I find nautical themed artwork so interesting because there’s a whole load of history that provides a foundation upon which these artworks are based, from the imagery of historic ships and equipment associated with sailing, to the mythical creatures and popular sayings from the sea. There’s also historic ties to some of the visual styles used too, such as the art of vintage sailor tattoos. In today’s inspiration showcase I present 25 first-rate nautical themed designs and illustrations that feature imagery relating to ships, sailors and the sea.
Anchor Deep by Yondr Studio
The Kraken Battle by Derrick Castle
Caviar by Olga Vasik
Harbor Tattoo Gallery by Mike Arthurholtz
Sailor Jerry by T Wei
Sailor Tattoo Shirt Designs by Sebastian Mellen
Bukowski by Yeaaah! Studio
Destroyer by Yuriy Skorohod
The Deep Dark Sea by Joshua Noom
A Great Ship by Joshua Noom
Octopus by Tyler Champion
Tierra A La Vista by Angga Tantama
The Last Battle by Deni Rizkito
ABIME by Mr Deka
Sailor Spirit by Michael Hinkle
A Smooth Sea Never Made a Skillful Sailor by Amber Stanton
Mingo Lamberti by MUTI
The Old Captain by Andy Paneque
Down The Hatch by Alexandra Snowdon
So Row, You Bastards by Clement Masson
Seadog by Philip Harris
True Love by Alex Wezta
Odessa Mother Coast by Tur Dmitry
Miglia Felici by Tur Dmitry
Prayer for the Seafarer by Michael Hinkle
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Fantastic works, especially the one from Tyler Champion, great colours!
Amazing !!!
I can not believe
Good Job , Marvelous Design Especially “PRAYER FOR THE SEAFARER BY MICHAEL HINKLE” .
“Row ya ba$tards!!” LOL I love these! Beautiful detailed work!!!
WOW amazing work ! i love sailing and salor themes and artworks. Very nice
Great work!
As a wanna-be Pirate at heart who is unfortunately landlocked they all provide creative inspiration and help fulfill my dreams.
Thank you for sharing your talents and thanks to Chris for providing the venue.
Best regards to you all.
Thats Great , Thank you
This is amazing !
Very nice work and you-you have donned a great job. I really like your work and try to make this type of thems :) amazing!
Nice words. Thank you for sharing your talents
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hmm, Interested mythical creatures awesome artwork I also have some artwork like these but not all about the sea or it’s related. I have some Mughal Kings related themed art illustrations which created on the animals skins and about fights with other kings… I would like to share with you if you want…
Thanks alot for this article