HonestMath wrote:

Hi all,

I need to portray a ship out in a stormy sea. I'd like the ship to have any
number of sails and be 1800's style, or something similar to the Columbus
ships, Spanish armada, Mayflower or old style British Royal Navy or
something that says tall ship.


Umm, you may not realize this, but there is a HUGE variation
between ship's rigs over a relatively small period of time,
furthrmore each goegraphic region has it's distinct hull
shapes & rig types. Anything you cobble together from such
vague idealizations is going to look like a cartoon.


Does anybody know where I can find a good supply high quality images
(pictures or paintings) of ships? I don't want to buy a ton of image
libraries in order to get 2 ships. Does anyone know of ship image libraries
or a website?


try the usenet group
alt.binaries.pictures.tall-ships
but there are also lots of pictures of modern ships to sort
through.

DSK