Stu out Hiking

Stu hiking out on some beautiful mountain trails. What a wonder it is to be up on the top of a mountain with the sun shining.
Hiking is one of the great ways to get exercise and take full advantage of life.

Hole in the floor

Stu searched around for a while, and came to the conclusion that the key must have fallen thru a very sizable knot hole on the floor.

Down in the hold

Stu made it safely to the bottom of the ladder. He was in what appeared to be a storage room. The key was nowhere in sight.

Rotting Ladder

Stu stepped onto an old rotten rung and it gave way under his weight. The key flung from his hand as he quickly gripped the ladder to keep from falling.

Little Dog Test

Just a quick sketch to see if I can get this to send directly from my iPad in a nifty program called Paper.
You should look into it.. fantastically fabulous drawing/sketching program.

I was also wondering if text UNDER the image was going to be available in the export also.. so here it is.. woohoo.. many options. Thank you for your patience as I interrupt Stu for a bit to get things working properly. =)

Down the ladder

Stu began to descend the rickety ladder into the void below.

He hung on tightly to the key he had found.

STU is coming back!!!!

Test test test..
Trying to get Stu going again!!

Ohmygawd!!! it worked!

I'm going to start sketching STU again.. after all these frigging years! 
Sorry for the great delay.. perhaps I should switch over to something like Tumblr.com or something like it???

Hooyah!!

Hatch leading downward

Stu looked around for a while and then noticed a hatch.  He slowly opened it and found a ladder leading downward into darkness.  Not a good idea to go down there without a light.

Got the Key

Stu carefully grabbed the key and then realized that it must be important if the pirate had swallowed it!
So he tossed the key into his pocket and began looking for the lock that it must open.
It could be to a door, it could be to a chest.. Stu just had to keep his eyes open.

A swallowed key

The skeleton sat on the barrel with an open mouth... like he was saying something important like,  "Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggg!"  Stu looked down inside the skeleton and spotted a key.  The pirate must have swallowed it to protect it... but now that he was only a skeleton.. the key was easily retrieved.

Dead Pirate

Stu glanced across the room and saw a frightening site... a dead pirate.
He had a sword stuck thru him and was pinned down to a barrel.  It must have been a terrible fight.
He walked over to take a closer look...

Gold Coins

Also on the table were scattered many coins.  They were glistening with a luster that can only come from one thing... solid gold!  Stu picked up a few and examined them... sure enough... they were gold doubloons!   There seemed to be so many of them laying around.. it was pointless to collect them.. but he did toss a few into his pocket.

Found???

Stu began seeing something that was consistent on all the maps.. they all had hand written notes all over them and the word FOUND was written near a large X.
Could these all be OLD maps and all the treasure already discovered???
Could this be the ship that sailed on those adventures??

Stu set down the maps and began snooping around some more...

Treasure Maps

Stu began picking up the maps and looking them over.  They were ALL treasure maps... tons of them!

Map Table

Off to one side of the room was a large table scattered with paper, some rolled up and some opened flat.  When Stu got closer he could see that they were maps... bunches of maps... And when he glanced around a bit... there were piles of maps all around the room.

Opened Door

Stu turned the handle and gave the door a little push... with no resistance, the door swung wide open.
The floor had clutter, but otherwise looked pretty safe to enter... so he stepped into the room.

Found a Door

Oooooo.... Stu found some stairs that lead up but a door that hadn't been too damaged by the cannon fire.  He stepped closer to see if he could peer thru the window.  It was pretty dark inside.

Gaping Holes

While Stu was wandering around on the deck of the ship, he discovered large holes.  They were from a battle long past and the ship took on quite a bit of damage.. he wondered just how much of the underlying structure was still intact...

Ancient Cannon

One of the first things Stu discovered on deck was an old cannon.  The ground was littered with cannon balls.  He wondered if this cannon could actually be fired again... being so old and all.  He decided to keep that idea in the back of his mind and continue exploring.

Safely on Deck

Stu landed safely on the deck of what seems to be a very old ship.  He looked around a bit before he started exploring.