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Clip Studio Paint, Cintiq 22HD. © Avatar Z Brown

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Commission for a private client of the HMS Trincomalee as she might have appeared when built in 1817. She's heeling under a strong wind coming from just afore the beam, under most of her plain canvas minus a few staysails. The royal yards and sails have been struck down on deck and the flying jib furled, though the flying jibboom is still run out.Some things to note: the different angles of the yards on the mainmast is no accident; the lead of the lee main brace cants the main yard downward, and the rest of the yards on the mainmast follow suit. The yards on fore and mizen are trimmed to be more or less parallel to the horizon given the heel of the ship, for the sails work best and the wind strikes them most cleanly this way than when the yards are at an angle.I'm particularly proud of how this came out. Oh, and did I mention that this is my first ship painting in full colour? Because this is my first ship painting in full colour.Single layer, default oil brush.Primary Sources consulted:Various plans and models of the 'Leda-class' and related frigates from the National Maritime Museum archives ( collections.rmg.co.uk/collecti… Lever, Darcy.London: J. Richardson, 1819 (republished Toronto: Dover Publications, 1988.)Steele, David.Largo, Fla: Edward W. Sweetman Co., 1982.Secondary Sources consulted:Harland, John.London: Conway, 1984.Lavery, Brian.London: Conway, 1989.Lees, James.London: Conway, 1984.Longridge, C Nepean.Watford, Argus Books, 1977.Marquardt, Karl Heinz.London: Conway, 1992.Winfield, Rif.Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2008.