Commercial fisherman Tom Crestodina harbored a desire to document the boats of the world. In his book 'Working Boats,' the artist starts with 10, bringing his passion to the page in meticulously accurate drawings that take readers inside various vessels.
“I think for some reason I’m attracted to doing difficult things,” artist and commercial fisherman Tom Crestodina said, explaining the life he’s carved out on his own terms. Yet before he ever sailed north to work his first season at sea, he added, “I couldn’t have imagined how hard the work could be.”“Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft.”
Crestodina admits that’s a tall order, and one he’ll never fully complete. Partly because there are too many types of boats, but also because of his work method. In each drawing, Crestodina insists on meticulous accuracy as he depicts what can be found behind a fishing boat’s hull, where fish are stored, food is prepared for the crew, engines chug, and more.
Crestodina kept pushing his limits on shore as well. He wanted to master a Slavic language, so he began spending winters in Poland, taking classes and meeting his now-wife Ania. He maintained this schedule until 2008, when he decided to take a break from fishing after his first son was born. “Having a child completely changes your priorities and changes your life,” he said. “I couldn’t imagine going away when he was a baby.
It was during that 2011 season that Crestodina began his cutaway drawings. “I missed my little boy so much that sometimes it was like physical pain,” he remembered. He decided to draw the Alsek for his son as a way of maintaining a connection while he was so far away. “I ended up making a cutaway drawing that was kind of in the style of the Richard Scarry books that I loved so much when I was little,” he said.
A king crabber from Tom Crestodina's book “Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft.”
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