#lighthouse illustration

[jadafitch]

Sketches and final art for my Lighthouses of Maine poster. BUY THE POSTER

[autumncottageattic]

fox_and_blueberry

[pocketmilo]

commission for @littleneonlimelight 

[howdoyouevenart]

rosemary lighthouse

Far too many things went wrong along the way with this for me to be that please with this (mostly my gold pen breaking, meaning I had to take it apart and paint with the ink instead of using the ultra fine tip...) but it turned out a lot better than it looked like it was going to for a hot minute.

[jadafitch]

Cape Neddick “Nubble” Light, York, Maine. Perhaps the most famous resident of Nubble Light was Mr. T, the 20 pound ginger-striped tom cat. He occupied the small offshore island in the 1930s and 40s, under the watch of multiple lighthouse keepers. According to keeper Eugene Coleman, after Mr. T had killed all the mice on the island, the cat swam over to the mainland and returned with a fresh mouse.

[jadafitch]

Burnt Island Light, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Burnt Island gets its name from routinely set fires. The fires make for better grazing grass to feed the sheep that once populated the island.

[jadafitch]

Lubec Channel Light, Lubec, Maine. At low tide, the "Spark Plug" is virtually surrounded by mud. This mud is one of the top spots in the state for fall shorebird watching. Thousands of sandpipers, plovers and other little long legged birds make a stop here, to fatten up on worms and other small invertebrates, before making their way south for winter.

[jadafitch]

Bear Island Light, Cranberry Isles, Northeast Harbor, Maine. One day in the 1930's, keeper Elmo J. Turner had to take the island cow over to Northeast Harbor on the mainland. He did do by rowing her across in his dory. On the ride back the cow got seasick.