Swan

ink and watercolour illustration of a dog dressed as a knight riding a pig instead of a horse. the dog is white with brown spots, it's wearing clashing green blue and orange in the style of a Landsknecht, with a plumed hat. it's holding a lande and has one paw on its hip. the pig is very fat, tan with brown spots. it has a saddle and reigns which are turquoise with yellow detailing

The fiercest warrior needs the most good natured steed
#illustration #medieval

its come to my attention that some of you dont know about the JCR corset incident that sent me spiraling into months of pure insanity so here we go. on the 1819 parry expedition they put on a production of the citizen in which jcr's corset ripped open pinup style and they published a POEM about it

Jack Aubrey. #masterandcommander #russellcrowe #jackaubrey #aubreyad #digitalart #digitaloilpainting #ageofsail #COMMSOPEN #procreate

“Gender critical” by ensuring gender presentation and gender roles are policed. Slow hand clap to all involved

Image is from the Illustrated Arctic News, a shipboard newspaper produced during the 1850-1851 search for the #FranklinExpedition, a facsimile of which was published in 1852. It shows a scene from the theatrical production of Charles XII. There are two very pretty female-presenting people in tight brown tops and brightly coloured hooped skirts, worn with coloured stockings. and a strapping male-presenting person in a tricorn hat, frogged navy jacket, white breeches and high black boots.

Shocked to hear that someone's had their nomination for a top Navy job rescinded for taking part in drag acts on board.

As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.

L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.

i'm sick of portrayals of hell where it's just reliving the worst moments of your life. that only ever became popular because it was easy to film. if i'm paying $20 to see a movie i demand bosch style demons putting people through pasta extruders

Did Crozier and Ross ever encounter a Tasmanian Devil I wonder

Going swimming can be tricky if you own a dog bred for rescuing people at sea

Capt. Crozier and Thomas Blanky glowering at the Go for Broke plan in episode 1 of AMC's The Terror. Screencap, from Tree @unnecessary, says "Nothing activates my rage impulse more than a useless meeting"

Buy her trash fund the fasc

When you come in from the cold it’s important to warm up your hands… even when the warmest thing around misunderstands

Quick sketch. They’re keeping each other warm

An underrated fandom experience is having a friend you can privately complain about your least favorite ships or headcanons with so you can have your petty bitch time without ever insulting or offending anyone in the fandom, and I think more people need to learn to do this

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

So my girlfriend is an amazing stop motion animator, and she recently did a medieval cat themed bumper for Adult Swim!

Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!

Photo of a sketched comic. Francis and Blanky are standing together as it’s snowing hard. Francis is squinting and saying “where is everyone? I can barely see” Next Blanky is yelling “John!” to which several voices reply “yes” In the final sketch Francis and Blanky are staring at each other as Blanky says “There, that’s about half of them accounted for!”

The franklin expedition had one can opener and 3 names to go around

Comic drawn in red lines and messy red brush strokes at the edges. James and Francis are in bed under a blanket together, Francis on his side and propped up on his elbow, James sitting with his knees drawn up and arms crossed comfortably. The dialogue without speech bubbles reads “listen James…” “hm?” “I want to apologise for the time I punched you. I never said-“

James is smiling and relaxed, Francis is looking at him with slight concern and a raised hand. The dialogue reads “well, I did deserve that one. I was a terrible Second and worse friend that day.” “Even so, was I any better? You were right”

James from the shoulders up, smiling fondly, Francis’ hand is by his face, reaching out to stroke his cheek with a finger gently. More messy dark red brush strokes frame him. The dialogue reads “I’d hope my hand withers and falls off should I ever hurt you again” “don’t be silly, Francis” “I mean it, James. You are precious to me”

Messy red brush strokes take up the top quarter of the image, pale blue the other 3 quarters. There is faint snow, Francis is drawn in the blue section. He is wearing Inuit clothing, he has a beard and his hair is longer and messier. He is sitting cross legged, his right hand touching his left elbow, the left sleeve ends at the wrist and is sewn shut. He looks miserably off into the middle distance. The words in the red section are written in pale blue, saying “I hope you know that”. Below that, red on blue, are the words “I do”

