Having embarked on my “Read ‘Moby Dick’ this year” resolution, I thought I’d attempt my spin on a Captain Ahab illustration. I’ll admit, it’s a welcome distraction from some of the more, um, detailed parts of the book.

These are just preliminary: simply a scan of the original hand drawing, and the rough vector outlines for the base. Hopefully the end result will have the lush, distressed feel of those old whaling ship paintings. We shall see, matey, we shall see…