I had given some thought to the idea of airships and sky pirates, and wht with a look back at some ideas of mine in junior college, I came up with these characters.
Sam is a sensetive, shy young 16-year-old who, unfortunately, has a family full of rowdy, carousing Sky Pirates! He has a very strong honest streak, doesn't like loud noises, hates the taste of rum, and would much rather spend a quiet afternoon in the sun with some books, star charts and paper and ink to persue his true passion: cartography! He is an expert navigator, and has had his training in arms since age 6, like the rest of the family. He also likes to tell people he's adopted.
Sam's uncle, Crash, is the Sky Pirate's Sky Pirate! He's the loudest, most boisterous rowdy pirate in a family or loud boisterous rowdy pirates. He was going to be the one to inherit Granddad's Pirate Lordship, but showing up drunk to the preceedings violates even a Pirate's morals. He's elected to go on a quest of self-discipline out on the open sky where all the temptations of a pirate will be there waiting for him to resist them, that'll prove his will. His nephew, Sam, has been brought along as the most level-headed of the Lander family to help steer him on the right path, literally and figuratively.
Tags: art, characters, Comics, conceptual art