Thinking about violence and violence out of love, and how Francis used his left hand both times before ultimately losing it

Yes I’m feeling normal, don’t even look at me

Fate conspires against James and his wishes. First Francis is too drunk to be any good, and then James’ body is actively disintegrating 😔 rip

happy bday jcr <3

Colour illustration of James Clark Ross. He is wearing a pink playbunny suit, with a white cotton tail and white bunny ears on his head, as well as stockings and pink high heels. He has one hand braced against his hip and one pointing playfully at his cheek

Renowned polar explorer, and hero, James Clark Ross. Now also ready for Easter
JCR commission for @swanfloatieknight.bsky.social

Cartoon drawing of Francis and James. James is bundled up in a greyish blanket, he has cuts and a blood-shoot eye and looks somewhat nervous. Francis is looking down at him, one hand supporting James’ head, the other holding a bottle of high C orange juice for James to drink

Papa’s special orange juice for one special boy
James suggested he was about to die one too many times

Colour illustration of Dwalin and Nori. They are smiling, Nori is stepping towards Dwalin and is sheathing a knife in his back belt, Dwalin has his hammer on his shoulder. They are pressing their foreheads together, behind them a round shape shows a view on sunrise above mountains

Little lovely head bonk up in the mountains
My darling Nwalin 💚💜 it’s been a while

Comic panel of Francis. He is seen from about the waist up, eyes closed and thrusting, a hand is braced against his chest from off screen. Little hearts and moans are coming from off screen, Francis is saying “huff, you feel so good, James-“

A hand smacking Francis hard, the word “smack” is written in capital letters in red over motion lines

Francis and James lying in bed, Francis braced over James, who has his arms crossed and looks angry, a tear in his eyes. Francis looks confused and holds a hand to a red mark on his cheek. James is saying “how DARE you?” while question marks float around Francis’ head

Never date a man who’s Ex shares your name…
Francis has been addressing James by his last name or rank up until now, he (falsely) believed it would be nice to use his first name in an intimate moment

A cartoon image of James Clark Ross from the waist up. He is smiling and holding a penguin in his arms, which is glancing up at him. He is wearing epaulettes and has voluminous grey curly hair

Handsomest old man of the royal navy :’)
I got commissioned to draw Sir James Clark Ross in his older years, so here 🐧

An engraving of a ship, tilted at an angle by waves, surrounded by icebergs. Another ship is visible in the distance.

Davis's illustration (published in Ross's narrative) of the gale in the pack.

Historical James Clark Ross with sparkly eyes staring at kittens. His hands are over his mouth as he says ‘oh my god’

Historical James Clark Ross and Francis Crozier walking outside, each cradling the kittens (2 in JCR’s arms 1 in FRMC’s). An arrow points to them titled ‘discussing business’, and behind them a vague outline of the crew shouting ‘THE KITTIES’ can be seen on the left

And some bonuses from this morning’s ‘I’m stuck at a café in Thurso’ doodles

We went absolutely NUTS on Twitter about this last night here is my offering

thinking of how wilson was firmly scott's man, and how wild was shackleton's, and how both were headhunted by the rival party but firmly stuck with their boyfriend until they died together / were laid to rest together, anyway what i'm saying is, maybe love is real

FIRST PANEL: James Clark Ross texting Francis Crozier “Francis I am about to walk by your house and yell”. He is wearing a top hat. SECOND PANEL: the view is from the perspective of someone watching from the window as JCR jumps up and down shouting “HELLO!!!!!” He’s drawn very small and goofy looking

FIRST PANEL: James Clark Ross, now smiling very big, texting “did you hear that?” SECOND PANEL: Francis Crozier is drawn twice; the first one of him simply looks baffled as he checks his phone while wearing slops. The second one of him is the same image but he is unamusedly texting JCR “I am in the arctic stuck in pack ice”

This image has a single panel. It is an upwards camera angle where James Clark Ross is staring at his phone with tears in his eyes typing “what happened to us.”

A screenshot of the tweet that inspired the comic. Twitter user @TatyYells said “@ Rossier friends is this anything” followed by an edited meme of the text exchange shown in the comic.

what if they had iPhones in 1845