Yes I Am A Pirate, Two Hundred Years Too Late

The cannons don't thunder,
There's nothing to plunder-
I'm an over-forty victim of fate,
Arriving too late,
Arriving too late.

Mother mother ocean,
After all my years, I've found
My occupational hazard be-
My occupation's just not around
I feel like I've drowned
But I won't wear a frown

--Jimmy Buffett


Jimmy Buffett's songs are like the tiramisu of my music needs. Not totally necessary but damn good.

Feeling really weak and noodly-armed. Can I coin that as a term? Noodlyarmed? Usin' it anyway, I think I just need to eat though. And sleep- but I'm gonna fight that for a while. Sorry for the clutterfuck drawing, I had a dream and based this off of it. Really, the only thing I remember from the dream was the weapon.
(And pirates, but I only made a small reference to them in this)

My favorite weapons are axes, scythes, and cleavers. I seriously just adore those babs. But for the last year or so I've been heavily into nautical themes and marine stuff. I've always loved the beach and sharks, but I dunno. I'm hellbent on a nautical-themed bathroom now, it's gotten that bad.

But point being, I'm REALLY digging anchors and helms and ships and stuff. And in the dream I was wielding this badass battle-axe/anchor hybrid weapon. It's basically a perfect anchor, but instead of being open part of the shank, the throat, crown, arm, palm, fluke, and bill are supporting the axe blades.

I'm like,
stupidly and enthusiastically proud of this design. I hardly come up with good stuff ever, I mean- you guys see the characters and concepts I throw out there D8 Total trashboat stuff. But I LOVE this. Maybe because it's not such a huge stretch from both weapon's original structure so in my mind it melds well.

Even thinking about like, designing up teeny little axeanchors/anchoraxes that are single-hand use or throw-able.
Maybe like, even drawing ones that don't have double blades so the 'bare' side of the anchor could be used to snatch shit or as a grappling hook of sorts.


Anyway,
I'm probably gonna eat something now because I'm getting those weird food shivers.

Art, LA, Axeanchor design © Marxis