I started two paintings at the same time, but as they both related to each other i think it worked quite well and it kept me going, stopped me from slacking and wondering what to do next. I wanted to do this ship from two very different angles, one from on the deck and a well presented orthographic painting. Before i started however i did a bit of research into oriental boats to give me an idea of how to integrate a sense of the exotic into my design, so i looked at dhows, Baghlahs and Chinese junks. The arabic Dhow style would have been most commonly used in the ports of india at the time, and pretty much used all over the Indian ocean.



My idea is a small dhow with a few zepelins and two fold out wings to help it into the air, it can take off vertically like a hot air balloon or it can take a run up, just like a Harrier Jump Jet.
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