Homage

It’s Spring in Baltimore, and our citizens’ thoughts turn to baseball, fire hydrant restrictions and, of course, the great harbor sea battle between Batholomew Neckbeard and Fort McHenry. For this week’s Illustration Friday I thought I’d pay homage to Neckbeard, with this new linoleum cut.

Neckbeard

Neckbeard terrorized what’s now known as the inner harbor and most of the Chesapeake for an entire summer, before heading out to sea again.

As a side note: my kids and I have been watching Pirates of the Caribbean…over and over. One striking feature of those films is that they contain some of my all-time favorite words:

Carbuncle
Cephalopod
Ecumenical
Egregious
Fishwife
Homunculus
Savvy
Shiny
Toot Sweet

Funny old world, innit?

Here’s the sketch I did on the train for Neckbeard:

Neckbeard Sketch

Happy Illustration Friday.


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5 responses to “Homage”

  1. Christine Avatar

    Niiiiice! Really like the way it came out.

  2. andi Avatar

    do you mean tout de suite? hee hee! but it is pronounced toot sweet…this is so wonderfully creepy, love it Jim!! i like carbuncle too! ; )
    [AUTHOR’S NOTE: Yes, I suppose it IS tout de suite, but who speaks Latin anymore?
    Thanks for the comment. :) ]

    a : )

  3. tim Avatar

    Strong image, great cut!
    It’s all about pirates with my boys too.

    Ardy arrrr!

  4. Peggy Avatar
    Peggy

    What a great piece. Very intense expression, it gives such a sense of Neckbeard’s personality. And I liked seeing how it went from sketch to linoleum cut. He got even fiercer along the way.