More Elizabethan sea dog sketches

These aren’t exaggerated, I drew them straight from reference. I gotta say, some of these costumes look weird. Especially the guy with the huge pantaloons—how did he get any work done? Doesn’t he need to go aloft and climb around on the spars and adjust rigging once in a while? The guy with a cape slung over his shoulder is wearing what they call ‘slops’—big, loose cargo shorts made out of some durable linen or wool. That seems like a more sensible choice for pants.

Sketchy sea dogs

Ahoy, messmates! I’m building a pirate crew. GLORIANA takes place in the mid-1500s. The Hollywood pirate movies we’re used to seeing take place in piracy’s heyday, the early 1700s. I need to research what sailors wore during the Tudor Era. Here are a few sketches.