It was at noon on this day in history, 10 April 1912, that RMS Titanic departed Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage. The ship’s whistle blew 3 times to mark the start of the journey. It’s next destinations were Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, to pick up further passengers before turning to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
A previously unseen photograph, taken 12th April, has been released of the iceberg believed to be responsible for the sinking of the Titanic; it is set to be auctioned by Henry Aldridge & Son.
If you’ve been around here a while, you know that I am kind of OBSESSED with the sinking of the Titanic.
10 years ago, when it was the 100 year anniversary of it, I watched pretty much EVERY documentary that was out about it at the time. I spent literal DAYS watching all of the specials. I’m still not tired of it!
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to learn about the Titanic tragedy. I remember checking out so many books from the library about it. And when the movie came out, I was really really young. But I was still obsessed with it!
The ship sank on April 14th, 1912, 110 years ago today! Of the estimated 2,224 people on board, about 1,500 perished. It wasn’t until September 1st, 1985 that the ship would be found and some questions would be answered.
“But if there were any one who had not by now realized that the ship was in danger, all doubt on this point was to be set at rest in a dramatic manner. Suddenly a rush of light from the forward deck, a hissing roar that made us all turn from watching the boats, and a rocket leapt upwards to where the stars blinked and twinkled above us. Up it went, higher and higher, with a sea of faces upturned to watch it, and then an explosion that seemed to split the silent night in two, and a shower of stars sank slowly down and went out one by one. And with a gasping sigh one word escaped the lips of the crowd: “Rockets!” Anybody knows what rockets at sea mean. And presently another, and then a third. It is no use denying the dramatic intensity of the scene: separate it if you can from all the terrible events that followed, and picture the calmness of the night, the sudden light on the decks crowded with people in different stages of dress and undress, the background of huge funnels and tapering masts revealed by the soaring rocket, whose flash illumined at the same time the faces and minds of the obedient crowd, the one with mere physical light, the other with a sudden revelation of what its message was. Every one knew without being told that we were calling for help from any one who was near enough to see.“ - Lawrence Beasley, "The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons” (1912)
Lawrence Beasley was a Titanic Survivor who relayed his account of the sinking in the book from which the above excerpt was pulled. It can be found in its entirety here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6675/6675-h/6675-h.htm
110 years since the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and I still remember.
This has been quite a different approach to my usual 15 April tribute composition wise, and I hope I pulled it off well enough for me to express the meaning and symbolism well enough here. Also, this might be my last April 15 drawing, I just don’t know how I’ll top this one in the future.
Sorry for the late upload too
“You speak of paradise, like it exists forever. They all made you believe, but I don’t think I want to.”
I redrew my gijinka of RMS Titanic because why not
Hello again everyone! It’s been a while since I posted art, and I’m sorry for the long wait, other things came up that took a lot of time out of my schedule. Anyway, I felt like refining my Titanic gijinka design to make it a little better and grander, but still keeping a lot of what made my design stick out in the first place. I wanted to see how far I’ve come since starting to draw her digitally. It’s also a full-body drawing too, so hey, I can draw full bodies after all!
I am also incredibly happy and humbled with the insane response I’ve received on my originalQueen of the Oceandrawing, I’m so glad that many people liked my rendition of her and saw what I was trying to go for when it comes to doing gijinkas like these. What made me so happy the most was when people really looked into the effort and thought I put into a simple design I made, pleases me to see people see Titanic in her.
I made this gijinka of RMS Titanic because why not
Ok before I go, I need to explain this. I’ve always been inspired by a lot of comments I found online describing her and other ships as people. I took inspiration from their words and tried to make a depiction of how she’d look like personified in my eyes. I tried to keep it real and accurate by the funnel colours, yard number, and even added in the Heart of the Ocean as a nod to her influence in pop culture. And no, Kantai CollectionandAzur Lane didn’t influence this at all.
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