the words "ship" and "boat interchangeably just to avoid repeating the same word. They are not synonyms!

Use words like vessel, ferry, schooner, the brigantine, cutter, crusier, etc.

Propulsion and Steering

A ship cannot stop, start, swerve and reverse rapidly like a car.

Wind power - high speed, enables long distances, doesn't require the vessel to carry fuel.

Can't move in the abscene of wind

Can't carry out speedy manoeuvres in a battle.

Felling the mast will cripple the entire ship.

Oars (rowing) - allow for greater manoeuvrability, rapid direction changes, and relaively quick starts and stops.

Doesn't achieve great speed and isn't suitable for long distances.

Steam - creates speed, doesn't depend on wind.

Requires carry coal, which limits the amount of cargo that the ship can carry.

Vessels felled with oil or nuclear power can travel faster and vaster distances.

However, they still can't stop, start, swerve and reverse as quickly as a car.

Space

The deck of a ship/boat is a limited space where fighters can fall overboard, climb up a mast, jump down, or leap onto another deck.

It may be full of obstacles: the masts, coiled rops, possible clutter, crates and barrels of cargo and provisions.

There may be livestock, chickens in cages and goats tethered to the mast, intended to provide fresh meat on the long voyage.

Atmosphere

A sea battle will have interesting sounds like roaring canons, crashing masts, splintering wood, panicked chickens, waves crashing against the hull, the wind whipping the sails, the splashing of men overboard.

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