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“Destiny. Fate. Dreams.  These unstoppable ideals are held deep in the heart of man.  As long as there are people who seek Freedom in this life, these things shall not vanish from the Earth.” - Gol D Roger

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Sunset pirate Cruise

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“Where be Razorbacks Tavern?… Well across the sea is where it be, in the new world where pirates are bold and live free. A tavern so fine it smells of the sea and with little red boars for good company. Get you some rum from the young lady, she might sing ya a tale for a gold piece or three. It be a long sail for you surely will see, but tell the young lass AHOY…. Savvy?”

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Rum Runners of the Ocean Blue

It's a dangerous thing, when the seaside taverns are low on rum.  Sober pirates can be unpredictable, creatures capable of all sorts of villainy.  It's better to keep them well plied with some old fashioned spice.  Every Tavern keeper knows it's a good day when you have a Rum Runner in your bay.

“Have a drink me lad, you're not you when you're thirsty.” - Anonymous Tavern Keeper

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Cartographer Kyla Morgan Free to travel the New World and chart the unknown, Kyla explores the countless islands in search of the secrets they may hold.  With little interest in wealth, knowledge and freedom is the only treasure she seeks.

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Ahoy! Here be a Pirate Fire Dancer!   I hope everybody had a great New Years! After looking back over the last 12 months I was surprised that I didn't put out as many personal pieces as I would have liked.  I am very lucky and grateful that I have been busy with commissions and concept work, but I think this year I really need to crack down on more things that satisfy my personal goals.  Which means.... more pirate paintings.  More characters, but also a lot more places.  Having a world full of life and locations that are saturated in adventure is something I want very badly.  SOOOOO, with fulls sails and rum in hand, i'm ready to plunder 2021 for all its worth! Prints if interested society6.com/bobkehl/s?q=new+prints .

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Ye Ol Turt Tavern - Roaming Tavern that has a mind of its own, while it is rarely in the same place twice its not hard to find.   Something a little different than usually, but a lot of fun to paint. www.bobkehl.com

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Ahoy!  Here be the The Merry Minstrel.  I actually painted this character 1 year ago and wanted to do it again. I haven't come up with a name or story yet, I just like the idea of a pirate playing accordion with rum on the ocean blue.  The “merry life” is from a quote I like and have posted on here before.

“In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labour. In this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power; and who would not balance creditor on this side, when all the hazard that is run for it, at worst is only a sour look or two at choking? No, a merry life and a short one shall be my motto.” - Bartholomew Roberts aka “Black Bart”

Hope you like it :)

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Ahoy! ☠☠☠ Here be a pirate sketch!  It's been a while since I have posted, but plan on being a bit more active.  Finally getting some time to do more pirates :) . The "Merry Life" is actually something I got from reading Black Sam Bellamy's quotes. Perhaps you heard of it? "A short life and a merry one".

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Sunny and Coco the Red

Sunny, like many before her, arrived in Tortuga ready to join a pirate crew.  With the shackles of the old world left behind, this was a fresh start on life.  Unfortunately, finding a crew would be difficult, as most captains had enough green sailors aboard their ships already.  This surge of new blood meant there weren't enough boats to go around for all the crew looking for work.  After being turned away from many recruiters, she decided to try her luck again tomorrow, maybe after a few pints of ale? 

Sunny wound up at a tavern called Drunken Rat, a small tavern near the harbor.  The Drunken Rat was a dusty old bar with walls so thin you could see the ocean through the cracks.  Despite being a run down looking joint, it was still packed wall to wall with adventurers and pirates.  “It's just like the stories!” she thought. After ordering the “smallest” mug of Drunkens Rats Ale she noticed a table with a recruitment sign and a red McCaw watching her from the back.  Nobody seemed to be paying attention to the sign or the bird, but it was the only table absent of any pirates.  Sunny bobbed and weaved through the crowd to get to the vacant table.  As she approached the table the room started to grow silent.  Everybody in the room now was looking her way as she stood in front of this parrot.  Sunny grew very nervous as she wondered if she made a mistake.  After about 15 seconds of silence, a man from the crowd yelled, “give him a cracker”.  Sunny realized she still had a few crackers on her from the trip and quickly dug one out.  As she slowly reached the cracker towards the bird some of the pirates gasped.  The McCaw then slowly stepped forward, gave her a stern look then accepted the cracker in his beak.

A loud cheer rang throughout the Drunken Rat as a large bearded man clasped her on the back nearly knocking Sunny over.  “Welcome Aboard Matey, ye be one of the Black Rats now” Said the large Man who looked to be the Captain.  “Ye be lucky, Coco the Red normally plucks the eye of anybody who approaches him”.  

