What would they look like...

So this is what the OC would look like in my style.

Not particularly pretty as yours... I had to adapt them to the fashion of the time and the looks!

Soooo you're still on time to vote by going right here!

Lio Pin Up

Aaah, you thought I stopped this set with Castalia and Cassandra, eh?

No no... it's just that... I need inspiration.

Now for our smexy Lio I thought about the famous Marilyn Monroe's poster for some reason... LOL.

I hope you like it.

Now for the OC POLLS.

I will leave them open until the end of the week (might as well, it's Tuesday already and I need time to gather all the data and votes and prepare the final post).

Also... I was asked if I could not draw the characters in Pirate Balthasar style, regardless of the fact they win or lose the polls and make it to the comic. So I say... why not?

So I will tackle those drawings too!

Chapter 14 - Curiosities

Giovanni Battista Hodierna was a Sicilian astronomer.

He is not very famous but his works were quite outstanding.

He was impressed with Galileo's studies and continued on his footsteps and a lot of his speculations were actually quite correct.

"Of the systematics of the world of comets, and on the admirable objects of the sky" was probably the book Kane is referring to.

Tramontana is none other than polaris, the only fixed star in the sky, the North Star.

According to the system of navigation devised in the Mediterranean Sea , in the Mariner Compass Rose Tramontana indicated North.

Castalia is probably pointing at Jupiter, which is the 4th brighters object in the sky. Usually September is favorable month to see it in the sky... I think in 2010 Jupiter was the brightest object visible in the sky!

Kane asks for a fixed star instead... his request is quite romantic! ;)

How many sweet wines are there?

So many, you have no idea!

Now, in this case the Malvasia they are drinking might not be as sweet as it is today but still...

Malvasia is very common in the Mediterranean area and there are different types from white to black.

It's quite different from Marsala but for me it's hard to describe how...

Somebody asked me about Corvo but I forgot to answer.

The names of the islands I pick are mostly in Italian or Spanish.

Amado, Corvo and Baronetto are the three islands visited by the Aldivento.

Amado means beloved in Spanish.

Corvo means Crow in Italian.

Baronetto means baronet in Italian.

I don't really pick the names randomly, I'm a joker after all, ha ha ha... but I have to say that the name of the first island is the funnies! :P