"DSK" wrote in message
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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.

I realize there is substantial variation, but the exact type is not
important to the project. I am not overly particular about the type of tall
ship, but a transport from the late 1700's to 1800's is my preference, with
lots of puffy sales. I am clearly no ship expert, but the image will be
shown to non-experts so I'm not worried. I simply want a high-quality
image.