Sunny took a large sigh of relief. Not just because she is now free and not just because she gets to keep her two eyes, but because she found a crew.

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Ahoy! Here be a Pirate Hunter.  Trying some new lighting stuff, made a video if anybody is interested.

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Hey guys, recently I was asked to paint a f Dwarven Cleric.  Dwarves are my favorite fantasy race so this was a lot of fun.

Here is a shortened Description of the characters.

Noria the Dwarven Cleric

Noria is a “Southern” Dwarf. By that I mean she is both from the Southern part of Toril and also

speaks with a Southern accent.

On the outside, she is courteous, polite, kind, helpful, and charming (as a Southern Dwarf lady

should be). But, if she observes or hears of someone doing something that harms the

downtrodden, works against the interests of the dwarves, or otherwise seeks to bring evil to

the land, she is quick to anger and likely to kill without asking too many questions.

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Pirates ahoy, this is actually a repaint of an older illustration and wanted to do it again.

Video process of the illustration.

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Jacquotte  "reine des singes”

Aboard the monkey galleon resides the elite black powder apes.  Trained in cannon combat along with being experts in black powder explosives, it would be hard to find a more fursome crew on the seven seas.  In the dangerous world of pirates where loyalty is hard to come by, these black powder monkeys stay loyal to Jacquotte for just a few bottles of that old fashion spice.  

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Rixa Rae Silver

Once the New World was discovered, many modest sailors were press ganged into servitude for the crown.  Low wages, long days while being forced to sleep on the hardwood floor of the rocking ship was a “privilege” for those lucky enough to be 'volunteered'.  Rixa was just one of 300 crew members aboard the Golden Crown captained by no other then the young Lord Dane Farkington.  The ships orders were to seek and destroy the enemies of the crown and to eliminate any pirates that dare cross their path.

It wasn't long into their voyage that a small brig with a black flag was spotted on the horizon.  The Golden Crown immediately gave chase - no ship that small could outrun the Queen's vessel.  In just a short period of time, the Golden Crown was nearly upon the pirate scourge.  As they neared the small ship, one of the officers noticed something amiss - the brig wasn't fleeing with a full sail, but slowly meandered through the choppy waters.  Surely they would have noticed a galleon as magnificent as this heading straight for them?

Cannons loaded and muskets ready, the grapple orders where given.  This would be an easy victory for the Queen.  The galleon was just 3 ship lengths away from the brig when the Golden Crown came to an abrupt halt.  Everybody on board toppled over as if the rug was pulled from underneath them.  Boards creaked as the ship started to list to the starboard side.  Confusion spread throughout the crew as the officers realized their fatal error - their precious galleon had run aground in shallow water.  How unlucky were they that this sandbar appeared just short of their prize? 

“SAILS! SAILS!” yelled a man from the stern.  Captain Farkington rushed to the back of the boat to see his worst nightmare.  Multiple ships dawning the black were closing in.  It was just then he realized, this was all a trap and he took the bait.

The pirates made quick work of boarding the Golden Crown in numbers.  There was no fighting as it would be better to beg for mercy than to fight with these odds.  Lord Farkington and the Royal Officers were rounded up and placed in the brig while all the crew members remained on deck under the point of a blunderbuss awaiting their fate.  The officers could be ransomed for a fair bit of gold, but a sailor's life wasn't even worth a barrel of rum and they all knew it.  

After the pirates looted everything from the crippled vessel, the leader of the pirate fleet stepped forward.  An imposing figure, with a large beard and fiery eyes.  They called him Cap’n Black Roberts.  He spoke with a stern voice: “If you seek freedom, step forward and embrace the black".

Rixa was one of many that stepped forward that day.  After many years on the high seas she was finally asked why she never returned home, she responded simply  “I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.”

Ok so that last part is from Thomas Jefferson, but I loved it so much I wanted to add it in somewhere

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The Floating Panda 

 The Floating Panda drifts from sea to sea serving as an oasis for those in need of sanctuary.  Hard to find, but hard to forget, The Floating Panda is known through the new world for its delicious brew and furry crew.  

 No cannons and no guns, the drifting vessel stands as a neutral ground for every scalawag who happens upon it.     

 Only loyal patrons will be gifted the special compass that leads them straight and true to that delicious panda brew.

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Sunny day with an IPA!

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Cutthroat Kaari kalou

When the sun be setting on the high seas, Kaari knows just where to be. Attacking in the shroud of night, Cutthroat Kaari knows how to win fight.

If there is gold to be plundered and rum to be drank, you can guarantee that Karri will be among the pirates rank.

After escaping the from the shackles of the old world, Kaari sets sail for a better life filled with fun, sun and RUM!.

If anybody is interested I did a video process of this too

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